SEC Filing Document

Company: VanEck BNB ETF
Ticker: 
CIK: 2066824
Filing Type: S-1/A
Document Type: S-1/A
Date Filed: 2025-10-30
Accession Number: 0001628280-25-047581
Exchange: 
SIC Code: 6221
SIC Description: Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers
URL: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2066824/000162828025047581/vaneckbnbs-1a1.htm

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2025

Registration No. 333-286959

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

AMENDMENT NO. 1

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

VANECK BNB ETF

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	6221	33-6988309
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

c/o VanEck Digital Assets, LLC

Jonathan R. Simon, Esq.

Matthew A. Babinsky, Esq.

666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor

New York, New York 10017

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices and for service of process purposes)

Copy to:

Clifford R. Cone, Esq.

Jason D. Myers, Esq.

Jesse Overall, Esq.

Clifford Chance US LLP

Two Manhattan West

375 Ninth Avenue

New York, New York 10001

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box: ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering: ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐ Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒ Smaller reporting company	☒
Emerging growth company	☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☒

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this Preliminary Prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This Preliminary Prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to Completion

Preliminary Prospectus dated October 30, 2025

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

VanEck BNB ETF

The VanEck BNB ETF (the "Trust") is an exchange-traded fund that issues common shares of beneficial interest (the "Shares") that are expected to be approved for listing, subject to notice of issuance, on the [     ] (the "Exchange") pursuant to the Exchange’s existing generic listing standards under the ticker symbol [     ]. The Trust's investment objective is to reflect the performance of the price of BNB ("BNB") and rewards from staking a portion of the Trust's BNB, to the extent the Sponsor in its sole discretion determines that the Trust may do so without undue legal or regulatory risk, such as, without limitation, by jeopardizing the Trust's ability to qualify as a grantor trust for tax purposes, less the expenses of the Trust's operations. In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Trust will hold BNB and will value its Shares daily based on the reported MarketVectorTM [     ](the "Index" or "MarketVectorTM [     ]"), which is calculated based on prices contributed by trading platforms that the Sponsor's (as defined below) affiliate, MarketVector Indexes GmbH ("MarketVector"), believes represent the top five BNB trading platforms based on the industry leading [     ] review report. See "The Trust and BNB Prices—Description of the MarketVectorTM [     ] Construction and Maintenance" for more information. To the extent the Sponsor determines to stake a portion of the Trust's BNB, the Sponsor plans to engage one or more third party staking services providers (each a "Staking Services Provider") to conduct such staking activities ("Staking Activities"). To the extent the Sponsor engages additional Staking Services Providers, the Sponsor will determine the amount of BNB to allocate to each Staking Services Provider based on each Staking Services Provider's performance, including uptime and compliance with staking requirements. In the future, subject to advice from counsel that doing so should not cause the Trust to fail to qualify as an investment trust or grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Sponsor may seek to use or hold liquid staking tokens ("LSTs"), though no such determination has been made as of the date of this registration statement. VanEck Digital Assets, LLC (the "Sponsor") is the sponsor of the Trust, CSC Delaware Trust Company (the "Trustee") is the trustee of the Trust, and [     ], (the "BNB Custodian" or "[     ]"), [     ] (the "Additional BNB Custodian" or "[     ]"), or any successor custodians, are the custodians of the Trust, who will hold all of the Trust's BNB on the Trust's behalf.

The Trust intends to issue Shares on a continuous basis and is registering an indeterminate number of Shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in accordance with Rule 456(d) and 457(u). When the Trust sells or redeems its Shares, it will do so in blocks of [     ] Shares (a "Basket") that are based on the amount of BNB represented by the Basket being created, the amount of BNB being equal to the combined net asset value of the number of Shares included in the Basket (net of accrued but unpaid remuneration due to the Sponsor (the "Sponsor Fee") and any accrued but unpaid expenses or liabilities not assumed by the Sponsor). The Trust will conduct subscriptions and redemptions in cash or in-kind transactions with financial firms that are authorized to purchase or redeem Shares with the Trust (known as "Authorized Participants" or "APs"). For a subscription in cash, the Authorized Participant's subscription shall be in the amount of cash needed to purchase the amount of BNB represented by the Basket being created, as calculated by [     ] (the "Administrator") based on the Index or the other valuation policies described herein. The AP will deliver the cash to the Trust's account at [     ] (the "Cash Custodian"), which the Sponsor will then use to purchase BNB from a third party selected by the Sponsor who (1) is not the Authorized Participant and (2) will not be acting as an agent, nor at the direction, of the Authorized Participant with respect to the delivery of BNB to the Trust (such third party, a "Liquidity Provider"). For a redemption in cash, the Sponsor shall arrange for the BNB represented by the Basket to be sold to a Liquidity Provider selected by the Sponsor and the cash proceeds to be distributed from the Trust's account at the Cash Custodian to the Authorized Participant in exchange for their Shares. For an "in-kind" subscription, Authorized Participants will deliver, or arrange for the delivery by the Authorized Participant's designee of, BNB to the Trust's account with the BNB Custodian in exchange for Shares when they purchase Shares. For an "in-kind" redemption transaction with the Trust, when Authorized Participants redeem Shares, the Trust, through the BNB Custodian, will deliver BNB to such Authorized Participants, or a designee thereof, in exchange for their Shares.

Following an Authorized Participant's subscription in cash for a Basket and issuance by the Trust of the corresponding Shares to such AP, Authorized Participants may then offer Shares to the public at prices that depend on various factors, including the supply and demand for Shares, the value of the Trust's assets, and market conditions at the time of a transaction. Shareholders who buy or sell Shares during the day from their broker may do so at a premium or discount relative to the net asset value of the Shares of the Trust.

Except when aggregated in Baskets, Shares are not redeemable securities. Baskets are only redeemable by Authorized Participants.