Correspondence 0001214659-24-000454 from WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund (BTCW) (CIK 0001850391) (BTCW)
WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund (BTCW) (CIK 0001850391)
Date: Jan. 9, 2024 · CIK: 0001850391 · Accession: 0001214659-24-000454
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File numbers found in text: 333-254134
Referenced dates: January 8, 2024
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January 9, 2024
VIA EDGAR
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Crypto Assets
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC 20549
Re:
WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund
Amendment No. 6 to
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed January 8,
2024
File No. 333-254134
Dear Mses. Tillan and Miller:
This response is provided on behalf of WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund (formerly,
WisdomTree Bitcoin Trust) (the “Trust” or the “Registrant”) with respect to Staff comments received on January
8, 2024, regarding Amendment No. 6 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Filing”), which was filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 8, 2024, for the purpose of registering shares of the
Trust. The Staff’s comments and the Trust’s responses are set forth below. Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein
have the same meaning given to them in the Trust’s registration statement.
General
1. Comment: In order to meet your anticipated timing, please respond to these comments
and amend your registration statement no later than 10:00 a.m. (EST) on January 9, 2024.
Response: Acknowledged.
Risk Factors, page 12
2. Comment: Please add risk factor disclosure addressing the risks related to your
Authorized Participants acting in the same capacity for several competing products.
Response: The risk factor disclosure entitled “Authorized Participants
serve in a similar capacity on behalf of several, competing exchange-traded bitcoin products, which could adversely affect the value or
availability of the Shares” has been added, as follows:
WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund
250 West 34th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10119 | 212-801-2080 Tel
Baskets may be created or redeemed only by Authorized Participants,
but the Authorized Participants are not required or obligated to engage in the creation or redemption of Baskets. The Trust has a limited
number of entities that may act as Authorized Participants, and the Authorized Participants act in a similar capacity for competing exchange-traded
bitcoin products. To the extent one or more Authorized Participants chooses to transact with or favor the interests of certain exchange-traded
bitcoin products over others, or such Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation or redemption orders
with respect to the Trust and no other Authorized Participant creates or redeems Baskets, the Shares may be more likely to trade at a
premium or discount to NAV and potentially face trading halts or delisting.
Bitcoin, Bitcoin Market, Bitcoin Exchanges and Regulation of Bitcoin
Bitcoin Protocol, page 49
3. Comment: We note your response to comment 5 and your revised disclosure that
“[w]ith respect to any fork, airdrop or similar event, the Trust will, at the direction of the Sponsor, permanently and irrevocably
abandon any Incidental Rights or IR Virtual Currency for no consideration.” We also note your disclosure that in the event that
the Trust’s or Sponsor’s policy with respect to forks or airdrops changes, the “Shareholders will be given 60 days’
advance notice via a posting on the Trust’s website or prospectus supplement or through a current report on Form 8-K in the Trust’s
annual or quarterly reports.” Please revise your disclosure to state that any change to this policy would require the Trust to seek
and obtain certain regulatory approvals, including approval by the SEC of an application by the Exchange to amend its listing rules.
Response: The referenced disclosure has been revised as follows:
The Sponsor’s policy with respect to the Trust’s treatment
of Incidental Rights or IR Virtual Currency can only be changed by the Exchange filing an application with the SEC seeking the SEC’s
approval to amend its listing rules. In the event that the Exchange receives approval to amend its listing rules and the Sponsor seeks
to change the Trust’s policy with respect to forks or airdrops, the Shareholders will be given 60 days’ advance notice via
a posting on the Trust’s website, prospectus supplement, post-effective amendment, through a current report on Form 8-K or in the
Trust’s annual or quarterly reports.
Exhibit Index
Exhibit 23.1, page 92
4. Comment: We note that the consent from your accountants in Exhibit 23.1 references
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 5. Please request an updated consent.
Response: The Registrant has received and included an updated consent to address
the incorrect reference.
Update:
Please note that, after further confirmation,
the response to comment 12 in the response letter dated January 8, 2024 has been further refined and is set forth below (with the original
comment repeated below):
12. Comment: We note your response to prior comment 13 and re-issue in part. Please revise to disclose
how the amount of cash required for a creation order is calculated.
Response: The following disclosure
has been added under “Creation Procedures”:
In order to calculate the amount of
cash necessary for a creation Basket, the Administrator multiplies the NAV per share by the number of Shares in a creation Basket. Each
night, the Sponsor or Trust Administrator will publish the amount of cash that will be required in exchange for each creation Basket the
next business day.
Please also note that the Sponsor’s fee has been updated.
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Sincerely,
/s/ Ryan Louvar
Ryan Louvar, Esq.
cc: Todd Zerega, Esq.
(Perkins Coie LLP)
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