Strategy. The Fund is an exchange -traded fund (ETF) that seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily through managed exposure to XRP futures contracts that trade only on an exchange registered with the CFTC (XRP Futures Contracts), and cash, cash -like instruments or high -quality securities that serve as collateral to the Funds investments in XRP Futures Contracts (Collateral Investments). In this manner, the Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond to twice the performance of the price of XRP for a single day. For the purpose of the Funds investment objective, under normal circumstances, the Fund will use the price of XRP that is reflected in the next, or second to next, expiring XRP Futures Contract. If the Fund … Show more… The Fund is an exchange -traded fund (ETF) that seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily through managed exposure to XRP futures contracts that trade only on an exchange registered with the CFTC (XRP Futures Contracts), and cash, cash -like instruments or high -quality securities that serve as collateral to the Funds investments in XRP Futures Contracts (Collateral Investments). In this manner, the Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond to twice the performance of the price of XRP for a single day. For the purpose of the Funds investment objective, under normal circumstances, the Fund will use the price of XRP that is reflected in the next, or second to next, expiring XRP Futures Contract. If the Fund invests in other XRP -Linked Instruments (defined below), the value of XRP will be determined by an average of how XRP is valued in the financial instruments in which the Fund invests. The Fund does not invest directly in XRP. Instead, the Fund seeks to benefit from increases in the price of XRP Futures Contracts for a single day. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of the value of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in XRP -Linked Instruments. For purposes of this policy, XRP -Linked Instruments means XRP Futures Contracts and (i) shares of other XRP -linked exchange -traded investment products not registered under as investment companies (XRP -Linked ETPs) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act) (such XRP -Linked ETPs are currently unavailable for investment, though are expected to become available in the future); and (ii) swap agreement transactions that reference XRP, XRP -Linked ETPs, XRP Futures Contracts, or XRP -referenced indexes. The investment adviser to the Fund and the Subsidiary is Volatility Shares LLC (the Adviser). The Adviser oversees the Fund and implements the day -to-day portfolio management responsibilities for the Fund. In serving as investment adviser to the Fund, the Adviser does not conduct conventional investment research or analysis or forecast market movement or trends. The Fund is classified as a non -diversified company under the 1940 Act. The Fund will not concentrate its investments in securities of issuers in any industry or group of industries, as the term concentrate is used in the 1940 Act, except that the Fund may invest more than 25% of its total assets in investments that provide exposure to XRP and/or XRP Futures Contracts. XRP Futures Contracts In order to obtain 2x daily exposure to XRP, the Fund intends to typically enter into cash -settled XRP Futures Contracts as the buyer, except as detailed below. In simplest terms, in a cash -settled futures market the counterparty pays cash to the buyer if the price of a futures contract goes up, and buyer pays cash to the counterparty if the price of the futures contract goes down. In order to maintain its 2x daily exposure to XRP, the Fund intends to exit its futures contracts as they near expiration and replace them with new futures contracts with a later expiration date. Futures contracts with a longer term to expiration may be priced higher than futures contracts with a shorter term to expiration, a relationship called contango. When rolling futures contracts that are in contango the Fund will close its long position by selling the shorter term contract at a relatively lower price and buying a longer -dated contract at a relatively higher price. The presence of contango will adversely affect the performance of the Fund. Conversely, futures contracts with a longer term to expiration may be priced lower than futures contracts with a shorter term to expiration, a relationship called backwardation. When rolling long futures contracts that are in backwardation, the Fund will close its long position by selling the shorter term contract at a relatively higher price and buying a longer -dated contract at a relatively lower price. The presence of backwardation may positively affect the performance of the Fund. Further, the returns of the Funds XRP Futures Contracts may differ from that of XRP due to the divergence in prices or the costs associated with investing in futures contracts, which may negatively impact the Funds returns. The Fund invests in XRP Futures Contracts indirectly via the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary and the Fund will have the same investment adviser and investment objective. The Subsidiary will also follow the same general investment policies and restrictions as the Fund. Except as noted herein, for purposes of this Prospectus, references to the Funds investment strategies and risks include those of the Subsidiary. The Fund complies with the provisions of the 1940 Act governing investment policies and capital structure and leverage on an aggregate basis with the Subsidiary. Furthermore, the Adviser, as the investment adviser to the Subsidiary, complies with the provisions of the 1940 Act relating to investment advisory contracts as it relates to its advisory agreement with the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary also complies with the provisions of the 1940 Act relating to affiliated