May 17, 2023
Division of Investment Management
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
| Re: | Form AW - Request for Withdrawal |
| Bitwise Funds Trust | |
| Registration on Form N-1A | |
| Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 | |
| (Registration Statement File Nos. 333-264900, 811-23801) |
Ladies and Gentleman:
On behalf of Bitwise Ethereum Strategy ETF (the “Fund”), a series of Bitwise Funds Trust (the “Trust”), the Trust hereby requests the withdrawal of the above-mentioned Post-Effective Amendment to the Trust’s Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 477 of Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2023.
The Trust no longer intends to seek effectiveness of the Fund and no securities of the Fund were sold, or will be sold, pursuant to the above-mentioned Post-Effective Amendment to the Trust’s Registration Statement.
Sincerely,
Bitwise Funds Trust
| By: | /s/ Katherine Dowling | |
| Katherine Dowling | ||
| General Counsel |
