Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF 8-K, filed Dec 9, 2025
Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF (BITW)
About this 8-K
Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF filed this 8-K on December 9, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 1.01: Entered into a material agreement
- Item 8.01: Other events
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus dated December 8, 2025 (File No. 333-287889), filed on December 9, 2025 with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Prospectus”), which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 8, 2025, Bitwise Investment Advisers, LLC (the “Sponsor”) announced that the Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF (the “Trust”) completed its conversion to an exchange-traded fund (the “Conversion”). Pursuant to the Conversion, the Trust entered into several new material service provider agreements, including the Cash Custody Agreement; the Marketing Agent Agreement; the Custodian Agreement, the Prime Execution Agreement, the Trade Financing Agreement, the Transfer Agency and Services Agreement; the Fund Administration and Accounting Agreement; the Co-Transfer Agency and Registrar Services Agreement; an Authorized Participant Agreement with each of the Trust’s Authorized Participants; and a Master Purchase and Sale Agreement for Digital Assets with each of the Trust’s Trading Counterparties. A description of the material terms of each of these agreements is included in the Prospectus.
Item 8.01 Other Events
On December 8, 2025, the Shares were approved by the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Exchange”) for listing and trading on the Exchange. The Shares will begin trading on the Exchange on December 9, 2025. Following the completion of the conversion, the Sponsor caused the Trust to withdraw the Shares from quotation on OTCQX.
As a result of the Conversion, Shares may only be created and redeemed by Authorized Participants as described in the Prospectus.
Shareholders are encouraged to the read the Prospectus for a description of the Trust’s operations as an exchange-traded product following the Conversion.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: December 9, 2025 | Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF | |
| Bitwise Investment Advisers, LLC, as Sponsor of Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF | ||
| By: | /s/ Paul Fusaro | |
| Name | Paul Fusaro | |
| Title: |
Chief Operating Officer and Secretary (Principal Executive Officer)* | |
| * | As the Registrant is a Trust, this report is being filed on behalf of the Registrant by Bitwise Investment Advisers, LLC in its capacity as the Sponsor of the Registrant. The identified person signing this report is signing in that person’s capacity as an authorized officer of Bitwise Investment Advisers, LLC. |
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