SEC Company Response from Osprey Bitcoin Trust (OBTC) — Oct 6, 2025
Osprey Bitcoin Trust
Date: Oct. 6, 2025 · CIK: 0001767057 · Accession: 0001493152-25-017150
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File numbers found in text: 333-289334
Referenced dates: August 22, 2025
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Morgan,
Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Tel. +1.202.739.3000
Fax: +1.202.739.3001
www.morganlewis.com
Erin E. Martin
Partner
+1.202.739.5729
erin.martin@morganlewis.com
October
6, 2025
VIA
EDGAR AS CORRESPONDENCE
United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Crypto Assets
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attention:
David Irving, Jason Niethamer, Lulu Cheng, and Sandra Hunter Berkheimer
Re:
Osprey Bitcoin Trust
Registration
Statement on Form S-1
Filed
August 6, 2025
File
No. 333-289334
Dear
Mr. Irving, Mr. Niethamer, Ms. Cheng, and Ms. Berkheimer:
On
behalf of Osprey Bitcoin Trust (the “Trust”), we submit this letter in response to comments from the staff (the “Staff”)
of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) contained in its letter dated August 22,
2025, relating to the above-referenced filing of the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”).
Concurrently herewith, the Trust is filing Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement.
For
the Staff’s convenience, the Staff’s comments have been stated below in their entirety in bold and italicized text, followed
by the corresponding responses from the Trust. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this letter have the meanings ascribed to such
terms in the Registration Statement. Unless otherwise noted, the page numbers indicated below refer to page numbers in the Registration
Statement.
Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed August 6, 2025
General
1. We
note your disclosure on pages 7 and 31 that the Trust has chosen to opt out of the extended
transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. If this is true,
please mark the box on the cover to indicate this fact.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, the Trust has revised the disclosure on the Cover Page to indicate that the Trust has chosen to
opt out of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards.
The
Offering
Incidental
Rights/IR Virtual Currency, page 11
2. Please
reconcile your disclosure here and on pages 21 and 64 with your disclosures on pages 46 and
86 which state that the Sponsor has committed to cause the Trust to permanently and irrevocably
abandon any Incidental Rights and IR Virtual Currency to which the Trust may become entitled
in the future.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, the Trust has revised the disclosure on pages 11, 46, 64, and 88 to reconcile the prior disclosure.
Risk
Factors
Risk
Factors Related to the Trust and the Shares
The
limited ability to facilitate in-kind creations and redemptions, page 31
3. We
note your response to prior comment 6 and re-issue. Please revise to identify which of your
Authorized Participants have the ability to support cash only, in-kind only, or both types
of creation and redemption activities.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, the Trust respectively advises the Staff that it has revised to remove the risk factor identified
from the Registration Statement in light of recent regulatory activity. The Registration Statement continues to include risk factor disclosure
that discusses the risks associated with facilitating both cash and in-kind creation and redemption activities. At this time, the Trust
has not yet identified Authorized Participants for the offering, however, it advises the Staff that it will disclose the Authorized Participants
that have the ability to support cash only, in-kind only, or both types of creation and redemption activities, as applicable, upon identification
of such Authorized Participants.
Business
of the Trust
Trust
Expenses, page 64
4. Please
reconcile your disclosures here and on page 10 that if the Trust holds any IR Virtual Currency,
the Trust may pay the Management Fee, in whole or in part, with such IR Virtual Currency,
with your disclosure on pages 58 and 91 that upon effectiveness of the registration statement,
the Management Fee will be paid in U.S. dollars.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, the Trust revised the disclosure on pages 10 and 64 to clarify that the Management Fee will be
paid in U.S. dollars.
Creation
and Redemption, page 65
5. We
note your response to prior comment 7. To the extent you are using “Liquidity Provider”
interchangeably with “Bitcoin Trading Counterparty,” please revise to use one
term. Alternatively, please define “Liquidity Provider” on first use.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, the Trust has revised the disclosure on page 65.
Intraday
Indicative Value, page 65
6. Please
define the term “BRTI,” and revise to clarify the relevance of the BRTI methodology.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, the Trust defined the term “BRTI” in the Glossary, on page 96 and revised the disclosure
on page 65 to clarify the relevance of the BRTI methodology.
The
Trust’s Service Providers
The
Sponsor, page 80
7. Please
revise to discuss the Sponsor’s experience sponsoring exchange-traded products and
specifically its experience related to crypto asset markets.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, the Trust has revised the disclosure on page 79 to discuss the Sponsor’s experience related
to crypto asset markets.
Plan
of Distribution
Selling
Shareholders, page 90
8. We
note your response to prior comment 10. Please revise to identify the selling shareholders.
Please refer to Item 507 of Regulation S-K.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, the Trust has revised the disclosure on page 92 to identify the selling shareholders.
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If
you have any questions or comments regarding these responses or require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact
me at +1.202.739.5729.
Very
truly yours,
/s/
Erin E. Martin