Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
BLOX vs BPI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
BLOX and BPI both write options for income.
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Net assets: $285m on Jul 31, 2026 for Nicholas Crypto Income ETF, and $2.9m on Jun 30, 2026 for Grayscale Bitcoin Premium Income ETF.
Pair scorecard
BPI costs 0.34 points a year less.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | BLOX | BPI |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −35.9% | not published |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 55.5% | |
| Return of capital, issuer estimate | 0% of the Sep 28, 2026 payment | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | S&P 500, measured through SPY | Bitcoin (BTC-USD) |
| Against its benchmark, same days | behind by 50.7 pts | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.99% | 0.65% |
| Net assets, BLOX as of Jul 31, 2026 and BPI as of Jun 30, 2026 | $285m | $2.9m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
Risk and return
May 8, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026 · 25 weekly returnsFrom May 2026 to Oct 2026, BPI returned more: −3.6% to −28.5%. BPI fell less at its worst: −24.4% to −31.3%.
Full scorecard
3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | BLOX | BPI | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | −28.5% | −3.6% | BPI | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Price return | −40.1% | −11.5% | BPI | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Max drawdown | −31.3% | −24.4% | BPI | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 25 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, BLOX and BPI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.
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0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
Window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | BLOX | BPI | BLOX | BPI | BLOX | BPI |
| 3 months | −13.6% | +22.4% | 8.9% | 5.1% | −13.4 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 6 months | −29.7% | −0.5% | 14.6% | 7.5% | −34.8 pts | +1.2 pts |
| 1 year | −35.9% | – | 24.2% | – | −50.7 pts | – |
| Since launch | −10.5% | – | 44.9% | – | −41.0 pts | – |
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No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for BPI.
BLOX
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BLOX paid 24.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 55.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −35.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +14.8% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 50.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 38.8%, paid weekly. Nicholas estimates that 0% of the distribution paid Sep 28, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
BPI
At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 8.8%, paid monthly.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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