SEC Filing Document

Company: Grayscale BNB ETF
Ticker: GBNB
CIK: 2106762
Filing Type: S-1/A
Document Type: S-1/A
Date Filed: 2026-04-07
Accession Number: 0001193125-26-145494
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SIC Code: 6221
SIC Description: Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers
URL: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2106762/000119312526145494/bnb_s-1_amendment_1.htm

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occurs, it may result in investor frustrations and concerns as to the price integrity of Digital Asset Trading Platforms and digital assets more generally. Digital Asset Trading Platforms may be exposed to wash-trading. Digital Asset Trading Platforms may be susceptible to wash-trading. Wash-trading occurs when offsetting trades are entered into for other than bona fide reasons, such as the desire to inflate reported trading volumes. Wash-trading may be motivated by non-economic reasons, such as a desire for increased visibility on popular websites that monitor markets for digital assets so as to improve a trading platform’s attractiveness to investors who look for maximum liquidity, or it may be motivated by the ability to attract listing fees from token issuers who seek the most liquid and high-volume trading platforms on which to list their tokens. Results of wash-trading may include unexpected obstacles to trade and erroneous investment decisions based on false information.

Even in the United States, there have been allegations of wash-trading even on regulated venues. Any actual or perceived false trading on Digital Asset Trading Platforms, and any other fraudulent or manipulative acts and practices, could adversely affect the value of BNB and/or negatively affect the market perception of BNB.

To the extent that wash-trading either occurs or appears to occur in Digital Asset Trading Platforms, investors may develop negative perceptions about BNB and the digital assets industry more broadly, which could adversely impact the price of BNB and, therefore, the price of the Shares. Wash-trading also may place more legitimate Digital Asset Trading Platforms at a relative competitive disadvantage.

The lack of active trading markets for the Shares may result in losses on investors’ investments at the time of disposition of Shares.

Although Shares are expected to be publicly listed and traded on the NASDAQ, there can be no guarantee that an active trading market for the Trust will develop or be maintained. If shareholders need to sell their Shares at a time when no active market for them exists, the price shareholders receive for their Shares, assuming they are able to sell them, likely will be lower than the price that shareholders would receive if an active market did exist and, accordingly, a shareholder may suffer losses.

Possible illiquid markets may exacerbate losses or increase the variability between the Trust’s NAV and its market price.

BNB is a novel asset with a limited trading history. Therefore, the markets for BNB may be less liquid and more volatile than other markets for more established products, such as futures contracts for traditional physical commodities. It may be difficult to execute a BNB trade at a specific price when there is a relatively small volume of buy and sell orders in the BNB market. A market disruption can also make it more difficult to liquidate a position or find a suitable counterparty at a reasonable cost.

Market illiquidity may cause losses for the Trust. The large size of the positions that the Trust may acquire could increase the risk of illiquidity, by both making the positions more difficult to liquidate and increasing the losses incurred while trying to do so, should the Trust need to liquidate its BNB. Any type of disruption or illiquidity will potentially be exacerbated due to the fact that the Trust will only invest in BNB, which is highly concentrated.

As of the date of this filing, the total market value of the BNB circulating supply is approximately $81.3 billion, comprised of approximately 136.4 million BNB. On average over the last 30 days, over any given 24-hour period, the reported global BNB trading volume was approximately $267.6 million.

The Index has a limited history and a failure of the Index Price could adversely affect the value of the Shares.

The Index has a limited history and the Index Price is a composite reference rate calculated using trading price data from various Digital Asset Trading Platforms chosen by the Index Provider. The Index was launched on December 6, 2025. The Digital Asset Trading Platforms chosen by the Index Provider have also changed over time. The Index Provider may remove or add Digital Asset Trading Platforms to the Index in the future at its discretion.

For more information on the inclusion criteria for Digital Asset Trading Platforms in the Index, see “Business—Overview of the BNB Industry and Market—The Index and the Index Price.”

Although the Index is designed to accurately capture the market price of BNB, third parties may be able to purchase and sell BNB on public or private markets not included among the constituent Digital Asset Trading Platforms of the Index, and such transactions may take place at prices materially higher or lower than the Index Price. Moreover, there may be variances in the prices of BNB on the various Digital Asset Trading Platforms, including as a result of differences in fee structures or administrative procedures on different Digital Asset Trading Platforms. For example, based on data provided by the Index Provider, on any given day during the twelve months ended March 31, 2026, the maximum differential between the 4:00 p.m., New York time spot price of any single Digital Asset Trading Platform included in the Index and the Index Price was 4.00% and the average of the maximum differentials of the 4:00 p.m., New York time, spot price of each Digital Asset Trading Platform included in the Index and the Index Price was 1.32%. During this same period, the average differential between the 4:00 p.m., New York time, spot prices of all the Digital Asset Trading Platforms included in the Index and the Index Price was 0.03%. All Digital Asset Trading Platforms that were included in the Index throughout the period were considered in this analysis. To the extent such prices differ materially from the Index Price, investors may lose confidence in the Shares’ ability to track the market price of BNB, which could adversely affect the value of the Shares.

A decline in the adoption of BNB or the BNB Smart Chain could negatively impact the Trust.

The Sponsor will not have any strategy relating to the development of BNB and the BNB Smart Chain. However, a lack of expansion in usage of BNB and the BNB Smart Chain could adversely affect an investment in Shares.

The further development and acceptance of the BNB Smart Chain, which is part of a new and rapidly changing industry, is subject to a variety of factors that are difficult to evaluate. The slowing, stopping or reversing of the development or acceptance or usage of the BNB Smart Chain may adversely affect the price of BNB and therefore an investment in the Shares. The further adoption of BNB will require growth of the BNB Smart Chain. Adoption of BNB will also require an accommodating regulatory environment.

The use of digital assets such as BNB to, among other things, buy and sell goods or services or facilitate cross-border payments is part of a new and rapidly evolving industry that employs digital assets based upon computer-generated mathematical and/or cryptographic protocols. The BNB Smart Chain is a prominent, but not unique, part of this industry. The growth of this industry is subject to a high degree of uncertainty, as new assets and technological innovations continue to develop and evolve.

Today, speculators make up a significant portion of users of BNB and other cryptocurrencies. Certain merchants and major retail and commercial businesses have only recently begun accepting BNB as a means of payment for goods and services. Speculation may contribute to outsized price volatility, which in turn can make BNB less attractive to merchants and commercial parties as a means of payment. A lack of expansion by BNB into retail and commercial markets or a contraction of such use may result in a reduction in the price of BNB, which could adversely affect an investment in the Trust.

In addition, there is no assurance that BNB will maintain its value over the long term. The price of BNB is subject to risks related to its usage. Even if growth in BNB Smart Chain adoption occurs in the near or medium term, there is no assurance that BNB usage will continue to grow over the long term. A contraction in use of BNB may result in increased volatility or a reduction in the price of BNB, which would adversely impact the value of the Shares.

The Index Price used to calculate the value of the Trust’s BNB may be volatile, and purchasing and selling activity in the Digital Asset Markets associated with Basket creations and redemptions may affect the Index Price and Share trading prices, adversely affecting the value of the Shares.