VanEck’s Bitcoin ETF ends its zero-sponsor-fee interval in the present day, July 31, with $1.076 billion in web property, equal to 43.0% of the waiver’s $2.5 billion asset threshold.
The VanEck Bitcoin ETF, which trades as HODL, reported the asset determine as of July 30. It was about $1.424 billion beneath the edge, that means HODL remained absolutely coated by the waiver via its ultimate day.
The waiver’s mechanics are extra exact than a easy cap. VanEck waived the sponsor payment on the primary $2.5 billion of belief property via July 31. Had the fund grown past that degree earlier than the deadline, solely property above $2.5 billion would have incurred a 0.20% payment, producing a weighted sponsor payment.
After July 31, the 0.20% sponsor payment applies to all belief property, in keeping with VanEck’s newest fee-waiver submitting. VanEck had not introduced one other extension by Friday morning, and the fund’s SEC submissions feed contained no newer fee-waiver submitting.
What HODL’s post-waiver payment modifications
At HODL’s July 30 asset degree, a 0.20% annual sponsor payment would quantity to about $2.15 million if property remained unchanged. For an investor, the identical price equals $20 a 12 months for each $10,000 invested earlier than modifications within the share worth.
That’s the sponsor payment, not a measure of whole possession value. Brokerage commissions, bid-ask spreads, premiums or reductions to web asset worth, taxes and different prices can even have an effect on an investor’s consequence.
VanEck filed the most recent extension on Nov. 25, 2025, changing an earlier Jan. 10, 2026 deadline with the July 31 finish date. Farside Buyers’ full each day desk exhibits that HODL recorded a web $87.6 million of outflows throughout 169 dated classes from Nov. 25 via July 30.
The movement whole doesn’t measure a change in property beneath administration and can’t, by itself, set up investor rejection or predict what occurs after the payment begins. Internet property additionally transfer with Bitcoin‘s worth and mirror creations, redemptions and bills.
The most recent session gives solely a snapshot. HODL attracted $2.3 million on July 30, about 0.99% of the $233.1 million web influx throughout the tracked U.S. spot-Bitcoin merchandise. Farside listed HODL’s cumulative web inflows at $1.146 billion, a separate measure from the fund’s $1.076 billion of web property.
As soon as the waiver expires, HODL’s 0.20% sponsor payment will match the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF’s payment. It should sit beneath the iShares Bitcoin Belief ETF’s 0.25% payment however one foundation level above the Franklin Bitcoin ETF’s 0.19% payment.
Amongst these three comparability merchandise, HODL will probably be tied with one, cheaper than one and barely dearer than one on recurring sponsor charges. Its zero-fee interval is ending on the calendar, with out the $2.5 billion threshold coming into play.

