Company: DEFI
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: POS AM
Source: 0001839882-25-010345
Chunk: 9

Company: Tidal Commodities Trust I
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: POS AM
Chunk 9
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, Gemini, itBit, Kraken and LMAX Digital.

The Benchmark was launched by Nasdaq on June 9, 2021 and is designed to track the price performance of bitcoin. Specifically, the Benchmark attempts to track the average bitcoin spot price by capturing the notional value of bitcoin USD transactions reported by selected public data sources as measured by Nasdaq, Inc (“Nasdaq”). The Benchmark applies a rules-based pricing methodology to a diverse collection of pricing sources to provide a reference price for bitcoin and the pricing methodology is designed to account for variances in price across a wide range of sources which have been vetted according to criteria identified in the methodology document. The Benchmark is owned and administered by Nasdaq and may be changed from time to time. Detailed rules on the Benchmark administration and governance may be found at Nasdaq’s website. The Benchmark does not track the overall performance of all digital assets generally, nor the performance of any specific digital asset other than bitcoin. The Benchmark is calculated and published once a day on business days at 3pm, New York Time by CF Benchmarks Limited ( https://www.cfbenchmarks.com/data/indices/NQBTCS) or other Nasdaq designated calculation agent.

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According to the Benchmark methodology, any deviations from the Benchmark methodology are made in the sole judgment and discretion of Nasdaq so that the Benchmark continues to achieve its objective. Nasdaq will provide transparency over the decisions affecting the compilation of the reference rate and any related determination process, including contingency measures in the event of absence of or insufficient inputs, market stress or disruption, failure of critical infrastructure, or other relevant factors. Any contingency measures that are not directly addressed in the Benchmark methodology shall be subject to CIOC governance processes.

The Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may cause the Fund to track a benchmark other than the Benchmark at any time, with prior notice to investors. The Sponsor may change the Fund’s benchmark if investment conditions change or the Sponsor believes that another benchmark or standard better aligns with the Fund’s investment objective and strategy. The Sponsor, however, is under no obligation whatsoever such a change in any circumstance.

To the extent CIOC implements a material change to the calculation of the benchmark, the Sponsor will issue a press release describing such change and its date of implementation which press release will be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K.

To the extent the Sponsor determines that in the best interest of the Fund to replace the Benchmark with another benchmark reference price or index, the Sponsor shall issue