Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

Since the sales reported on the most recently filed Current Report on Form 8-K by Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BTC) (the "Trust"), the Trust issued 24,779,500 Shares at varying prices determined by reference to its Digital Asset Holdings per Share to selected "accredited investors," within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), in private placement transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Rule 506(c) thereunder for an aggregate of 23,559.18555570 Bitcoins representing $542,453,413. Genesis Global Trading, Inc. ("Genesis") acted as the Authorized Participant with respect to these distributions. As a result, there are 619,582,000 Shares issued and outstanding as of December 22, 2020.

Because Shares have been, and continue to be, created and issued on a periodic basis, a "distribution," as such term is used in the Securities Act, may be occurring from time to time. As a result, Genesis, as Authorized Participant facilitating the creation of Shares and as Distributor and Marketer, may be deemed an "underwriter" under Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid to Genesis with respect to such sales.

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