UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): ~~March~~November 720, 2025

VANECK BITCOIN ETF

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	001-41908	85-6811021
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor New York, New York		10017

(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 293-2000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Shares	HODL	Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 81.01 ~~Other~~Entry ~~Events~~Into A Material Definitive Agreement.

Effective ~~December~~November 220, ~~2024~~2025, ~~MarketVector~~VanEck ~~Indexes~~Bitcoin ~~GmbH,~~ETF (the ~~index~~"Trust") ~~sponsor~~amended and ~~index~~restated ~~administrator for~~ the ~~MarketVectorTM~~Form ~~Bitcoin~~of ~~Benchmark~~Authorized ~~Rate~~Participant ~~(the~~Agreement ~~“Index”),~~to ~~replaced~~reflect ~~Bitfinex~~certain ~~and~~updates ~~LMAX~~to ~~with~~allow ~~Bullish~~in-kind creation and ~~Gemini,~~redemption ~~respectively,~~process as ~~constituent~~an ~~trading~~alternative ~~platforms used~~ to ~~calculate~~ the ~~Index.~~Trust's ~~The~~cash ~~current~~creation ~~platform composition of the Index is Bitstamp, Bullish, Coinbase, Gemini,~~ and ~~Kraken~~redemption process.

The foregoing description of the Form of Authorized Participant Agreement contained in this Item 1.01 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Form of Authorized Participant Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.						Description

10.1						Form of Authorized Participant

104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: ~~March~~November 720, 2025

VanEck Bitcoin ETF * By: VanEck Digital Assets, LLC, as Sponsor of the Trust By: /s/ Matthew A. Babinsky Name: Matthew A. Babinsky Title: ~~Assistant~~ Vice President ~~and Assistant Secretary~~


*			The registrant is a trust. The individual specified above is signing in his capacity as an officer of VanEck Digital Assets, LLC, the Sponsor of the registrant.

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