POS EX 1 bitcoin-posex_061424.htm POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2024

 

Registration No. 333-252344

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3

 TO FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

COINSHARES VALKYRIE BITCOIN FUND

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware   86-6430837
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

c/o CoinShares Co.
Charles Butler
437 Madison Avenue, 28th Floor

New York, NY 10022

(646) 308-1518 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices and Agent for Service)

 

Copies to:

 

Morrison C. Warren, Esq.
Chapman and Cutler LLP
320 South Canal Street
Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.  ☒

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☒ (File No. 333-252344)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer     Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer     Smaller reporting company  
        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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  

 

This post-effective amendment shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-252344) of CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely for the purpose of filing additional exhibits to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 consists only of a facing page, this explanatory note and Part II of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 setting forth the exhibits being added to the Registration Statement. This Post- Effective Amendment No. 3 does not modify any provision of Part I or Part II of the Registration Statement other than the additions to Item 16 of Part II as set forth below. Pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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PART II—INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

(a) Exhibits: The following additional exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement.

 

Exhibit    
Number   Description
3.4   Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Trust
3.5   Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Trust
23.1   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, New York, on June 14, 2024.

 

  CoinShares Co.
  Sponsor of the Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund
   
  By: /s/ Jared Demark
    Name: Jared Demark
    Title: Principal Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities* and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature  

 

Capacity  

 

Date  

     

/s/ Jared Demark

Jared Demark

  Principal Executive Officer     June 14, 2024
     

/s/ Charles Butler

Charles Butler

 

 

Principal Financial Officer and

Principal Accounting Officer 

  June 14, 2024

 

  * The Registrant is a trust and the persons are signing in their capacities as officers of CoinShares Co., the Sponsor of the Registrant.

 

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