BLOX Nicholas Crypto Income ETF
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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BLOX paid 24.2% in cash and lost 35.9% in total, against 14.8% for SPY.
Promise check: MissedOver the year to Nov 4, 2026, BLOX paid 24.2% in cash and returned −35.9% in total, covering −148.3% of its payout.
BLOX risk and return scorecard
vs SPY · Jun 2025 to Oct 2026 · 70 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Jul 31, 2026What you earned
What it paid
13 distributions · latest Oct 30, 2026More on BLOX
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price and total return, 1 year
$10.53−0.8%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 2026
Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Price | SPY | Ahead or behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | −21.8% | 2.5% | −24.1% | −1.0% | −20.8 pts |
| 3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | −13.6% | 8.9% | −21.1% | −0.1% | −13.5 pts |
| 6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026 | −29.7% | 14.6% | −41.5% | +5.0% | −34.7 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −18.1% | 26.4% | −39.8% | +13.3% | −31.4 pts |
| 1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −35.9% | 24.2% | −55.5% | +14.8% | −50.7 pts |
| Since launch Jun 17, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −10.5% | 44.9% | −45.1% | +30.5% | −41.0 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Jun 17, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | −7.7% | – | – | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Jun 2025: no 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
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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
BLOX paid 24.2% in cash over the year while its total return was −35.9%, so it paid out more than it returned.
Money in and out
Monthly data · as of Jul 31, 2026BLOX: in the month to Jul 31, 2026, net $20.4m came in, by its SEC filing.
Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions BLOX files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.
How this is computed
ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Jul 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for BLOX, back to Jun 2025, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare BLOX with other funds in the flows tool
Month by month, money in and money outJun 2025 to Jul 2026
BLOX, money in and money out each month from Jun 2025 to Jul 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from BLOX’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 14 months listed, money came in on net in 14 and went out in 0.
Every bar is from BLOX’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 14 months listed, money came in on net in 14 and went out in 0.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Jul 31, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.
BLOX key stats
BLOX return of capital and tax
Trading
as of Nov 4, 2026
BLOX for holders outside the US
13 distributions for BLOX, $0.0786 to $0.1041 a share and $0.0906 in the middle, Aug 7, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026. 6 further ex-dates are expected with no amount the issuer has declared, so they are not drawn.
BLOX pays weekly. The last distribution was $0.0786 a share, which went ex on Oct 30, 2026, with payment about 1 day later. The next has not been declared. On its own cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Nov 6, 2026; that date is an ETFIQ projection, not the issuer’s.
Expected distributions for BLOX. A projected row carries the fund’s own spacing forward from its last ex-date, at the last amount paid. Neither is an issuer statement. Source: ETFIQ.
Cash distributions per share for BLOX. Source: ETFIQ from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
Source: ETFIQ, from Tiingo end-of-day distributions.
How much of what it paid out did its total return cover?
That is the share of the 167 income ETFs not writing on a single company sitting at or below BLOX.
One year only, and a ratio of two published numbers: it says nothing about where a distribution came from. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.
Total return as a share of the cash paid: −148.3% · 2nd pct, −272.3% to 2,333.3% across 167.
BLOX top ten by weight, 22.7% of the fund, of its 17 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026. The options the fund writes are not positions of this kind and are not listed. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.
Source: The fund’s SEC filing.
About BLOX
How we measure
12 seats on BLOX, as of Nov 4, 2026: 5 Challenges, 7 Not enough data.
Questions people ask about BLOX
- How much has BLOX paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BLOX paid 24.2% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 55.5%.
- Is BLOX ahead of SPY?
- Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, BLOX returned −35.9% against +14.8% for S&P 500 (SPY), so a holder was behind it by 50.7 points.
- How often does BLOX pay, and how much?
- BLOX pays weekly. The latest distribution annualizes to 38.8% at its price on Nov 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the BLOX distribution return of capital?
- Nicholas estimates 0% of the distribution paid Sep 28, 2026 was return of capital. That is a tax characterization from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- When does BLOX next pay a distribution?
- BLOX pays weekly. The last distribution went ex on Oct 30, 2026 at $0.0786 a share. The next is not declared; on a cadence of about 7 days the ex-date falls near Nov 6, 2026, which is an ETFIQ projection. Payment usually follows the ex-date by 1 day.
- What does BLOX cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.99% a year.
- How much of BLOX’s distribution is return of capital?
- Nicholas’s Rule 19a-1 notice estimates 0.0% of the distribution paid Sep 28, 2026 was return of capital. Across its notices for distributions paid Nov 10, 2025 to Sep 28, 2026, the estimate is 72.5%. The annual report for the fiscal year to Oct 31, 2025 puts it at 0.0% of distributions. Estimates come before the fund year closes and often change.
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