Company: DEFI
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001387131-25-000058
Chunk: 101

Company: Tidal Commodities Trust I
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 101
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 the licensing or other registration as a money transmitter or business engaged in digital currency activity (e.g., under the New York BitLicense regime) (or equivalent designation) under state law in any state in which the Fund or Sponsor operates, the Fund or Sponsor may be required to seek licensure or otherwise register and comply with such state law. In the event of any such requirement, to the extent that the Sponsor decides to continue the Fund, the required registrations, licensure and regulatory compliance steps may result in extraordinary, nonrecurring expenses to the Fund. Regulatory compliance would include, among other things, implementing AML and consumer protection programs. The Sponsor may also decide to terminate the Fund. Any termination of the Fund in response to the changed regulatory circumstances may be at a time that is disadvantageous to Shareholders.

To the extent the Fund or its Sponsor is found to have operated without appropriate state or federal licenses, it may be subject to investigation, administrative or court proceedings, and civil or criminal monetary fines and penalties, all of which would harm the reputation of the Fund or its Sponsor, decrease the liquidity of the Fund, and have a material adverse effect on the price of the Shares. If the Sponsor decides to comply with such additional federal or state regulatory obligations and continue the Fund, the required registrations, licensure and regulatory compliance steps may result in extraordinary, nonrecurring expenses to the Fund, possibly affecting an investment in the Shares in a material and adverse manner. Furthermore, the Fund and its service providers may not be capable of complying with certain federal or state regulatory obligations applicable to money service businesses’ money transmitters and businesses involved in digital currency business activity. If the Sponsor determines not to comply with such requirements, the Sponsor will act to dissolve and liquidate the Fund. Any such termination could result in the liquidation of the Fund’s bitcoins at a time that is disadvantageous to Shareholders.

The classification of the Fund as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes is relatively uncommon.

The Fund is classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This differs from many investment companies, which elect to be treated as “regulated investment companies” under the Code in order to avoid U.S. federal income tax obligations at the entity level. Under current law, the Fund is not eligible to elect treatment as a regulated investment company because the Fund’s investments consist primarily of bitcoin. As a result, the Fund will be obligated to pay applicable U.S. federal and state corporate income taxes on its taxable income unlike other investment companies which are