Portfolio Rebalancing | 4. Portfolio Rebalancing From inception through June 30, 2022, the Fund sought to hold digital assets with market capitalizations that collectively constituted at least 70 % of the market capitalization of the entire digital asset market (the “Target Coverage Ratio”) and determined the Fund Components by reference to fund construction criteria that consisted of market capitalization, liquidity and coverage criteria established by the Manager (the “Target Coverage Ratio Methodology”). Through the Target Coverage Ratio Methodology, the Fund sought to (i) provide large-cap coverage of the digital asset market; (ii) minimize transaction costs through low turnover of the Fund’s portfolio; and (iii) create a portfolio that could be replicated through direct purchases in the Digital Asset Market. Effective July 1, 2022, the Manager replaced the Target Coverage Ratio Methodology as the fund construction criteria and no longer seeks to hold Fund Components meeting the Target Coverage Ratio. Instead, the Fund Components consist of the digital assets that make up the DLCS, as rebalanced from time to time, subject to the Manager’s discretion to exclude individual digital assets in certain cases. The DLCS is designed and managed by the Index Provider. The process followed by the Index Provider to determine the digital assets included in the DLCS and their respective weightings in the DLCS is referred to as the “DLCS Methodology.” Effective July 1, 2022, the Index Provider reviews the DLCS for rebalancing according to the DLCS Methodology quarterly during a period beginning 14 days before the end of each March, June, September and December (each such period, an “Index Rebalancing Period”). At the start of each Index Rebalancing Period, the Index Provider applies the DLCS Methodology to determine any changes to the Index Components and the respective weightings of the Index Components within DLCS, as determined by the Index Provider based on market capitalization criteria (the “Index Weightings”), after which the Manager rebalances the Fund’s portfolio accordingly, subject to application of the Exclusion Criteria. In order to rebalance the Fund’s portfolio, the Manager will (i) determine whether any Fund Components have been removed from the DLCS and should therefore be removed as Fund Components, (ii) determine whether any new digital assets have been added to the DLCS and should therefore be included as Fund Components, and (iii) determine how much cash and Forked Assets the Fund holds. If a Fund Component is no longer included in the DLCS, the Manager will adjust the Fund’s portfolio by selling such Fund Component in the Digital Asset Markets in proportion to their respective weightings in the Fund (“Weightings”) and using the cash proceeds to purchase additional tokens of the remaining Fund Components and, if applicable, any new Fund Component in proportion to their respective Weightings. The Weightings of each Fund Component are generally expected to be the same as the weighting of each digital asset in the DLCS except when the Manager determines to exclude one or more digital assets included in the DLCS from the Fund Components. If a digital asset not then included in the Fund’s portfolio is newly eligible for inclusion in the Fund’s portfolio because it was added to the DLCS and not excluded through the Exclusion Criteria, the Manager will adjust the Fund’s portfolio by selling tokens of the then-current Fund Components in the Digital Asset Markets in proportion to their respective Weightings and using the cash proceeds to purchase tokens of the newly eligible digital assets. The Manager will rebalance the Fund’s portfolio quarterly during a period beginning on the second business day of each January, April, July and October (each such period, a “Fund Rebalancing Period”). The Manager expects each Fund Rebalancing Period to last between one and five business days. The DLCS, and therefore the Fund, may also be rebalanced mid-quarter, prior to the Index Rebalancing Period under extraordinary circumstances, if, for example, a digital asset is removed from the Index. On April 6, 2021, the Manager of the Fund announced the updated Fund Component