BlackRock's iShares files Form 8-A to register Bitcoin Premium Income ETF shares on Nasdaq

iShares filed Form 8-A on June 11 to register Bitcoin Premium Income ETF shares for Nasdaq under Section 12(b), after the trust disclosed seed holdings of 109.963 BTC, 90,901 IBIT shares, and 856 written options contracts. This is BlackRock packaging covered-call-like BTC exposure: the prospectus says the trust will hold bitcoin/IBIT and sell monthly call options on IBIT, targeting 25%-35% of NAV in notional to generate premium income. The filing does not name a ticker or launch date, so it reads as launch-track paperwork rather than a trading-live notice.

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