In the present day, Trump Media and Know-how Group Corp. (Nasdaq, NYSE Texas: DJT) filed with the US Securities and Change Fee (SEC) a Form S-1 for his or her upcoming Truth Social Bitcoin ETF.
The ETF, which can maintain bitcoin immediately, is designed to trace the bitcoin’s worth efficiency.
“Truth Social Bitcoin ETF, B.T. is a Nevada business trust that issues beneficial interests in its net assets,” acknowledged the Form S-1. “The assets of the Trust consist primarily of bitcoin held by a custodian on behalf of the Trust. The Trust seeks to reflect generally the performance of the price of bitcoin.”
The ETF is sponsored by Yorkville America Digital, LLC and can commerce beneath NYSE Arca. The Belief’s property primarily include bitcoin held by Foris DAX Belief Firm, LLC, the designated bitcoin custodian. Crypto.com will act because the ETF’s prime execution agent and liquidity supplier.
“Shares will be offered to the public from time to time at varying prices that will reflect the price of bitcoin and the trading price of the Shares on New York Stock Exchange Arca, Inc. at the time of the offer,” talked about the Form S-1.
Whereas the ETF affords buyers a regulated avenue for bitcoin publicity, the Belief warned of a number of dangers associated to digital property:
- Loss, theft, or compromise of personal keys might end in everlasting lack of bitcoin.
- Bitcoin’s reliance on blockchain and Web applied sciences makes it susceptible to disruptions and cyber threats.
- Environmental and regulatory pressures tied to excessive electrical energy use in bitcoin mining might impression market stability.
- Potential forks or protocol failures within the Bitcoin Community could result in volatility and uncertainty in asset worth.
Final week, throughout an interview on the 2025 Bitcoin Convention, Donald Trump Jr. introduced that TMTG and Truth Social have been forming a Bitcoin treasury with $2.5 billion. “We’re seriously on crypto—we’re seriously on Bitcoin,” mentioned Trump Jr. “We’re in three major deals. I believe we’re at the beginning of what will be the future of finance. And the opportunity is massive.”
The day after that interview, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., joined by American Bitcoin Government Chairman and Board Member Mike Ho, CEO Matt Prusak, and Altcoin Day by day founder Aaron Arnold, mentioned the way forward for Bitcoin.
“The whole system is broken and now all of the sudden you have crypto which solves all the problems,” commented Eric Trump. “It makes every part cheaper, it makes every part quicker, it makes it safer, it makes it extra clear. It makes the entire system extra purposeful.“
“Everybody wants Bitcoin. Everybody is buying Bitcoin,” Eric added.
