v3.26.1
Concentration of Risk
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]  
Concentration of Risk

6. Concentration of Risk

Substantially all of the Trust’s assets are holdings of bitcoin, which creates a concentration risk associated with fluctuations in the price of bitcoin. Accordingly, a decline in the price of bitcoin will have an adverse effect on the value of the Shares of the Trust. The trading prices of bitcoin have experienced extreme volatility in recent periods and may continue to fluctuate significantly. Extreme volatility in the future, including substantial, sustained, or rapid declines in the trading prices of bitcoin, could have a material adverse effect on the value of the Shares and the Shares could lose all or substantially all of their value. Factors adversely impacting the value of bitcoin and the Shares may include an increase in the global bitcoin supply or a decrease in global bitcoin demand; market conditions of, and overall sentiment towards, the crypto assets and blockchain technology industry; trading activity on crypto asset exchanges, which, in many cases, are largely unregulated or may be subject to manipulation; the adoption of bitcoin as a medium of exchange, store-of-value or other consumptive asset and the maintenance and development of the open-source software protocol of the Bitcoin network, and their ability to meet user demands; manipulative trading activity on crypto asset exchanges, which, in many cases, are largely unregulated; and forks in the Bitcoin network, among other things.

Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC serves as the Trust’s custodian for bitcoin for which qualified custody is available (the “Bitcoin Custodian”). The Bitcoin Custodian is subject to change in the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Temporary differences in the quantity of bitcoin held by the Bitcoin Custodian from the amounts reflected in the financial statements may occur. These differences are due to pending settlement of bitcoin trades with the Bitcoin Custodian, which generally occurs within two business days of the trade date.

Payable for bitcoin purchased represents the quantity of bitcoin purchased for the creation of Shares where the bitcoin has not yet settled.

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Payable for bitcoin purchased

 

$

1,842

 

 

$

 

 

Receivable for bitcoin sold represents the quantity of bitcoin sold for the redemption of Shares where the bitcoin has not yet been settled.

 

March 31, 2026

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Receivable for bitcoin sold

 

$

 

 

$

13,759