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Issuer:     Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC)
CIK:        0001588489
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-22-000297
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.10
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust amends Bitcoin valuation fallback rules effective Jan 11
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- Amended cascading rules for determining Index Price when CoinDesk XBX is unavailable or inaccurate.
- New tiered approach: primary (CoinDesk XBX), secondary (Coin Metrics Real-Time Rate), tertiary (principal market spot price), then sponsor's best judgment.
- Sponsor has sole discretion to determine if an index does not reflect accurate price with no predefined criteria.
- Change effective January 11, 2022; non-GAAP methodology not used in financial statements.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1588489/000095017022000297/0000950170-22-000297-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1588489/000095017022000297/gbtc-20220111.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-000297

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