SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-009004 to Hashdex Commodities Trust (DEFI)
Hashdex Commodities Trust
Date: Aug. 17, 2023 · CIK: 0001985840 · Accession: 0000000000-23-009004
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August 17, 2023
Guillermo Trias
Chief Executive Officer
Tidal Commodities Trust I
c/o Toroso Investments, LLC
234 West Florida Street
Suite 203
Milwaukee, WI 53204
Re:Tidal Commodities Trust I
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed July 21, 2023
File No. 333-273364
Dear Guillermo Trias:
We have limited our review of your registration statement to those issues we have
addressed in our comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
information so we may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Form S-1 filed July 21, 2023
General
1.Provide disclosure of any significant crypto asset market developments material to
understanding or assessing your business, financial condition and results of operations, or
share price of the Predecessor Fund since its last reporting period, including any material
impact from the price volatility of crypto assets.
2.We note the blanks related to the anticipated closing of the merger transaction and that
you anticipate the filing of a registration statement on Form S-4 for that transaction.
Accordingly, please update when practicable to complete the merger disclosures and to
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make conforming changes consistent with any staff comments issued on the Form S-4, to
the extent applicable.
3.We note the Hashdex Bitcoin Futures ETF Fund is listed on NYSE Arca. Please tell us the
status of the exchange's amendment to the listing standard application under Rule 19b-4 of
the Exchange Act.
Prospectus Summary, page 1
4.Please revise here and in the main section to disclose the Fund's assets as of a recent date.
Also briefly summarize here the Fund's performance since inception.
What Are The Risk Factors Involved With An Investment In The Fund?, page 14
5.To the extent material, please discuss any reputational harm you may face in light of the
recent disruption in the crypto asset markets. For example, discuss how market conditions
may affect how your business is perceived by customers, counterparties, and regulators,
and whether there may be a material impact on your operations or financial condition.
6.Please describe any material risks to your business from the possibility of regulatory
developments related to crypto assets and crypto asset markets. Identify material pending
crypto legislation or regulation and describe any material effects it may have on your
business, financial condition, and results of operations.
7.To the extent material, please describe any gaps your board or management have
identified with respect to planned risk management processes and policies in light of
current crypto asset market conditions as well as any changes you have made or intend to
make to address those gaps.
8.Please describe any material risk to shareholders, either direct or indirect, from excessive
redemptions, withdrawals, or a suspension of redemptions or withdrawals, of shares from
the Fund.
9.To the extent material, describe any of the following risks due to disruptions in the crypto
asset markets:
•Risk from depreciation in your stock price.
•Risk of loss of customer demand for your products and services.
•Risks from price declines or price volatility of crypto assets.
The Offering, page 35
10.To the extent material, discuss how the bankruptcies of certain market participants and the
downstream effects of those bankruptcies have impacted or may impact your business,
financial condition, customers, and counterparties, either directly or indirectly.
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11.If material to an understanding of your business, describe any direct or indirect exposures
to other counterparties, customers, custodians, or other participants in crypto asset markets
known to:
•Have filed for bankruptcy, been decreed insolvent or bankrupt, made any assignment
for the benefit of creditors, or have had a receiver appointed for them.
•Have experienced excessive redemptions or suspended redemptions or withdrawals
of crypto assets.
•Have the crypto assets of their customers unaccounted for.
•Have experienced material corporate compliance failures.
12.Please update disclosure under Market Price of Shares on page 38 to include the first and
second quarters for 2023. Similarly update Prior Performance of the Fund on pages 38
and 39 to include all available monthly 2023 rates of return. Please also revise to discuss
changes in the Fund’s net asset performance and any trends or uncertainties that
contributed to significant changes in NAV.
We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff.
Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration
statement.
You may contact Jessica Livingston at 202-551-3448 or Sandra Hunter Berkheimer at
202-551-3758 with any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Crypto Assets
cc: Peter J. Shea