---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000930413-24-001843"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HODL"
cik: "0001838028"
company_name: "VanEck Bitcoin ETF"
filed_at: "2024-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T05:41:06.808432+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VanEck Bitcoin Trust index replaces itBit with Bitfinex as constituent trading platform

## Summary
- Effective May 31, 2024, MarketVector Indexes GmbH replaced itBit with Bitfinex in the MarketVector Bitcoin Benchmark Rate index.
- Current index platforms: Bitfinex, Bitstamp, Coinbase, LMAX, and Kraken.
- VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL) uses this index for net asset value calculations; change may affect valuation inputs.
- No other changes to the trust's operations or portfolio were announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000930413-24-001843
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HODL
- cik: 0001838028
- company_name: VanEck Bitcoin ETF
- filed_at: 2024-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838028/000093041324001843/0000930413-24-001843-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838028/000093041324001843/c109103_8k-ixbrl.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000930413-24-001843
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000930413-24-001843.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000930413-24-001843.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.