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BITQ vs BLOK: which is really different?

BITQ and BLOK hold 46% of their weight in the same names, and BITQ returned more over the year.

Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF and Amplify Blockchain Technology ETF.

18.8%BITQ in the S&P 500
30.0%BLOK in the S&P 500
+12.1%BITQ total return, 1 year
−1.8%BLOK total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: BITQ scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

BITQ 45.4BLOK 26.30.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

A percentile among the 379 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All thematic ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

BITQ81% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
19%81%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 63% of the fund · 30 holdings filed Sep 30, 2025 · Nasdaq-100: 11% in19%81%inoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 63% of the fund
BLOK70% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
30%70%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 92% · top ten 36% of the fund · 55 holdings filed Sep 21, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 12% in30%70%inoutside the S&P 500active share 92% · top ten 36% of the fund

46% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BITQ and BLOK hold 46% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions BITQ and BLOK both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingBITQBLOK
HUT 8 CORP.4.10%3.79%
GALAXY DIGITAL INC.3.62%3.72%
TERAWULF INC.4.17%3.56%
CLEANSPARK, INC.4.97%3.16%
COINBASE GLOBAL, INC.9.20%2.94%
CORE SCIENTIFIC, INC.4.58%2.40%
ROBINHOOD MARKETS, INC.1.61%4.38%
RIOT PLATFORMS, INC.4.83%1.59%
Circle Internet Group Inc3.94%1.57%
STRATEGY INC8.72%1.48%
Figure Technology Solutions Inc1.44%4.45%
Metaplanet Inc.2.93%1.40%
Only in each
Only in BITQOnly in BLOK
IREN LIMITED 12.61%Cipher Digital Inc 3.95%
APPLIED DIGITAL CORPORATION 5.30%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.29%
MARA HOLDINGS, INC. 4.62%Dell Technologies Inc 3.07%
CIPHER MINING INC. 4.17%Opera Ltd 3.06%
Bullish 2.52%SBI Holdings Inc 2.79%
Bitdeer Technologies Group 2.10%NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands 2.62%
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 1.37%Applied Digital Corp 2.48%
Nu Holdings Ltd 1.36%International Business Machines Corp 2.32%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 21, 2026 and Sep 30, 2025.

Performance, window by window

BITQ and BLOK over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
BITQBLOKBITQBLOKBITQBLOK
3 months−2.1%−2.8%−4.4 pts−5.0 pts+0.3 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+33.8%+26.2%+15.8 pts+8.2 pts+9.6 pts+2.0 pts
1 year+12.1%−1.8%−4.4 pts−18.4 pts−9.6 pts−23.6 pts
3 years+290.8%+236.4%+212.4 pts+158.1 pts+192.7 pts+138.3 pts
Since launch+23.7%+317.0%−78.6 pts+105.8 pts−111.2 pts−43.2 pts
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BITQ and BLOK on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BITQ
Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF
Holds 30 stocks in blockchain and crypto equities, 19% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
BLOK
Amplify Blockchain Technology ETF
Holds 55 stocks in blockchain and crypto equities, 30% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerBitwiseAmplify
ThemeBlockchain and crypto equitiesBlockchain and crypto equities
In the S&P 50018.8%30.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50097.7%92.3%
In the Nasdaq-10011.4%11.8%
Holdings3055
Top ten, share of the fund63.2%36.4%
Expense ratio0.85%0.70%
Fee for the differing part0.87%0.76%
Total return, 1 year+12.1%−1.8%
vs the S&P 500−4.4 pts−18.4 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−9.6 pts−23.6 pts
Below its high−15.7%−11.7%
Net assets$473m$1.1bn

BITQ in plain words

By weight, 19% of BITQ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 63% of the fund across 30 positions, as filed for Sep 30, 2025. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +12.1% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 4.4 pts. It sits 15.7% below its all-time high of Nov 9, 2021.

BLOK in plain words

By weight, 30% of BLOK's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 92%. The top ten holdings are 36% of the fund across 55 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 21, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 18.4 pts. It sits 11.7% below its all-time high of Oct 9, 2025.

Questions people ask

Do BITQ and BLOK hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 46% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, BITQ or BLOK?
BITQ has 19% of its weight in S&P 500 names and BLOK has 30%, so BITQ differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BITQ or BLOK?
BITQ charges 0.85% a year and BLOK charges 0.70%, so BLOK is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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BITQ against BLOK, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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