other material
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.50
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust switches Bitcoin valuation to CoinDesk XBX Index Price, dropping prior averaging
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF
- New Index Price removes additional daily averaging; uses raw 24-hour VWAP from CoinDesk XBX as of 4 pm NY time.
- Historical average difference between Old and New Index Price was 0.31% from Jan 2019 to Dec 2021.
- No change to index composition or exchange selection criteria; methodology aligns with publicly available XBX.
- Old Index License Agreement with TradeBlock terminated Jan 31, 2022; new agreement effective Feb 1, 2022.