---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-052088"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NCIQ"
cik: "0002031069"
company_name: "Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF"
filed_at: "2025-06-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T18:50:56.605578+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ETF director replaced; NCIUS index adds ADA, SOL, XLM, XRP; SEC rule pending Nov 2025

## Summary
- Bruno Passos resigned as director of sponsor and PFO/PAO of Trust; Samir Kerbage appointed as director, PFO, PAO effective June 2, 2025.
- NCIUS index reconstituted to include ADA, SOL, XLM, XRP in addition to BTC and ETH.
- Trust continues to hold only BTC and ETH due to listing rule restrictions; increased tracking error risk.
- SEC rule change filed March 7, 2025 (SR-NASDAQ-2025-009) would allow Trust to hold NCI index (9 assets); decision expected by Nov 2, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-052088
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NCIQ
- cik: 0002031069
- company_name: Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF
- filed_at: 2025-06-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2031069/000121390025052088/0001213900-25-052088-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2031069/000121390025052088/ea0244966-8k_hashdex.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-052088
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-052088.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-052088.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Samir Elias Hachem Kerbage was appointed as Director of the Sponsor at Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director of the Sponsor
  source text: Effective June 2, 2025, Samir Elias Hachem Kerbage was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Sponsor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2031069/000121390025052088/0001213900-25-052088-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bruno Leonardo Kmita de Oliveira Passos resigned as Director of the Sponsor at Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director of the Sponsor
  source text: On June 2, 2025, Bruno Leonardo Kmita de Oliveira Passos resigned from his role as a member of the Board of Directors of Hashdex Asset Management Ltd. (the “Sponsor”), the sponsor of the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF (the “Trust”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2031069/000121390025052088/0001213900-25-052088-index.htm

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