POS EX 1 bitcoin-posex_031524.htm POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2024

 

Registration No. 333-252344 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2

 

TO FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

VALKYRIE BITCOIN FUND

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware   86-6430837
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

c/o Valkyrie Digital Assets LLC
Steven McClurg
320 Seven Springs Way, Suite 250

Brentwood, Tennessee 37027

(218) 255-9743 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices and Agent for Service)

 

Copies to:

 

Morrison C. Warren, Esq.
Chapman and Cutler LLP
320 South Canal Street
Chicago, Illinois 60606

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☒

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☒ (File No. 333-252344)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer     Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer     Smaller reporting company  
        Emerging growth company  
             
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  

This post-effective amendment shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-252344) of Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely for the purpose of filing additional exhibits to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 consists only of a facing page, this explanatory note and Part II of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 setting forth the exhibits being added to the Registration Statement. This Post- Effective Amendment No. 2 does not modify any provision of Part I or Part II of the Registration Statement other than the additions to Item 16 of Part II as set forth below. Pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

PART II—INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

  Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a) Exhibits: The following additional exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement.

Exhibit    
Number   Description
3.3   First Amendment to Amended and Restated Trust Agreement
10.15   Co-Sponsor Agreement

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Brentwood, Tennessee, on March 15, 2024.

  Valkyrie Digital Assets LLC
   
  Sponsor of the Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund
   
  By: /s/ Leah Wald
    Name: Leah Wald
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities* and on the dates indicated. 

Signature  

 

Capacity  

 

Date  

     

/s/ Leah Wald

Leah Wald

 

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)  

  March 15, 2024
     

/s/ Steven McClurg

Steven McClurg

 

 

Chief Investment Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and

Principal Accounting Officer) 

  March 15, 2024

* The Registrant is a trust and the persons are signing in their capacities as officers of Valkyrie Digital Assets LLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.