---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-028023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NCIQ"
cik: "0002031069"
company_name: "Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF"
filed_at: "2026-03-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T11:59:49.684524+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hashdex NCIQ ETF reduces management fee from 0.50% to 0.25% per annum, effective March 16

## Summary
- Permanent reduction of sponsor fee from 0.50% to 0.25% per annum of NAV, effective March 16, 2026.
- Replaces temporary fee waiver that had kept effective fee at 0.25% through December 31, 2026; waiver terminated.
- NCIQ is a multi-asset spot crypto ETF tracking Nasdaq CME Crypto Index, holding 7 crypto assets (BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, ADA, LINK, XLM).
- Hashdex has ~$1B AUM; fee cut aims to improve investor access and alignment with long-term digital asset exposure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-028023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NCIQ
- cik: 0002031069
- company_name: Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF
- filed_at: 2026-03-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2031069/000121390026028023/0001213900-26-028023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2031069/000121390026028023/ea0280992-8k_hashdex.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-028023.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF amended Second Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement with Hashdex Asset Management Ltd. (effective 2026-03-13).
  - Action: amendment
  - Counterparty: Hashdex Asset Management Ltd.
  - Effective: 2026-03-13
  source text: On March 13, 2026, Hashdex Asset Management Ltd., a Cayman Islands limited company (the “Sponsor”), and the Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), entered into the Second Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement (the “Second Amendment”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2031069/000121390026028023/0001213900-26-028023-index.htm

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