Company: HODL
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000930413-25-000995
Chunk: 361

Company: VanEck Bitcoin ETF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 2
Chunk 361
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-related investment strategies in mutual fund,
ETF, and institutional formats. Mr. van Eck founded the VanEck’s ETF business in 2006. One of the world’s largest ETF sponsors,
the Van Eck offers ETFs, branded VanEck Vectors®, globally across equity and fixed income asset classes. Mr. van Eck holds a JD from
Stanford University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College with a major in Economics. He has registrations with the National
Futures Association and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Mr. van Eck is a Director of the National Committee on United States-China
Relations. He routinely appears on CNBC and Bloomberg Television, and was a 2013 Finalist for Institutional Investor’s Fund Leader
of the Year and a 2019 finalist for ETF.com’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

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John J. Crimmins

Mr. Crimmins (born 1957) serves as Vice President, Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer of the Sponsor. Mr. Crimmins joined VanEck in 2009 as Vice President of Portfolio Administration. He is primarily responsible
for overseeing portfolio accounting and administration. He also serves as Chief Financial Officer to the VanEck Funds, VanEck VIP Trust
and VanEck ETF Trust. Prior to joining VanEck, Mr. Crimmins was the Chief Financial, Operating and Compliance Officer for Kern Capital
Management LLC from 1997 to 2009 and the Vice President and Director of Mutual Fund Administration for Evergreen Investment Services from
1987 to 1997. Previously, Mr. Crimmins acted as Vice President and Controller for Pilgrim Group for three years and was in public accounting
for six years. Mr. Crimmins is a Certified Public Accountant and received a BS in Accounting from St. John’s University. 

Insider Trading Policy

VanEck has adopted an insider trading policy which applies to its employees.
VanEck believes that the insider trading policy is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations
with respect to the purchase, sale and/or other dispositions of securities, including Shares of the Trust, as well as the applicable rules
and regulations of the Exchange. A copy of VanEck’s insider trading policy is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to this Report.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

The Trust has no employees, officers or directors. The Trust is managed
by the Sponsor and pays the Sponsor the Sponsorfee. For the year ended December