across industries or asset classes. As of January 31, 2026, the Index was concentrated in bitcoin and focused in BNB, ether and XRP.
●Crypto Assets Risk - Crypto assets are relatively new innovations and are subject to unique and substantial risks. The market for crypto assets are subject to rapid price swings, changes and uncertainty. A significant portion of the demand for crypto assets may be the result of speculation and consequently, the value of these assets has been, and may continue to be, substantially dependent on speculation. Such speculation regarding the potential future appreciation may artificially inflate or deflate the price of a crypto asset and increase volatility.
In addition, the acceptance of crypto assets and the further development of their blockchains are subject to a variety of factors that are difficult to evaluate. The slowing, stopping or reversing of either acceptance or development may adversely affect the price and liquidity of any crypto asset.
Crypto assets are subject to the risk of fraud, theft, manipulation, securities failures, and operational or other problems that impact the trading venues where investors buy and sell crypto assets. Unlike the exchanges for more traditional assets, such as equity securities and futures contracts, crypto trading venues are largely unregulated and may be operating out of compliance with applicable regulation. As a result of the lack of regulation, individuals or groups may engage in fraud or market manipulation (including using social media to promote crypto assets in ways that may artificially increase their price). Investors may be more exposed to the risk of theft, fraud, market manipulation, and operational failures than when investing in more traditional asset classes. Over the past several years, a number of crypto trading venues have been closed due to fraud, failure or security breaches. Investors in crypto assets may have little or no recourse should such theft, fraud or manipulation occur and could suffer significant losses. Events that are not necessarily related to the security or utility of a particular crypto asset can cause a significant decline in the price of that crypto asset or all crypto assets (e.g., the collapse of TerraUSD in May 2022 and FTX Trading Ltd. in November 2022).
Legal or regulatory changes may negatively impact the operation of blockchains or restrict the use of crypto assets. For example, if any crypto asset were determined or were expected to be determined to be offered and sold as a security under the federal securities laws, it is possible certain trading venues would no longer facilitate trading in that crypto asset, trading may become significantly more volatile and/or completely halted, and the value of an investment in the Fund could decline significantly and without warning, including to zero.
Finally, the creation of a "fork" (i.e., a change in a blockchain's rules or protocol that results in a split into two
separate networks) or a substantial giveaway of a crypto asset (sometimes referred to as an "air drop") may result in significant and unexpected declines in the value of a crypto asset.
The realization of any of these risks could result in a decline in the acceptance of a crypto asset or all crypto assets and consequently a significant and unexpected decline in the value of the crypto assets held by the Fund and the Fund itself.
●Bitcoin Risk - In addition to the risks applicable to all crypto assets, bitcoin is subject to unique and substantial risks related to its market and underlying network. The market for bitcoin, like all crypto assets, is subject to rapid price swings, changes and uncertainty. Bitcoin is subject to the risk of fraud, theft, manipulation or security failures. If one or a coordinated group of miners were to gain control of 51% of the Bitcoin Network, they would have the ability to execute extensive attacks, manipulate transactions, halt payments and fraudulently obtain bitcoin. A significant portion of bitcoin is held by a small number of holders sometimes referred to as "whales". Transactions by these holders may influence the price of bitcoin.
●Binance Coin (BNB) Risk - In addition to the risks applicable to all crypto assets, BNB is subject to unique and substantial risks related to its market and underlying network (BNB Chain). The market for BNB, like all crypto assets, is subject to rapid price swings, changes and uncertainty. BNB is subject to the risk of fraud, theft, manipulation or security failures.
Additionally, if one or a coordinated group of validators were to gain control of a significant proportion of staked BNB, they could (depending on the proportion of control gained), impede, reverse or prevent confirmation of transactions, cause a fork in the blockchain, manipulate the blockchain or double spend BNB.
A significant portion of BNB is held by a small number of holders, sometimes referred to as "whales". Transactions by these holders may influence the price of BNB and these holders may have the ability to manipulate the price of BNB. The BNB network ("BNB Chain") has reportedly suffered multiple network outages, including those arising from security vulnerabilities (e.g., bridge exploit pause in 2022) and denial of service and bot attacks (e.g., disruption due to sandwich bot attacks in 2024).
The development of the BNB Chain is ongoing and future disruptions, outages, bugs, or other problems could have a material adverse effect on the value and volatility of BNB and an investment in the Fund. Similarly, the client software implementation and wallets used by users and validators to access the BNB Chain or BNB could suffer