Bitwise Bitcoin ETF

The following terms may be used throughout this Quarterly Report, including the financial statements and related notes.

1933 Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Administrator: BNY Mellon.

Advisers Act: The Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

Agent Execution Model: The model whereby the Prime Execution Agent, acting in an agency capacity, conducts bitcoin purchases and sales on behalf of the Trust with third parties through its Coinbase Prime service pursuant to the Prime Execution Agreement.

Authorized Participant: One that purchases or redeems Baskets from or to the Trust.

BAM: Bitwise Asset Management, Inc., the parent company of the Sponsor.

Basket: A block of 10,000 Shares used by the Trust to issue or redeem Shares.

Basket Amount: The quantity of bitcoin attributable to each Share of the Trust (net of accrued but unpaid expenses and liabilities) multiplied by the number of Shares comprising a Basket (10,000)

Benchmark Provider: CF Benchmarks Ltd.

bitcoin (lowercase): The native unit of account and medium of exchange on the Bitcoin network.

Bitcoin (uppercase): The software protocol and peer-to-peer network used for the creation, transfer and possession of bitcoin, as recorded on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Bitcoin Custodian: Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC, a New York State limited liability trust company.

Bitcoin Custody Agreement: The custody agreement between the Bitcoin Custodian and the Trust pursuant to which the Trust Bitcoin Agreement is established.

Bitcoin Trading Counterparty: The bitcoin trading counterparties that have been approved by the Sponsor.

Bitlicense: The license required by NYSDFS for virtual currency business activity conducted in New York State. The term is often used to describe the regulations promulgated under the New York Banking Law that authorize such licensing process.

BNY Mellon: The Bank of New York Mellon, a national association bank in New York that serves as the Administrator and Transfer Agent.

BRR: CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate.

BRRNY: CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate - New York Variant, calculated by CF Benchmarks Ltd. and published by the CME Group, is the CF Bitcoin-Dollar US Settlement Price that determines the U.S. dollar price of one bitcoin as of 4:00 p.m. ET daily, based on aggregated executed trade flows from major bitcoin trading platforms.

Business Day: Any day other than a day when the Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange is closed for regular trading.

Cash Custodian: BNY Mellon.

Commodity Exchange Act: Commodity Exchange Act of 1936.

CFTC: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, an independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and options in the U.S.

CME: The Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate - New York Variant: The CF Bitcoin-Dollar US Settlement Price, a reference rate published by the CME Group that calculates the U.S. dollar price of one bitcoin as of 4:00 p.m. New York time on each calendar day on constituent digital asset trading platforms.

CME Bitcoin Real Time Price: The CME CF Bitcoin Real Time Index, a pricing index continuously published by the CME Group at one-second intervals that calculates the U.S. dollar price of one bitcoin on constituent crypto asset trading platforms.

Code: Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Constituent Platform: The major bitcoin trading platforms that serve as the pricing sources for the calculation of the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant and CME CF Bitcoin Real Time Index.

Cryptocurrency: A token such as bitcoin that is the native asset of a crypto asset network.

Crypto asset: A token, such as a cryptocurrency, that is the native asset of or issued on a digital asset network and secured using public and private key cryptography or similar cryptographic credentials.

DTC: The Depository Trust Company, the securities depository for the Shares.

DTC Participant: An entity that has an account with DTC.

DSTA: Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

ERISA: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

EST: Eastern Standard Time.

Exchange: NYSE Arca, Inc.

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

FinCEN: The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a bureau of the U.S. Department of Treasury with the mandate to regulate financial institutions such as money services businesses in the U.S.

FINRA: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, formerly the National Association of Securities Dealers.

Forked Asset: The crypto asset resulting from a “hard fork” that is not bitcoin, as determined by the Sponsor in its discretion as set forth in the Trust Agreement. The holder of bitcoin at the time of a Network Fork may use its Bitcoin network private key to access the Forked Asset on the new network, typically through the use of the modified version of the Bitcoin network software that created the Network Fork (or the legacy version of the Bitcoin network software if the new version is determined to be Bitcoin).

GAAP: The generally accepted accounting principles of the United States.

Incidental Right: A right to receive a benefit of a fork or airdrop.

Indemnified Person: The Trustee or any officer, affiliate, director, employee, or agent of the Trustee, for the purposes of indemnification provisions of the Trust Agreement.

Indirect Participants: Banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant, either directly or indirectly.

Insignificant Participation Exception: An exception to the designation of certain assets under the Plan Asset Rules, where the investment by all benefit plan investors relating to such assets is not significant or other exceptions apply.

Investment Company Act: Investment Company Act of 1940.

IRA: An individual retirement account that is a tax-qualified retirement plan under the Code.

IR Asset: Any crypto asset acquired through an Incidental Right.

IRS: U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

ITV: Indicative Trust Value.

JOBS Act: The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act.

