Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund (BITW) 10-Q/A 2023 Q2 Quarterly report (amended)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM

10-Q/A

(Amendment No. 1)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2023

or

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from

     

to

     

Commission File Number

000-56270

Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	82-3002349
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

400 Montgomery Street

,

Suite 600

San Francisco

,

CA

 

94104

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(415)

707-3663

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
None	N/A	N/A

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund (BITW) Shares

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation

S-T

during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a

non-accelerated

filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule

12b-2

of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
		Emerging growth company	☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule

12b-2

of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of August 4, 2023: 20,241,947

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In response to a comment letter received from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), dated September 6, 2023, Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund (BITW) (the “Trust”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form

10-Q/A

(this “Amendment”) to amend its Quarterly Report on Form

10-Q

for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, originally filed with the SEC on August 4, 2023 (the “Original Form

10-Q”),

to amend the certifications filed as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to include language required by Item 601 of Regulation

S-K,

which was inadvertently omitted in the Original Form

10-Q.

This Amendment contains only the Cover Page to this Amendment, this Explanatory Note,

Item

6, the Signature Page, and the certifications attached to this Amendment as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2. No other changes have been made to the Original Form

10-Q.

This Amendment speaks as of the filing date of the Original Form

10-Q,

does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the original filing date, and does not modify or update in any way disclosures made in the Original Form

10-Q

other than as indicated. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Form

10-Q

and our other filings with the SEC.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION:	4
Item 6. Exhibits	4
SIGNATURES	5

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION:

Item 6.

Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description
31.1	Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.
31.2	Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.
32.1*	Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to the Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.
32.2*	Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to the Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.
101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.LAB	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (Formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in exhibit 101)

* Previously furnished with the Original Form 10-Q.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

Bitwise Investment Advisers, LLC as Sponsor of Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund (BITW)
By:	/s/ Hunter Horsley
	Name:	Hunter Horsley
	Title:	President (Principal Executive Officer)*
By:	/s/ Paul Fusaro
	Name:	Paul Fusaro
	Title:	Title: Chief Operating Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)*

Date: September 18, 2023

* The Registrant is a trust and the persons are signing in their capacities as officers or directors of Bitwise Investment Advisers, LLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.

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