The underperformance stems from the prices related to the fund’s construction. BITO doesn’t buy tokens, as a substitute it holds BTC futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Change (CME). The fund should roll over the contracts each month as they expire, making it susceptible to the worth distinction between phrases. If subsequent month’s contract trades at a premium to the closest expiry – a phenomenon referred to as contango and typical throughout a bull market – over a sustainable interval, the fund will compound losses as a result of “contango bleed.”
