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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
Effective May 31, 2024, MarketVector Indexes GmbH, the index sponsor and index administrator for the MarketVectorTM Bitcoin Benchmark Rate (the “Index”), replaced itBit with Bitfinex as a constituent trading platform used to calculate the Index. The current platform composition of the Index is Bitfinex, Bitstamp, Coinbase, LMAX and Kraken.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 7, 2024
| VanEck Bitcoin Trust * | |||
| By: | VanEck Digital Assets, LLC, as Sponsor of the Trust | ||
| By: | /s/ Jonathan R. Simon | ||
| Name: | Jonathan R. Simon | ||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
| * | The registrant is a trust. The individual specified above is signing in his capacity as an officer of VanEck Digital Assets, LLC, the Sponsor of the registrant. |
Document And Entity Information |
Jun. 07, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Document Information Line Items | |
| Entity Registrant Name | VANECK BITCOIN TRUST |
| Trading Symbol | HODL |
| Document Type | 8-K |
| Amendment Flag | false |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0001838028 |
| Document Period End Date | Jun. 07, 2024 |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | true |
| Entity Ex Transition Period | false |
| Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | DE |
| Entity File Number | 001-41908 |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 85-6811021 |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 666 Third Avenue |
| Entity Address, Address Line Two | 9th Floor |
| Entity Address, City or Town | New York |
| Entity Address, State or Province | NY |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 10017 |
| City Area Code | 212 |
| Local Phone Number | 293-2000 |
| Written Communications | false |
| Soliciting Material | false |
| Pre-commencement Tender Offer | false |
| Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Shares |
| Security Exchange Name | CboeBZX |