---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001999371-26-007871"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DEFI"
cik: "0001985840"
company_name: "Hashdex Commodities Trust"
filed_at: "2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:56:16.154865+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hashdex Commodities Trust dismisses Tait Weller, appoints Cohen & Company as auditor

## Summary
- Dismissed Tait, Weller & Baker LLP as independent auditor effective April 6, 2026; no disagreements or reportable events.
- Engaged Cohen & Company, Ltd. as new independent auditor for fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
- Prior auditor reports for FY2025 and FY2024 contained no adverse opinion or qualification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001999371-26-007871
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DEFI
- cik: 0001985840
- company_name: Hashdex Commodities Trust
- filed_at: 2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1985840/000199937126007871/0001999371-26-007871-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1985840/000199937126007871/defi_8k-040626.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 86c3d220b3312ef62a1e4fd656788bceb6d58d98
  claim: Hashdex Commodities Trust engaged Cohen & Company, Ltd. as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: (b) Appointment of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm On April 6, 2026 (the “Engagement Date”), the Trust engaged Cohen & Company, Ltd. (“Cohen”) as the independent
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1985840/000199937126007871/0001999371-26-007871-index.htm
- claim_id: b9f20d3f31effa707914d49bb4ee873639457d0f
  claim: Hashdex Commodities Trust dismissed Tait, Weller & Baker LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: (a) Dismissal of Previous Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm On April 6, 2026, Hashdex Asset Management Ltd., as sponsor (the “Sponsor”) of the Hashdex Commodities Trust (the “Trust”),
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1985840/000199937126007871/0001999371-26-007871-index.htm

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