BLOX
This fund does not currently behave like the group it was assigned to, so its grouping is being re-reviewed. Grading pauses until the review resolves, because a letter measured against the wrong peer group would be a statement about the wrong funds.New York Stock Exchange ArcaNicholas Crypto Income ETF
$14.72−0.45 (−2.93%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.99%
- Fund size
- $314M
- 1Y return
- −8.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 41.15%
- Volume · 30D
- 0.4M sh
- NAV per share
- $14.36
- 52W range
Our read on BLOX
Most bitcoin derivative funds pick one lane: leverage, shorting, or a futures wrapper. BLOX buys the crypto industry's stocks and funds instead, then writes options against them for monthly income while keeping some upside in play.
The Fund seeks capital appreciation as its primary objective and current income as its secondary objective. It is actively managed and uses crypto-industry equities, related options, underlying crypto funds, and options strategies intended to generate income while retaining some upside potential.
Why people hold it
- Actively managed across crypto-industry equities, underlying crypto funds and options, so the manager can shift the mix rather than ride a single futures curve.
- Income is written into the mandate, not bolted on: options premium feeds monthly distributions, with capital appreciation still the stated primary objective.
- Built as a 1940 Act registered fund holding equities and options, the same rulebook as a plain vanilla stock ETF rather than a commodity trust structure.
Worth knowing
- Launched in 2025, so the record is short and risk measures rest on roughly a single year of trading.
- At 0.99% a year, it sits at the pricier end of the bitcoin-derivatives shelf, which is the cost of an active options overlay.
- Crypto-industry stocks plus written options do not move like bitcoin itself, and selling options trades away part of a sharp rally for premium today.
BLOX Holdings
- Other
- —
- 78%
- FBTC
Sectors
Geography
BLOX Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | BLOX |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.9% |
| 1 month | +14.2% |
| 3 months | −3.3% |
| 1 year | −8.7% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | BLOX |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.9% | |
| 2025 | +9.3% |
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BLOX Dividends
- 41.15%
- $6.24
- $0.09 per share
- Weekly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 14, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Aug 24, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Aug 17, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 13, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.11 |
BLOX Risk
- 46.9%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.09
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −47.1%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 3.07
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BLOX Cost
- 0.99%