# GBTC (Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF)

Grayscale · Crypto ETFs · data as of Sep 11, 2026

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, GBTC returned −33.5% against Bitcoin’s −33.2%, 0.36 of a percentage point behind.

## Key facts

- GBTC, total return, year: −33.5%, as of Sep 11, 2026.
- GBTC, bitcoin over the same days: −33.2%, as of Sep 11, 2026.
- GBTC, difference against Bitcoin, in percentage points: −0.4 pts, as of Sep 11, 2026.
- GBTC, days it has traded: 1,682, as of Sep 11, 2026.
- GBTC, net assets: $8.1bn (10-Q balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026).
- GBTC, holds: Bitcoin, as of Sep 11, 2026.

## GBTC over each window to Sep 11, 2026

| Window | The fund | Bitcoin | Difference, percentage points |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | +21.9% | +21.8% | +0.1 pts |
| 3 months | +21.1% | +21.5% | −0.4 pts |
| 6 months | +7.8% | +8.8% | −1.1 pts |
| 1 year | −33.5% | −33.2% | −0.4 pts |
| Since it listed | +649.0% | +1008.7% | −32.4% of its growth |

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sponsor | Grayscale | ETFIQ |
| Holds | Bitcoin | ETFIQ |
| Sponsor’s fee | 1.50% | 10-Q |
| Net assets | $8.1bn | 10-Q balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026 |
| Staking | the chain has none, so no fund holding it can pay a staking yield | ETFIQ |
| Listed since | Jan 2, 2020 | ETFIQ |
| Days traded | 1,682 | ETFIQ |
| Days it closed unchanged | 12 | ETFIQ |
| Quoted | on an exchange, every trading day | ETFIQ |
| Price | $59.77 | ETFIQ |

## Questions

### Does GBTC track Bitcoin?

Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −33.5% against Bitcoin’s −33.2%, which leaves it 0.36 of a percentage point behind. That difference carries the fee, the custody cost and the market’s pricing of the shares, and ETFIQ computes it from the fund’s own closes and the coin’s own closes over the same two dates.

### Does GBTC stake?

Bitcoin is a proof of work chain, so there is nothing to stake and no fund holding it can pay a staking yield.

### What is GBTC?

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF, a spot Bitcoin trust sponsored by Grayscale, listed Jan 2, 2020. It holds the coin through a custodian rather than futures on it or shares in companies that own it.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, GBTC, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/GBTC
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