weightings for the Fund in connection with its quarterly review. Effective April 2, 2021, the Manager adjusted the Fund’s portfolio by selling the existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective weightings and using the cash proceeds to purchase LINK in accordance with the Fund’s construction criteria. On April 2, 2021, the Fund recognized a realized gain of $ 4,398,884 in connection with the sale of 90.96800168 Bitcoin and 58.85027824 BCH, to purchase 381.07775172 Ether, 5.31504341 LTC and 154,021.49829970 LINK. On July 2, 2021, the Manager of the Fund announced the updated Fund Component weightings for the Fund in connection with its quarterly review. Effective July 1, 2021, the Manager adjusted the Fund’s portfolio by selling the existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective weightings and using the cash proceeds to purchase ADA in accordance with the Fund’s construction criteria. On July 1, 2021, the Fund recognized a realized gain of $ 11,651,902 in connection with the sale of 225.33929087 Bitcoin, 3,622.13172739 Ether, 68.33481591 BCH and 722.93691458 LTC, to purchase 11,256,632.53387140 ADA and 13,460.14709855 LINK. On October 1, 2021, the Manager of the Fund announced the updated Fund Component weightings for the Fund in connection with its quarterly review. The Manager adjusted the Fund’s portfolio by selling the existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective weightings and using the cash proceeds to purchase SOL and UNI in accordance with the Fund’s construction criteria. On October 1, 2021, the Fund recognized a realized gain of $ 14,980,028 in connection with the sale of 431.18779320 Bitcoin, 568.90340080 Ether, 312.68264910 BCH, 1,332.29529100 LTC and 4,669.36765100 LINK, to purchase 393,666.73666700 ADA, 106,015.34887688 SOL and 213,332.22308637 UNI. On April 5, 2022, the Manager of the Fund announced the updated Fund Component weightings for the Fund in connection with its quarterly review. The Manager adjusted the Fund’s portfolio by selling the existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective weightings and using the cash proceeds to purchase DOT and AVAX in accordance with the Fund’s construction criteria. On April 5, 2022, the Fund recognized a realized gain of $ 12,437,503 in connection with the sale of 299.12356960 Bitcoin, 799.44969220 Ether, 525.96222080 BCH, and 471,808.63300000 ADA, to purchase 154.01722821 LTC, 600.38311024 LINK, 7,207.59678111 SOL, 23,446.19411389 UNI, 89,505.76684675 AVAX and 330,149.03708006 DOT. Effective July 1, 2022, the Fund replaced the Target Coverage Ratio Methodology with the DLCS Methodology. The change in methodology resulted in the removal of BCH, LINK, LTC, DOT, and UNI in proportion to their respective weighing on July 7, 2022 following the quarterly Fund Rebalancing Period. On July 7, 2022, the Fund recognized a realized loss of $ 14,895,069 in connection with the sale of 6,311.61385070 BCH, 23,715.33881688 LTC, 158,922.26469191 LINK, 232,591.41465073 UNI and 328,052.64509826 DOT, to purchase 199.83559815 Bitcoin, 1,507.83089471 Ether, 451,468.27947474 ADA, 4,253.16323862 SOL and 5,714.46623435 AVAX. On October 4, 2022, the Index Provider completed the quarterly rebalancing of the DLCS and determined that Bitcoin, Ether, ADA, SOL, MATIC and AVAX met the inclusion criteria of the DLCS Index. On October 4, 2022, following the rebalancing of the Index, the Manager completed its quarterly review of the Fund’s portfolio and initiated the process of rebalancing the Fund. The Manager adjusted the Fund’s portfolio by selling the existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective Weightings and using the cash proceeds to purchase SOL, AVAX and MATIC. As a result, MATIC was added to the Fund. No tokens were removed from the Fund. On October 5, 2022, following the rebalancing, the Fund recognized a realized gain of $ 1,133,040 in connection with the sale of 98.97782869 Bitcoin, 363.52443217 Ether and 54,505.66521500 ADA, to purchase 1,776.60193605 SOL, and 3,070.74446103 AVAX and 2,879,708.35424883 MATIC. On January 4, 2023, the Index Provider completed the quarterly rebalancing of the DLCS and determined that Bitcoin, Ether, ADA, SOL