Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
ARKB vs FBTC: Tracking, Returns & Fees
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ARKB finished 0.13 of a percentage point behind Bitcoin and FBTC 0.20 behind.
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Net assets: $1.9bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF, and $15.5bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund.
ARKB over 1 year: fund −28.42%, Bitcoin −28.30%, 0.13 pts behind Bitcoin. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.FBTC over 1 year: fund −28.50%, Bitcoin −28.30%, 0.2 pts behind Bitcoin. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
FBTC over 1 year: fund −28.50%, Bitcoin −28.30%, 0.2 pts behind Bitcoin. Data to Oct 28, 2026.Pair scorecard
ARKB costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points.
| Measure | ARKB | FBTC |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −28.4% | −28.5% |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Bitcoin | Bitcoin |
| Against Bitcoin, same days | 0.1% behind | 0.2% behind |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.21% | 0.25% |
| Net assets, ARKB as of Jun 30, 2026 and FBTC as of Sep 30, 2026 | $1.9bn | $15.5bn |
| Reports to the SEC on | 10-K, not N-PORT | |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
How much of its coin's move it captured, after costs, ranked against 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year. 100 is best. How it is computed
A percentile among the 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year. Share of the coin's own price growth a holder kept; funds on different coins are ranked together. All crypto ETFs ranked by it →
Side by side
As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
Window by window
| Total return | The coin over the same days | Difference, percentage points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | ARKB | FBTC | ARKB | FBTC | ARKB | FBTC |
| 1 month | −2.2% | −2.3% | −2.2% | −2.2% | 0.0 pts | −0.1 pts |
| 3 months | +28.3% | +28.1% | +28.3% | +28.3% | 0.0 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 6 months | +7.9% | +7.8% | +7.9% | +7.9% | 0.0 pts | −0.1 pts |
| 1 year | −28.4% | −28.5% | −28.3% | −28.3% | −0.1 pts | −0.2 pts |
| Since each listedARKB Jan 2024 · FBTC Jan 2024 | +73.4% | +73.3% | +76.1% | +76.1% | −1.6% of its growth | −1.6% of its growth |
The same coin, two trusts
ARKB and FBTC hold the same asset. Both are 1933 Act trusts holding Bitcoin through a custodian, so neither has a portfolio to compare: the whole of each fund is one line. Over the same days, ARKB finished 0.13 of a percentage point behind Bitcoin and FBTC 0.20 of a percentage point behind, so ARKB kept more of what holding the coin gave, by 0.08 of a percentage point. That gap is the fee, the custody, the creation and redemption friction and the market’s pricing of the shares, compounded into one number.
ARKB and FBTC are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- What each follows (similar). Both follow Bitcoin.
- One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 ARKB returned −28.4% and FBTC −28.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.1 points.
- Cost (similar). ARKB charges 0.21% of assets a year and FBTC 0.25%, a gap of 0.04 points.
Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
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ARKB
ARKB holds Bitcoin through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, Bitcoin moved −28.3% and ARKB returned −28.4%. That leaves it 0.13 of a percentage point behind. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks, and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all of it together. It is the only number on this page the sponsor does not publish itself. ARKB charges 0.21% a year and finished 0.1% behind Bitcoin, so the fee is almost the whole of the difference. A spot trust is not a registered investment company. It files a 10-K rather than an N-PORT, and its holding is one line: the Bitcoin it custodies.
FBTC
FBTC holds Bitcoin through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, Bitcoin moved −28.3% and FBTC returned −28.5%. That leaves it 0.20 of a percentage point behind. FBTC charges 0.25% a year and finished 0.2% behind Bitcoin, so the fee is almost the whole of the difference.
Questions people ask
- Which tracked Bitcoin more closely, ARKB or FBTC?
- Over the window to Oct 28, 2026, ARKB finished 0.13 of a percentage point behind Bitcoin and FBTC 0.20 of a percentage point behind, so ARKB tracked it more closely, by 0.08 of a percentage point. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all together.
- Do ARKB or FBTC pay a staking yield?
- Bitcoin is a proof of work chain, so there is nothing to stake and no fund holding it can pay a staking yield.
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How this is computed
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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