---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001838028-25-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HODL"
cik: "0001838028"
company_name: "VanEck Bitcoin ETF"
filed_at: "2025-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T21:34:58.101733+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VanEck Bitcoin ETF executes 4-for-1 forward stock split; shares begin trading on split-adjusted basis

## Summary
- Forward stock split ratio 4:1; effective market open on February 14, 2025.
- Outstanding shares increased from 12.8M to 51.2M as a result of the split.
- Stock split announced on January 31, 2025; trading began split-adjusted on Feb 14, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001838028-25-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HODL
- cik: 0001838028
- company_name: VanEck Bitcoin ETF
- filed_at: 2025-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838028/000183802825000005/0001838028-25-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1838028/000183802825000005/hodl-20250214.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001838028-25-000005.txt

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