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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement On July 23, 2026, the Trust entered into the Third Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement, by and between the Trust and the Sponsor (the “Third Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement”), to allow for staking of the Trust’s crypto assets. The foregoing description of the Third Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the agreement, which has been filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Authorized Participant Agreement On July 23, 2026, Marex Capital Markets Inc. (the “Authorized Participant”) entered into an Authorized Participant Agreement, which was acknowledged and agreed to by the Trust and the Sponsor (the “Marex Authorized Participant Agreement”). The Marex Authorized Participant Agreement sets forth the procedures by which the Authorized Participant may create and redeem Baskets of Common Shares. Marex Capital Markets Inc. is one of the Trust’s Authorized Participants. The foregoing description of the Marex Authorized Participant Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the agreement, which has been filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Master Purchase and Sale Agreement for Digital Assets On July 22, 2026, the Sponsor, acting as agent on behalf of the Trust and not in its individual capacity, entered into a Master Purchase and Sale Agreement for Digital Assets with JSCT, LLC (the “JSCT Purchase and Sale Agreement”). The JSCT Purchase and Sale Agreement sets forth the terms under which the Trust may purchase and sell digital assets from and to JSCT, LLC on a principal-to-principal basis. JSCT, LLC is one of the Trust’s Crypto Trading Counterparties. The foregoing description of the JSCT Purchase and Sale Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the agreement, which has been filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. On July 23, 2026, the Sponsor and CSC Delaware Trust Company, the Trustee of the Trust, entered into a Sixth Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”). The Trust Agreement made changes to the Fifth Amended and Restated Trust Agreement to reflect the changes necessary to allow the commencement of staking activities in the Trust. A copy of the Trust Agreement is filed as Exhibit 3.1. Among other things, the Trust Agreement creates a separate class of unlisted shares designated as the Sponsor Share (the “Sponsor Share”), which is held exclusively by the Sponsor. The Sponsor Share entitles the Sponsor to an allocation of Net Staking Income (as defined therein) generated by the Trust’s staking program, as more fully described in the Trust Agreement and in the Prospectus Supplement described below. The Trust Agreement also authorizes the Trust to participate, directly or indirectly, in the proof-of-stake validation protocols of applicable Index Constituent Networks. In addition, the Trust Agreement sets forth the allocation of Staking Income (as defined therein) generated from the Trust's staking activities. Among other things, the Trust Agreement provides that, after the Staking Services Provider retains the Staking Services Provider's Portion (as defined therein) of any Staking Income, the remaining Net Staking Income will be allocated as follows: (i) 100% of Net Staking Income up to an amount equal to 25 basis points of the Trust’s net asset value attributable to the Common Shares (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any net asset value attributable to the Sponsor Share) (on an annualized basis) will be allocated to the Sponsor (as the holder of the Sponsor Share (as defined below)); and (ii) any Net Staking Income in excess of that threshold will be allocated 40% to the Sponsor (as the holder of the Sponsor Share) and 60% to the Trust for the benefit of Common Shareholders. The foregoing description of the Trust Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the agreement, which has been filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 8.01. Other Events. In connection with Items 1.01 and 5.03 above, the Trust expects to commence Staking Activities promptly, subject to operational readiness. Staking activities will be conducted through Coinbase Cloud Pte. Ltd. as the Trust’s initial Staking Services Provider, pursuant to the Master Infrastructure-as-a-Service Agreement previously disclosed by the Trust. A detailed description of the Trust’s staking program, including the Sponsor Share class, the allocation of staking income, the Trust’s liquidity risk policies and procedures, and the associated risk factors, is set forth in Prospectus Supplement No. 1, dated July 23, 2026, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3).