Listing Application: The application for approval of a proposed rule change to list and trade Shares of the Bitwise Bitcoin ETP Trust under NYSE Arca Rule 8.201-E, as filed with the SEC by the Exchange on June 28, 2023, and subsequently amended on September 25, 2023 and January 5, 2024.

Losses: The losses, claims, taxes, damages, reasonable expenses, and liabilities (including liabilities under State or federal securities laws) of any kind and nature whatsoever of an Indemnified Person or Sponsor Indemnified Party, as applicable, that are eligible for indemnification pursuant to the Trust Agreement.

Marketing Agent: Foreside Financial Services, LLC.

NAV: Net asset value of the Trust, which is a Non-GAAP metric and is determined each business day by valuing the Trust’s bitcoin using the BRRNY, less the Trust’s accrued but unpaid expenses.

Network Fork: A proposed change to the open-source software and protocols of the Bitcoin network that results in the creation of two versions of the Bitcoin network – the version running the unmodified software and the version running the modified version. To the extent that a Network Fork creates Bitcoin networks or Bitcoin blockchains that are not interoperable, the Network Fork is referred to as a “hard fork” and results in separate Bitcoin networks with independent bitcoin assets and Bitcoin blockchains that diverge from the point of adoption of the Network Fork.

NYSDFS: The New York State Department of Financial Services, a state agency that regulates financial institutions under the New York Banking Law.

OFAC: The Office Foreign Assets Control.

OTC: Over-the-counter, which refers to transactions that occur bilaterally between a purchaser and a seller, rather than through an exchange or clearing house.

Plan: An “employee benefit plan” as defined in, and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of, ERISA or of a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code.

Plan Asset Rules: Rules promulgated pursuant to ERISA for determining when an investment by a Plan in an entity will result in the underlying assets of such entity being assets of the Plan for purposes of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code.

Plan Fiduciaries: Fiduciaries with investment discretion over a Plan.

Prime Execution Agent: Coinbase Inc., an affiliate of the Bitcoin Custodian.

Prime Execution Agreement: The agreement between Coinbase Inc. and the Trust that sets forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which Coinbase Inc., and its affiliates, agree to open and maintain a prime broker account and provide services relating to trade execution.

Principal Market NAV: The net asset value of the Trust determined on a GAAP basis.

Publicly-Offered Security Exception: An exception to the designation of certain assets under the Plan Asset Rules, where such assets are publicly offered securities.

Purchase Order: An order to purchase one or more Baskets.

Purchase Order Cut-Off Time: The time at which Purchase Orders must be placed on a Business Day for that Business Day to constitute the Purchase Order Date.

Purchase Order Date: The Business Day on which a Purchase Order is accepted by the Transfer Agent.

Redemption Order: An order to redeem one or more Baskets.

Redemption Order Cut-Off Time: The time at which Redemption Orders must be placed on a Business Day for that Business Day to constitute the Redemption Order Date.

Redemption Order Date: The Business Day on which a Redemption Order is accepted by the Transfer Agent.

Register: The record of all Shareholders and holders of the Shares in certificated form kept by the Transfer Agent.

SEC: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, an independent agency with the mandate to regulate securities offerings and markets in the U.S.

Seed Shares: The four (4) Shares used to seed the Trust.

Seed Capital Investor: Bitwise Asset Management, Inc.

Shares: Common shares representing units of undivided beneficial ownership of the Trust.

Shareholders: Holders of Shares.

Sponsor: Bitwise Investment Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which controls the investments and other decisions of the Trust.

Sponsor Agreement: The agreement between the Sponsor and the Trust.

Sponsor Bitcoin Account: The custody account in the name of the Sponsor held with the Bitcoin Custodian, in which the Sponsor receives payment in bitcoin of its management fee from the Trust Bitcoin Account.

Sponsor Fee: The unitary management fee of 0.20% per annum of the Trust’s bitcoin holdings the Trust pays to the Sponsor.

Sponsor Indemnified Party: The Sponsor and its shareholders, members, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and subsidiaries, for the purposes of indemnification under the Trust Agreement.

Trade Credit: The Trust may borrow bitcoin or cash as a credit on a short-term basis from the Trade Credit Lender pursuant to the Trade Financing Agreement.

Trade Credit Lender: Coinbase Credit, Inc.

Trade Financing Agreement: The Coinbase Post-Trade Financing Agreement.

Transfer Agent: BNY Mellon.

Trust: The Bitwise Bitcoin ETF.

Trust Agreement: The Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of Bitwise Bitcoin ETF, entered into by the Sponsor and the Trustee.

Trust Bitcoin Account: The custody account in the name of the Trust held with the Bitcoin Custodian, in which Trust Bitcoin Account the Trust’s bitcoin assets are held.

Trust-Directed Trade Model: The model whereby the Sponsor purchases and sells bitcoin through the use of a Bitcoin Trading Counterparty.

Trustee: Delaware Trust Company, a Delaware trust company.

U.S.: The United States of America.

U.S. Treasury Department: The United States Department of the Treasury.

You: The owner or holder of Shares.