UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 4, 2022

 

Osprey Bitcoin Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 000-56307 83-2424407
(State or other jurisdiction of Commission File No. (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)

 

520 White Plains Road, Suite 500

Tarrytown, New York 10591

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(914) 214-4697

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

 

 
 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On February 4, 2022, Osprey Bitcoin Trust (the “Trust”) and Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC (the “Custodian”) entered into a Custodial Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which the Custodian shall provide the Trust with a segregated custody account controlled and secured by the Custodian to store certain digital assets on the Trust’s behalf (the “Custodial Services”). Either party may terminate the Agreement upon thirty (30) day’s prior written notice to the other party. The Trust may also cancel its custodial account at any time by withdrawing all balances and contacting the Custodian.

 

Coinbase Global, Inc. is the parent company of the Custodian. Coinbase Pro, which is the Trust’s principal market that it uses to determine the value of Bitcoin, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc.

 

The foregoing description of the Agreement is not complete and is subject to, and qualified entirely by reference to, the full text of the Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

The exhibit listed in the following Exhibit Index is filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
10.1†   Custodial Services Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2022, between Osprey Bitcoin Trust and Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

† Certain of the exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5).

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

Dated:  February 10, 2022

 

    Osprey Funds, LLC as Sponsor of Osprey
Bitcoin Trust (OBTC)
     
  By:  /S/ Gregory D. King  
    Name: Gregory D. King  
    Title: Chief Executive Officer  
 
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