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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-021717"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NCIQ"
cik: "0002031069"
company_name: "Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF"
filed_at: "2026-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T23:14:43.914090+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index ETF amends AP Agreement to permit in-kind digital asset creation/redemption

## Summary
- On Feb 24, 2026, Hashdex entered Amendment #1 with Virtu Americas LLC, enabling in-kind creation/redemption of digital assets.
- Amendment updates the Procedures Handbook to reflect both cash and in-kind transaction procedures.
- In-kind capability was previously disclosed in Prospectus Supplement No. 12 dated Nov 12, 2025.
- Authorized Participant Virtu may now effectuate in-kind transfers in addition to cash for Creation Units.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-021717
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NCIQ
- cik: 0002031069
- company_name: Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF
- filed_at: 2026-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2031069/000121390026021717/0001213900-26-021717-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2031069/000121390026021717/ea0278250-8k_hashdex.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-021717.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF amended Amendment #1 with Virtu Americas LLC (effective 2026-02-24).
  - Action: amendment
  - Counterparty: Virtu Americas LLC
  - Effective: 2026-02-24
  source text: On February 24, 2026, Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF (the “Trust”) and Hashdex Asset Management Ltd., as sponsor of the Trust (the “Sponsor”), entered into Amendment #1 (the “Amendment”) to the Authorized Participant Agreement, dated as of January 14, 2025 (the “AP Agreement”), with Virtu Americas LLC (“Virtu”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2031069/000121390026021717/0001213900-26-021717-index.htm

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