Company: BTC
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-029405
Chunk: 16

Company: Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 16
Chunk 16
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“Index Price”—The U.S. dollar value of a Bitcoin derived from the Digital Asset Trading Platforms that are reflected in the Index, calculated at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on each business day. See “Item 1. Business—Overview of the Bitcoin Industry and Market—Bitcoin Value—The Index and the Index Price” for a description of how the Index Price is calculated. For purposes of the Trust Agreement, the term Bitcoin Index Price shall mean the Index Price as defined herein.

“Index Provider”—CoinDesk Indices, Inc., a Delaware corporation that publishes the Index. 

“Initial Distribution”—The contribution by GBTC of 26,935.83753443 Bitcoin to the Trust, in exchange for 60,738,020 newly created Shares of the Trust (retroactively adjusted to reflect the 1-for-5 Reverse Share Split of the Trust’s issued and outstanding Shares completed on November 19, 2024), which were distributed on the Distribution Date to GBTC shareholders as of the Record Date, pro rata based on a 1:1 ratio.

“Investment Advisers Act”—Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. 

“Investment Company Act”—Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 

“Investor”—Any investor that has entered into a subscription agreement with an Authorized Participant, pursuant to which such Authorized Participant will act as agent for the investor.

“In-Kind Order”—An order for the creation or redemption of Shares pursuant to which the Authorized Participant (or its AP Designee) will deliver or receive Bitcoin directly from the Trust’s Vault Balance. Because In-Kind Regulatory Approval has not been obtained, at this time Shares will not be created or redeemed through In-Kind Orders. 

“In-Kind Regulatory Approval”—The necessary regulatory approval to permit NYSE Arca to list the Shares of the Trust utilizing a structure that allows the Trust to create and redeem Shares via in-kind transactions with Authorized Participants or their AP Designees in exchange for Bitcoin. In common with other spot digital asset exchange-traded products, the Trust is not at this time able to create and redeem shares via in-kind transactions with Authorized Participants, and there has yet to be definitive regulatory guidance on whether and how registered broker-dealers can hold and deal in Bitcoin in compliance with the federal securities laws. To the extent further regulatory clarity emerges, the Sponsor expects NYSE Arca to seek the necessary regulatory approval to amend its listing rules to permit the