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Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF — fact timeline

Source-grounded facts extracted from Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF's SEC 8-K filings across all families, newest first. Each cites a verbatim SEC excerpt.

ARKB Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF JSON
Material Agreements

Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF entered into Authorized Participant Agreement with Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. (effective 2025-12-16).

“On December 16, 2025, the Trust entered into a new authorized participant agreement (the “Authorized Participant Agreement”) with Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. (“Macquarie”), pursuant to which Macquarie has agreed to act as an authorized participant of the Trust.”
Material Agreements

Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF entered into Custodial Services Agreement with BitGo Trust Company, Inc. (effective 2025-12-12).

“On December 12, 2025, ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (the “Trust”) entered into a new custodial services agreement (the “Custodial Services Agreement”) with BitGo Trust Company, Inc., a South Dakota trust company (“BitGo”).”

Edel Bashir was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF.

“Ms. Edel Bashir assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer of the Sponsor.”

Duncan Moir was appointed as President at Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF.

“Ms. Ophelia Snyder, who was serving as President and Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor, stepped down from such roles to take on a new leadership role within 21co and was succeeded in her role as President of the Sponsor by Mr. Duncan Moir;”

Ophelia Snyder departed as Chief Financial Officer at Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF.

“Ms. Ophelia Snyder, who was serving as President and Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor, stepped down from such roles to take on a new leadership role within 21co and was succeeded in her role as President of the Sponsor by Mr. Duncan Moir;”

Ophelia Snyder departed as President at Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF.

“Ms. Ophelia Snyder, who was serving as President and Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor, stepped down from such roles to take on a new leadership role within 21co and was succeeded in her role as President of the Sponsor by Mr. Duncan Moir;”

Russell Barlow was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF.

“Mr. Harry Rashwan, who was serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor, stepped down from such role to take on a new leadership role within 21co and was succeeded by Mr. Russell Barlow as Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor;”

Harry Rashwan departed as Chief Executive Officer at Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF.

“Mr. Harry Rashwan, who was serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor, stepped down from such role to take on a new leadership role within 21co and was succeeded by Mr. Russell Barlow as Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor;”

Facts are extracted by an LLM and gated to those whose source quote is present verbatim in the filing text. Coverage is best-effort while backfill and monitoring mature; this is not yet a full-market index. See methodology.