Fair Value of Investments in Digital Assets

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Fair Value of Investments in Digital Assets

3. Fair Value of Investments in Digital Assets

The Fund Components are held by the Custodian on behalf of the Fund and are carried at fair value. The following table represents the fair value of each Fund Component using the price provided at 4:00 p.m., New York time, by the relevant Digital Asset Exchange Market considered to be its principal market, as determined by the Fund:


Fund Component	Principal Market	December 31, 2021		June 30, 2021
BTC	Coinbase Pro	$	45,867.86	$	34,764.81
ETH	Coinbase Pro	$	3,644.75	$	2,243.98
SOL1	Coinbase Pro	$	168.25	N/A
ADA2	Coinbase Pro	$	1.29	N/A
UNI1	Coinbase Pro	$	16.83	N/A
LTC	Coinbase Pro	$	144.08	$	141.61
LINK3	Coinbase Pro	$	19.07	$	19.28
BCH	Coinbase Pro	$	420.63	$	520.99

1 Effective October 1, 2021, the Manager adjusted the Fund’s portfolio by selling the existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective weightings and using the cash proceeds to purchase Solana (SOL) and Uniswap (UNI) in accordance with the Fund Construction Criteria See Note 4. Portfolio Rebalancing for a description of the portfolio rebalancing.

2 Effective July 1, 2021, the Manager adjusted the Fund’s portfolio by selling the existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective weightings and using the cash proceeds to purchase Cardano (ADA) in accordance with the Fund Construction Criteria See Note 4. Portfolio Rebalancing for a description of the portfolio rebalancing.

3 Effective April 2, 2021, the Manager adjusted the Fund’s portfolio by selling the existing Fund Components in proportion to their respective weightings and using the cash proceeds to purchase Chainlink (LINK) in accordance with the Fund Construction Criteria See Note 4. Portfolio Rebalancing for a description of the portfolio rebalancing.

The following represents the changes in quantity of each Fund Component and their respective fair values:


(Amounts in thousands, except BTC amounts)	Quantity			Fair Value
BTC balance at July 1, 2020		2,890.95335771		$	26,406
BTC contributed		4,668.87490748			61,878
BTC distributed from portfolio rebalancing		(49.26609880	)		(4,018	)
BTC distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(170.54073785	)		(5,373	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investment in BTC		-			168,230
Net realized gain on investment in BTC		-			8,052
BTC balance at June 30, 2021		7,340.02142854		$	255,175
BTC contributed		13.24337963			613
BTC distributed from portfolio rebalancing		(656.52708407	)		(26,334	)
BTC distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(86.50920502	)		(4,214	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investment in BTC		-			55,804
Net realized gain on investment in BTC		-			22,153
BTC balance at December 31, 2021		6,610.22851908		$	303,197


(Amounts in thousands, except ETH amounts)	Quantity			Fair Value
ETH balance at July 1, 2020		16,713.06457809		$	3,760
ETH contributed		27,048.35623477			11,956
ETH contributed from portfolio rebalancing		2,541.65341845			2,993
ETH distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(1,015.29289476	)		(1,362	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investment in ETH		-			83,519
Net realized gain on investment in ETH		-			759
ETH balance at June 30, 2021		45,287.78133655		$	101,625
ETH contributed		77.55708625			252
ETH distributed from portfolio rebalancing		(4,191.03512819	)		(9,393	)
ETH distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(518.91185317	)		(1,799	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investment in ETH		-			48,439
Net realized gain on investment in ETH		-			9,055
ETH balance at December 31, 2021		40,655.39144144		$	148,179


(Amounts in thousands, except SOL amounts)	Quantity			Fair Value
SOL balance at July 1, 2021		-		$	-
SOL contributed		-			-
SOL contributed from portfolio rebalancing		106,015.34887688			14,914
SOL distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(665.96428436	)		(129	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investment in SOL		-			3,055
Net realized loss on investment in SOL		-			(115	)
SOL balance at December 31, 2021		105,349.38459252		$	17,725


(Amounts in thousands, except ADA amounts)	Quantity			Fair Value
ADA balance at July 1, 2021		-		$	-
ADA contributed		20,953.27038208			46
ADA contributed from portfolio rebalancing	11,650,299.27053844				15,959
ADA distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(143,630.64526582	)		(269	)
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investment in ADA		-			(1,448	)
Net realized gain on investment in ADA		-			582
ADA balance at December 31, 2021	11,527,621.89565470			$	14,870


(Amounts in thousands, except UNI amounts)	Quantity			Fair Value
UNI balance at July 1, 2021		-		$	-
UNI contributed		-			-
UNI contributed from portfolio rebalancing		213,332.22308637			5,212
UNI distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(1,340.10445446	)		(29	)
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investment in UNI		-			(1,285	)
Net realized loss on investment in UNI		-			(330	)
UNI balance at December 31, 2021		211,992.11863191		$	3,568


(Amounts in thousands, except LTC amounts)	Quantity			Fair Value
LTC balance at July 1, 2020		9,446.46857963		$	388
LTC contributed		15,310.38020958			908
LTC contributed from portfolio rebalancing		2,010.23222215			309
LTC distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(582.28021762	)		(81	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investment in LTC		-			2,142
Net realized gain on investment in LTC		-			41
LTC balance at June 30, 2021		26,184.80079374		$	3,707
LTC contributed		47.39510812			8
LTC distributed from portfolio rebalancing		(2,055.23220558	)		(300	)
LTC distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(310.92157608	)		(53	)
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investment in LTC		-			(99	)
Net realized gain on investment in LTC		-			175
LTC balance at December 31, 2021		23,866.04212020		$	3,438


(Amounts in thousands, except LINK amounts)	Quantity			Fair Value
LINK balance at July 1, 2020		-		$	-
LINK contributed		253.44138473			9
LINK contributed from portfolio rebalancing		154,021.49829970			4,622
LINK distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(947.32372975	)		(30	)
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investment in LINK		-			(1,709	)
Net realized gain on investment in LINK		-			64
LINK balance at June 30, 2021		153,327.61595468		$	2,956
LINK contributed		310.46132900			8
LINK contributed from portfolio rebalancing		8,790.77944755			133
LINK distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(2,062.17995409	)		(51	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investment in LINK		-			33
Net realized loss on investment in LINK		-			(21	)
LINK balance at December 31, 2021		160,366.67677714		$	3,058


(Amounts in thousands, except BCH amounts)	Quantity			Fair Value
BCH balance at July 1, 2020		2,908.94301800		$	643
BCH contributed		4,696.88194985			1,185
BCH distributed from portfolio rebalancing		(55.03257309	)		(31	)
BCH distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(171.33022114	)		(81	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investment in BCH		-			2,102
Net realized gain on investment in BCH		-			27
BCH balance at June 30, 2021		7,379.46217362		$	3,845
BCH contributed		13.60904594			8
BCH distributed from portfolio rebalancing		(381.01746501	)		(191	)
BCH distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(89.71704262	)		(50	)
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investment in BCH		-			(771	)
Net realized gain on investment in BCH		-			71
BCH balance at December 31, 2021		6,922.33671193		$	2,912


(Amounts in thousands, except XRP amounts)	Quantity			Fair Value
XRP balance at July 1, 2020		6,697,006.68459600		$	1,177
XRP contributed		10,327,653.14534000			2,668
XRP distributed from portfolio rebalancing		(16,838,197.64668600	)		(3,875	)
XRP distributed for Manager's Fee, related party		(186,462.18325000	)		(60	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investment in XRP		-			1,740
Net realized loss on investment in XRP		-			(1,650	)
XRP balance at June 30, 2021		-		$	-

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The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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