and MATIC met the inclusion criteria of the DLCS Index, but AVAX did not. On January 4, 2023, following the rebalancing of the Index, the Manager completed its quarterly review of the Fund’s portfolio and initiated the process of rebalancing the Fund. The Manager adjusted the Fund’s portfolio by selling AVAX and using the cash proceeds to purchase certain amounts of the other existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective Weightings following the rebalancing. As a result of the rebalancing, AVAX was removed from the Fund. On January 5, 2023, following the rebalancing, the Fund recognized a realized loss of $ 7,304,129 in connection with the sale of 96,557.16902347 AVAX to purchase 53.65562532 Bitcoin, 108.99277511 Ether, 133,890.68719500 ADA, 4,362.39069485 SOL, and 143.42553998 MATIC. On April 4, 2023, the Index Provider completed the quarterly rebalancing of the DLCS and determined that Bitcoin, Ether, ADA, SOL and MATIC met the inclusion criteria of the DLCS Index. On April 4, 2023, following the rebalancing of the Index, the Manager completed its quarterly review of the Fund’s portfolio and initiated the process of rebalancing the Fund. The Manager adjusted the Fund’s portfolio by purchasing and selling the existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective Weightings. No new tokens were added to or removed from the Fund. On April 5, 2023, following the rebalancing, the Fund recognized a realized gain of $ 227,762 in connection with the sale of 165.79100190 Ether to purchase 2.5976090 Bitcoin, 28,762.28047849 ADA, 5,273.27942925 SOL, and 99,343.42747559 MATIC. On July 5, 2023, the Index Provider completed the quarterly rebalancing of the DLCS and determined that Bitcoin, Ether, ADA, SOL and MATIC met the inclusion criteria of the DLCS Index. On July 5, 2023, following the rebalancing of the Index, the Manager completed its quarterly review of the Fund’s portfolio and initiated the process of rebalancing the Fund. The Manager adjusted the Fund’s portfolio by purchasing and selling the existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective Weightings. No new tokens were added to or removed from the Fund. On July 6, 2023, following the rebalancing, the Fund recognized a realized gain of $ 906,943 in connection with the sale of 645.45710183 Ether to purchase 34.54527749 Bitcoin, 81,945.38000000 ADA, 4,934.25000000 SOL, and 80,972.91000000 MATIC. On October 3, 2023, the Index Provider completed the quarterly rebalancing of the DLCS and determined that Bitcoin, Ether, ADA, SOL and MATIC met the inclusion criteria of the DLCS Index. On October 3, 2023, following the rebalancing of the Index, the Manager completed its quarterly review of the Fund’s portfolio and initiated the process of rebalancing the Fund. The Manager adjusted the Fund’s portfolio by purchasing and selling the existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective Weightings. No new tokens were added to or removed from the Fund. On October 4, 2023, following the rebalancing, the Fund recognized a realized gain of $ 149,939 in connection with the sale of 131.74000000 Ether and 9,814.74000000 MATIC to purchase 4.60330000 Bitcoin, 19,528.13080000 ADA, and 3,893.97900000 SOL. On January 3, 2024, the Index Provider completed the quarterly rebalancing of the DLCS and determined that Bitcoin, Ether, ADA, SOL, AVAX, and XRP met the inclusion criteria of the DLCS Index. On January 3, 2024, following the rebalancing of the Index, the Manager completed its quarterly review of the Fund’s portfolio and initiated the process of rebalancing the Fund. The Manager adjusted the Fund’s portfolio by selling the existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective weightings and using the cash proceeds to purchase AVAX and XRP. As a result of the rebalancing, AVAX and XRP have been added to the Fund, and MATIC has been removed from the Fund. On January 4, 2024, following the rebalancing, the Fund recognized a realized gain of $ 7,968,963 in connection with the sale of 189.52612820 Bitcoin, 1,345.61184068 Ether, 318,034.15333200 ADA, and 2,959,008.43244458 MATIC to purchase 111.26066974 SOL, 16,538,863.15409700 XRP, and, 111,647.44818623 AVAX. |