Which paid more, BTCC or XBTY?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BTCC paid 31.6% of its starting price in cash and XBTY paid 40.3%, so XBTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.

Which returned more once distributions are counted, BTCC or XBTY?

With every distribution reinvested, BTCC returned −19.8% and XBTY −25.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, BTCC or XBTY?

BTCC charges 0.65% a year and XBTY charges 1.18%, so BTCC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

BTCC vs XBTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XBTY paid 40.3% of its price in cash against BTCC’s 31.6%, though BTCC returned more with it reinvested.

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Net assets: $13m on Jun 30, 2026 for Grayscale Bitcoin High Income ETF, and $8.8m on Nov 3, 2026 for GraniteShares YieldBOOST Bitcoin ETF.

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At a glance

31.6%

BTCC cash paid, 1 year

40.3%

XBTY cash paid, 1 year

−19.8%

BTCC total return, 1 year

−25.3%

XBTY total return, 1 year

BTCC · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.7 pts ahead of Bitcoin

BTCC

−19.8%

Bitcoin

−20.5%

0.7 pts ahead of Bitcoin

BTCC over 1 year: paid 31.6%, price −50.5%, total −19.8%, Bitcoin −20.5%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

BTCC

−19.8%

0.7 pts ahead of Bitcoin

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.7 pts ahead of Bitcoin

BTCC over 1 year: paid 31.6%, price −50.5%, total −19.8%, Bitcoin −20.5%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

BTCC

−19.8%

0.7 pts ahead of Bitcoin

31.6% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. BTCC over 1 year: paid 31.6%, price −50.5%, total −19.8%, Bitcoin −20.5%, +0.7 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

XBTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

XBTY

−25.3%

Bitcoin

−20.5%

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

XBTY over 1 year: paid 40.3%, price −62.5%, total −25.3%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −4.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

XBTY

−25.3%

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

Total return, distributions reinvested

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

XBTY over 1 year: paid 40.3%, price −62.5%, total −25.3%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −4.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

XBTY

−25.3%

4.8 pts behind Bitcoin

40.3% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. XBTY over 1 year: paid 40.3%, price −62.5%, total −25.3%, Bitcoin −20.5%, −4.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

BTCC costs 0.53 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.5 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BTCC vs XBTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BTCC	XBTY
Paid and earned
Measure	BTCC	XBTY
Total return, 1 year	−19.8%	−25.3%
Price change, 1 year	fell 50.5%	fell 62.5%
Return of capital, issuer estimate		93% of the Sep 22, 2026 payment
Against its benchmark
Measure	BTCC	XBTY
Benchmark	Bitcoin (BTC-USD)	Bitcoin (BTC-USD)
Cost and size
Measure	BTCC	XBTY
Expense ratio	0.65%	1.18%
Net assets, BTCC as of Jun 30, 2026 and XBTY as of Nov 3, 2026	$13m	$8.8m
Holdings
Measure	BTCC	XBTY
Holdings in common	0%

ETFIQ Distribution Coverage Score · BTCC scores higher How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?

IQ Income Score8.4BTCC7.5XBTY

How much of its payouts the fund's total return covered, ranked against 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company. 100 is best. How it is computed

BTCC 8.4

XBTY 7.5

0.3, the lowest in this set 99.7, the highest

One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. All income ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Risk and return

May 23, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 75 weekly returns

BTCC XBTY

Return

Total return edge BTCC −28.1% −37.6%

Annualized edge BTCC −20.4% −27.9%

Price return edge BTCC −65.9% −79.7%

Risk

Volatility edge XBTY 31.2% 22.9%

Max drawdown edge BTCC −43.0% −48.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge BTCC −0.69 −1.48

Sortino edge BTCC −0.79 −1.64

Calmar edge BTCC −0.48 −0.57

Reading

From May 2025 to Oct 2026, BTCC returned more: −28.1% to −37.6%. XBTY swung less: 22.9% to 31.2%. BTCC fell less at its worst: −43.0% to −48.6%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: BTCC vs XBTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BTCC	XBTY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	−28.1%	−37.6%	BTCC	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	−20.4%	−27.9%	BTCC	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−65.9%	−79.7%	BTCC	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	31.2%	22.9%	XBTY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	27.2%	20.6%	XBTY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−43.0%	−48.6%	BTCC	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	−0.69	−1.48	BTCC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	−0.79	−1.64	BTCC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	−0.48	−0.57	BTCC	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 75 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BTCC and XBTY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

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0% in common

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Side by side

BTCC Grayscale Bitcoin High Income ETF · Covered call on Bitcoin, paying monthly XBTY GraniteShares YieldBOOST Bitcoin ETF · Synthetic covered call on Bitcoin, paying weekly

Issuer Grayscale GraniteShares

Strategy covered call synthetic covered call

Benchmark Bitcoin (BTC-USD) Bitcoin (BTC-USD)

Pays monthly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 20.9% 29.7%

Expense ratio 0.65% 1.18%

Cash paid, 1 year 31.6% 40.3%

Price change, 1 year −50.5% −62.5%

Total return, 1 year −19.8% −25.3%

Benchmark return, 1 year −20.5% −20.5%

Ahead or behind +0.7 pts −4.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 93%

Age 1.6 years 1.5 years

Net assets, BTCC as of Jun 30, 2026 and XBTY as of Nov 3, 2026 $13m $8.8m

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

Window by window: BTCC vs XBTY: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	BTCC	XBTY	BTCC	XBTY	BTCC	XBTY
3 months	+7.7%	+7.0%	10.8%	7.6%	−15.8 pts	−16.5 pts
6 months	−8.0%	−4.7%	17.6%	16.0%	−6.3 pts	−3.0 pts
1 year	−19.8%	−25.3%	31.6%	40.3%	+0.7 pts	−4.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BTCC Apr 2025 · XBTY May 2025	−18.1%	−33.6%	55.6%	60.8%	−10.2 pts	−9.9 pts

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About each fund

BTCC

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BTCC paid 31.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 50.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −19.8%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) returned −20.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.7 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 20.9%, paid monthly.

XBTY

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, XBTY paid 40.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 62.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −25.3%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) returned −20.5% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 4.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 29.7%, paid weekly. GraniteShares estimates that 93% of the distribution paid Sep 22, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.

Questions people ask

Which paid more, BTCC or XBTY?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BTCC paid 31.6% of its starting price in cash and XBTY paid 40.3%, so XBTY paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
Which returned more once distributions are counted, BTCC or XBTY?: With every distribution reinvested, BTCC returned −19.8% and XBTY −25.3% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BTCC or XBTY?: BTCC charges 0.65% a year and XBTY charges 1.18%, so BTCC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

BTCC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BTCC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Grayscale website ↗

XBTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XBTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

XBTY 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

GraniteShares page for XBTY ↗

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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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