As filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2026.
Registration
No. 333-287889
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1
to
FORM
S-3
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Bitwise
10 Crypto Index ETF
(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.) |
c/o
Bitwise Investment Advisers, LLC
250 Montgomery Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 707-3663
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices and for service of process purposes)
Copies
to:
Richard
Coyle, Esq.
Chapman
and Cutler LLP
320
South Canal Street, 27th Floor
Chicago,
Illinois 60606
(312)
845-3724
Hunter
Horsley
Johanna Collins-Wood, Esq.
Bitwise Investment Advisers, LLC
250 Montgomery Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 707-3663
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If
any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933 check the following box: ☒
If
this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering: ☐
If
this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If
this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☒ (File
No. 333-287889)
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 ☐ |
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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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
This
post-effective amendment shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(d)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-287889) of Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF (the “Company”)
is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for the purpose
of filing an additional exhibit to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 consists only of a facing
page, this explanatory note and Part II of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 setting forth the exhibit being added to the Registration
Statement. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 does not modify any provision of Part I or Part II of the Registration Statement other
than the additions to Item 16 of Part II as set forth below. Pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
PART
II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item
16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a)
Exhibit: The following additional exhibit is filed as part of this Registration Statement.
Exhibit
Number |
|
Description |
| 10.9 |
|
Anchorage Custody Agreement |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of San Francisco, State of California, on June 1, 2026.
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Bitwise Investment Advisers, LLC |
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Sponsor of the Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF |
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By: |
/s/ Paul Fusaro |
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Name: |
Paul Fusaro |
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Title: |
Chief Operating Officer |
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities*
and on the dates indicated.
| Signature |
|
Title |
|
Date |
| |
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|
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| /s/
Paul Fusaro |
|
Chief Operating Officer |
|
June 1, 2026 |
| Paul Fusaro |
|
(Principal Executive Officer) |
|
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| |
|
|
|
|
| /s/
James Bebrin III |
|
Vice President |
|
June 1, 2026 |
| James Bebrin III |
|
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer) |
|
|
| * | The
registrant is a trust and the persons are signing in their capacities as officers of Bitwise Investment Advisers, LLC, the Sponsor of
the registrant. |