Which paid more, BTCC or YBIT?

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BTCC paid 31.6% of its starting price in cash and YBIT paid 31.8%, so YBIT 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 YBIT?

With every distribution reinvested, BTCC returned −19.8% and YBIT −19.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.

Which is cheaper, BTCC or YBIT?

BTCC charges 0.65% a year and YBIT charges 1.02%, so BTCC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Income ETFs

BTCC vs YBIT: Dividend Yield & Total Return

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YBIT paid 31.8% of its price in cash against BTCC’s 31.6% and the two finished level on total return.

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Net assets: $13m on Jun 30, 2026 for Grayscale Bitcoin High Income ETF, and $59m on Nov 3, 2026 for YieldMax Bitcoin Option Income Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

31.6%

BTCC cash paid, 1 year

31.8%

YBIT cash paid, 1 year

−19.8%

BTCC total return, 1 year

−19.7%

YBIT 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.

YBIT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 0.8 pts ahead of Bitcoin

YBIT

−19.7%

Bitcoin

−20.5%

0.8 pts ahead of Bitcoin

YBIT over 1 year: paid 31.8%, price −52.0%, total −19.7%, Bitcoin −20.5%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

YBIT

−19.7%

0.8 pts ahead of Bitcoin

Total return, distributions reinvested

0.8 pts ahead of Bitcoin

YBIT over 1 year: paid 31.8%, price −52.0%, total −19.7%, Bitcoin −20.5%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Bitcoin

−20.5%

YBIT

−19.7%

0.8 pts ahead of Bitcoin

31.8% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. YBIT over 1 year: paid 31.8%, price −52.0%, total −19.7%, Bitcoin −20.5%, +0.8 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Data to Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

BTCC costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BTCC vs YBIT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BTCC	YBIT
Paid and earned
Measure	BTCC	YBIT
Total return, 1 year	−19.8%	−19.7%
Price change, 1 year	fell 50.5%	fell 52.0%
Against its benchmark
Measure	BTCC	YBIT
Benchmark	Bitcoin (BTC-USD)	Bitcoin (BTC-USD)
Cost and size
Measure	BTCC	YBIT
Expense ratio	0.65%	1.02%
Net assets, BTCC as of Jun 30, 2026 and YBIT as of Nov 3, 2026	$13m	$59m
Holdings
Measure	BTCC	YBIT
Holdings in common	0%

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

IQ Income Score8.4BTCC9.3YBIT

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

YBIT 9.3

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

Apr 11, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 81 weekly returns

BTCC YBIT

Return

Total return edge YBIT −19.2% −9.9%

Annualized edge YBIT −12.8% −6.5%

Price return edge YBIT (slight) −64.3% −62.0%

Risk

Volatility edge BTCC 30.5% 34.1%

Max drawdown edge BTCC (slight) −43.0% −46.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge YBIT −0.42 −0.14

Sortino edge YBIT −0.49 −0.19

Calmar edge YBIT −0.30 −0.14

Reading

From Apr 2025 to Oct 2026, YBIT returned more: −9.9% to −19.2%. BTCC swung less: 30.5% to 34.1%. BTCC fell slightly less at its worst: −43.0% to −46.3%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: BTCC vs YBIT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Measure	BTCC	YBIT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	−19.2%	−9.9%	YBIT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	−12.8%	−6.5%	YBIT	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−64.3%	−62.0%	YBIT (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	30.5%	34.1%	BTCC	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	26.2%	25.5%	YBIT (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−43.0%	−46.3%	BTCC (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	−0.42	−0.14	YBIT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	−0.49	−0.19	YBIT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	−0.30	−0.14	YBIT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 81 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BTCC and YBIT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BTCC YBIT

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BTCC

Only in YBIT

United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 05/15/2027 20.77%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 09/15/2027 18.94%

IBIT 11/20/2026 45.01 C 3.64%

IBIT US 11/06/26 C45.5 0.46%

IBIT US 11/06/26 C46 0.41%

IBIT US 11/06/26 C44 -1.44%

IBIT US 11/06/26 C44.5 -1.56%

IBIT 11/20/2026 45.01 P -2.71%

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Side by side

BTCC Grayscale Bitcoin High Income ETF · Covered call on Bitcoin, paying monthly YBIT YieldMax Bitcoin Option Income Strategy ETF · Synthetic covered call on Bitcoin, paying weekly

Issuer Grayscale YieldMax

Strategy covered call synthetic covered call

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

Pays monthly weekly

Payout rate, annualized 20.9% 41.7%

Expense ratio 0.65% 1.02%

Cash paid, 1 year 31.6% 31.8%

Price change, 1 year −50.5% −52.0%

Total return, 1 year −19.8% −19.7%

Benchmark return, 1 year −20.5% −20.5%

Ahead or behind +0.7 pts +0.8 pts

Return of capital, latest estimate not published 7%

Age 1.6 years 2.5 years

Net assets, BTCC as of Jun 30, 2026 and YBIT as of Nov 3, 2026 $13m $59m

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 YBIT: Dividend Yield & Total Return
	Total return		Cash paid		Against the benchmark
Window	BTCC	YBIT	BTCC	YBIT	BTCC	YBIT
3 months	+7.7%	+18.7%	10.8%	13.5%	−15.8 pts	−4.9 pts
6 months	−8.0%	−1.5%	17.6%	19.5%	−6.3 pts	+0.3 pts
1 year	−19.8%	−19.7%	31.6%	31.8%	+0.7 pts	+0.8 pts
Since launchNot the same days: BTCC Apr 2025 · YBIT Apr 2024	−18.1%	−11.5%	55.6%	75.2%	−10.2 pts	−31.9 pts

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Client brief

No client brief for this pair: the two funds' holdings are dated 127 days apart.

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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.

YBIT

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, YBIT paid 31.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 52.0%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −19.7%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) returned −20.5% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 41.7%, paid weekly. YieldMax estimates that 7% of the distribution paid Oct 30, 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 YBIT?: Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BTCC paid 31.6% of its starting price in cash and YBIT paid 31.8%, so YBIT 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 YBIT?: With every distribution reinvested, BTCC returned −19.8% and YBIT −19.7% over the year to Nov 4, 2026.
Which is cheaper, BTCC or YBIT?: BTCC charges 0.65% a year and YBIT charges 1.02%, 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 ↗

YBIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

YBIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

YBIT 19a-1 distribution notice ↗

YieldMax page for YBIT ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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