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BITQ vs STCE: which is really different?

BITQ and STCE hold 49% of their weight in the same names, and BITQ returned more over the year.

Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF and Schwab Crypto Thematic ETF.

18.8%BITQ in the S&P 500
12.7%STCE in the S&P 500
+12.1%BITQ total return, 1 year
−4.8%STCE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: STCE scores higher

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

BITQ 45.4STCE 71.40.1, 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
STCE87% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 54% of the fund · 35 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 3% in13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 54% of the fund

49% 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 STCE hold 49% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions BITQ and STCE both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingBITQSTCE
CORE SCIENTIFIC, INC.4.58%3.93%
Bullish2.52%2.67%
OSL Group Ltd0.99%0.70%
Only in each
Only in BITQOnly in STCE
IREN LIMITED 12.61%BITDEER TECHNOLOGIES GROUP CLASS A 6.58%
COINBASE GLOBAL, INC. 9.20%BITMINE IMMERSION TECHNOLOGIES 5.31%
STRATEGY INC 8.72%HIVE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD 5.30%
APPLIED DIGITAL CORPORATION 5.30%CLEANSPARK 5.09%
CLEANSPARK, INC. 4.97%GALAXY DIGITAL INC CLASS A 5.03%
RIOT PLATFORMS, INC. 4.83%IREN 4.74%
MARA HOLDINGS, INC. 4.62%TRUMP MEDIA TECHNOLOGY GROUP 4.53%
CIPHER MINING INC. 4.17%MARA HOLDINGS 4.39%

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 18, 2026 and Sep 30, 2025.

Performance, window by window

BITQ and STCE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
BITQSTCEBITQSTCEBITQSTCE
3 months−2.1%−9.2%−4.4 pts−11.4 pts+0.3 pts−6.7 pts
6 months+33.8%+31.6%+15.8 pts+13.6 pts+9.6 pts+7.4 pts
1 year+12.1%−4.8%−4.4 pts−21.4 pts−9.6 pts−26.6 pts
3 years+290.8%+255.3%+212.4 pts+176.9 pts+192.7 pts+157.2 pts
Since launch+23.7%+194.3%−78.6 pts+99.8 pts−111.2 pts+66.5 pts
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BITQ and STCE 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
STCE
Schwab Crypto Thematic ETF
Holds 35 stocks in blockchain and crypto equities, 13% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerBitwiseSchwab
ThemeBlockchain and crypto equitiesBlockchain and crypto equities
In the S&P 50018.8%12.7%
Active share vs the S&P 50097.7%99.6%
In the Nasdaq-10011.4%3.2%
Holdings3035
Top ten, share of the fund63.2%54.0%
Expense ratio0.85%0.30%
Fee for the differing part0.87%0.30%
Total return, 1 year+12.1%−4.8%
vs the S&P 500−4.4 pts−21.4 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−9.6 pts−26.6 pts
Below its high−15.7%−32.6%
Net assets$473m$270m

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.

STCE in plain words

By weight, 13% of STCE's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 54% of the fund across 35 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned −4.8% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 21.4 pts. It sits 32.6% below its all-time high of Oct 15, 2025.

Questions people ask

Do BITQ and STCE hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 49% 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 STCE?
BITQ has 19% of its weight in S&P 500 names and STCE has 13%, so STCE differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BITQ or STCE?
BITQ charges 0.85% a year and STCE charges 0.30%, so STCE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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BITQ against STCE, 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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