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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-120660"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GBTC"
cik: "0001588489"
company_name: "Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF"
filed_at: "2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T06:04:17.206713+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grayscale Bitcoin Trust formally changes name to Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF

## Summary
- Name change effective November 4, 2024 from 'Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BTC)' to 'Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF'.
- Amendment No. 3 to the Seventh Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust executed to implement the name change.
- Certificate of Amendment filed with Delaware Secretary of State on October 30, 2024, effective November 4, 2024.
- Trust continues to trade under ticker GBTC on NYSE Arca.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-120660
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GBTC
- cik: 0001588489
- company_name: Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF
- filed_at: 2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1588489/000095017024120660/0000950170-24-120660-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1588489/000095017024120660/gbtc-20241104.htm

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