transactions and custody. Because the Fund intends to qualify for treatment as a RIC under the Code, the size of the Funds investment in the Subsidiary will not exceed 25% of the Funds total assets at or around each quarter end of the Funds fiscal year. At other times of the year, the Funds investments in the Subsidiary will significantly exceed 25% of the Funds total assets. The Subsidiarys custodian is U.S. Bank, N.A.. If circumstances occur where market prices for XRP Futures Contracts were not readily available, the Fund would fair value its XRP Futures Contracts in accordance with its pricing and valuation policy and procedures for fair value determinations. Pursuant to those policies and procedures, the Adviser would consider various factors, such as pricing history; market levels prior to price limits or halts; supply, demand, and open interest in XRP Futures Contracts; and comparison to other major digital asset futures, such as bitcoin, ether and XRP prices in the spot market. The Adviser would document its proposed pricing and methodology, detailing the factors that entered into the valuation. The XRP Ledger and XRP XRP is a digital asset that is created and transmitted through the operations of the XRP Ledger, a decentralized ledger upon which XRP transactions are processed and settled. The XRP Ledger is a shared public ledger, similar to the Bitcoin network. However, the XRP Ledger differentiates itself from other digital asset networks in that its stated primary function is transactional utility, not store of value. The XRP Ledger is designed to be a global real -time payment and settlement system. XRP can be used to pay for goods and services or it can be converted to fiat currencies, such as the U.S. dollar. As a result, the XRP Ledger and XRP aim to improve the speed at which parties on the network may transfer value while also reducing the fees and delays associated with the traditional methods of interbank payments. Unlike a centralized system, no single entity controls the XRP Ledger. Instead, a network of independent nodes validates transactions pursuant to a consensus -based algorithm (the Consensus -Based Mechanism). It is this mechanism, as opposed to the proof -of-work mechanism utilized by the Bitcoin blockchain, that allows the XRP Ledger to be fast, energy -efficient and scalable, and therefore suitable for its most prominent use case, the facilitation of cross -border financial transactions. Proponents of this Consensus -Based Mechanism often cite several key advantages it offers. The first is near -instantaneous settlement of transactions, which normally occurs within 3 5 seconds. The second is energy efficiency. Unlike proof -of-work systems, which require massive computational power to secure the network, the Consensus -Based Mechanism is relatively light in terms of energy usage, as it relies on trusted validators rather than mining. A third advantage is scalability. The XRP Ledger can handle up to 1,500 transactions per second, far more than the Bitcoin or Ethereum blockchain. This makes the XRP Ledger an attractive option for high -volume use cases, such as cross -border payments. Lastly, because validators do not need to spend resources on mining, transaction fees are extremely low (typically a fraction of a cent per transaction). Transactions are validated on the XRP Ledger by a network of independent validator nodes. These nodes do not mine new blocks but participate in a consensus process to ensure that transactions are valid and correctly ordered on the XRP Ledger. Any node can be a validator, but for practical purposes, the XRP Ledger depends on a list of trusted validators known as the Unique Node List or UNL. Validators are entities (which can be individuals, institutions, or other organizations) that run nodes to participate in the consensus process. These validators ensure the integrity and accuracy of the ledger. Each node in the network maintains a Unique Node List a list of other validators that the node trusts to reliably validate transactions. The XRP Ledgers decentralized architecture means that different nodes may maintain different UNLs, but there needs to be some overlap in the UNLs for the consensus mechanism to work effectively. A transaction on the XRP Ledger begins when a user submits a transaction to the XRP Ledger network. The submitted transaction is broadcast to all validator nodes. Validators do not immediately confirm transactions as final; instead, they go through a process of reaching consensus on which transactions should be included in the next ledger version. Each validator collects incoming transactions into a proposed ledger, called a candidate ledger, and then exchanges their proposed candidate ledgers (also known as proposals) with other validators. The actual consensus process happens over several rounds. In each round, validators attempt to come to an agreement on which transactions should be included in the next ledger version. In each round, validators examine the transactions in the proposed ledger from the previous round and compare it to the proposals from other validators in their UNL. If the validator sees that a supermajority (typically 80% of validators) of trusted validators have proposed the same set of transactions, the validator updates its proposal to align with the majority. After a few rounds of exchanging proposals, when a supermajority (typically 80%) of validators have agreed on the same set of transactions, that version of the ledger is considered valid. All participating validators then update their copy of the ledger with the new, agreed -upon transactions. The final ledger version is broadcast to all nodes, and it becomes the new official state of the ledger. Development and maintenance of the source code for the XRP Ledger is largely driven by a community of developers and contributors. Ripple Labs is influential, for example, as it employs a team of engineers and developers who contribute significantly to the core codebase of the XRP Ledger. The XRP Ledger Foundation is also influential as it relates to the development and governance of the XRP Ledger. The XRP Ledger Foundation is an independent organization established to support the development and adoption of the XRP Ledger. The XRP Ledger has historically maintained high availability but has experienced notable disruptions. On February 4, 2025, the XRP Ledger experienced an unexpected halt in block production for approximately 64 minutes. During that time no new ledgers were validated, temporarily pausing all transactions. On November 25, 2024, the XRP Ledger faced a disruption of approximately 10 -minutes when several nodes crashed and restarted simultaneously, briefly halting transaction processing. No asset losses have occurred during these incidents, and built -in safety protocols ensured network recovery in both cases. Unlike other digital assets such as bitcoin or ether, XRP was not and is not mined gradually over time. Instead, all 100 billion XRP tokens were created at the time of the XRP Ledgers launch in 2012. This means that every XRP token that exists today was generated from the outset, without the need for a mining process. Of the 100 billion XRP generated by the XRP Ledgers code, the founders of Ripple Labs retained 20 billion XRP and the rest, nearly 80 billion XRP, was provided to Ripple Labs. In 2017, Ripple Labs introduced an escrow mechanism to control the release of its XRP holdings. Under this mechanism, Ripple Labs placed 55 billion XRP (55% of the total supply) into a series of time -locked escrow accounts that release 1 billion XRP per month over 55 months. Collateral Investments The Fund will invest assets in Collateral Investments. The Collateral Investments may consist of high -quality securities, which include: (1) U.S. Government securities, such as bills, notes and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury; (2) investment companies registered under the 1940 Act that invest in high -quality securities; and/or (3) corporate debt securities, such as commercial paper and other short -term unsecured promissory notes issued by businesses that are rated investment grade or determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. For these purposes, investment grade is defined as investments with a rating at the time of purchase in one of the four highest categories of at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organizations ( e.g. , BBB- or higher from S&P Global Ratings or Baa3 or higher from Moodys Investors Service, Inc.). The Collateral Investments are designed to provide liquidity, serve as margin, or otherwise collateralize the Subsidiarys investments in XRP Futures Contracts. The Fund expects that it will primarily invest its assets, and that the Subsidiary will primarily invest its assets, in Collateral Investments that are securities, as such term is defined under the 1940 Act. Other Investments In order to help the Fund meet its daily investment objective by maintaining the daily desired level of leveraged exposure to XRP, maintain its tax status as a regulated investment company on days in and around quarter -end , help the Fund maintain its desired exposure to XRP Futures Contracts when it is approaching or has exceeded position limits or accountability levels, or because of liquidity or other constraints, the Fund may invest in the following: Reverse Repurchase Agreements Reverse repurchase agreements are a form of borrowing in which the Fund sells portfolio securities to financial institutions and agrees to repurchase them at a mutually agreed -upon date and price that is higher than the original sale price, and use the proceeds for investment purchases. As a result of the Fund repurchasing the securities at a higher price, the Fund will lose money by engaging in reverse repurchase agreement transactions. As noted above, because the Fund intends to qualify for treatment as a RIC under the Code, the size of the Funds investment in the Subsidiary will not exceed 25% of the Funds total assets at or around each quarter end of the Funds fiscal year (the Asset Diversification Test). At other times of the year, the Funds investments in the Subsidiary will significantly exceed 25% of the Funds total (or gross) assets. When the Fund seeks to reduce its total assets exposure to the Subsidiary, it may use the short -term Treasury Bills it owns (and purchase additional Treasury Bills as needed) to transact in reverse repurchase agreement transactions, which are ostensibly loans to the Fund. Those loans will increase the gross assets of the Fund, which the Adviser expects will allow the Fund to meet the Asset Diversification Test. When the Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, it will either (i) be consistent with Section 18 of the 1940 Act and maintain asset coverage of at least 300% of the value of the reverse repurchase agreement; or (ii) treat the reverse repurchase agreement transactions as derivative transactions for purposes of Rule 18f -4 under the 1940 Act (Rule 18f -4 ), including as applicable, the value -at-risk based limit on leverage risk. XRP-Linked ETPs XRP -Linked ETPs are exchange -traded investment products that are not registered under the 1940 Act that derive their value from a basket of spot XRP, and trade intra -day on a national securities exchange. XRP -Linked ETPs are passively managed and do not pursue active management investment strategies, and their sponsors do not actively manage the XRP held by the ETP. This means that the sponsor of the ETP does not sell XRP at times when its price is high or acquire XRP at low prices in the expectation of future price increases. Although the shares of an XRP -Linked ETP are not the exact equivalent of a direct investment in XRP, they provide investors with an alternative that constitutes a relatively cost -effective way to obtain exposure to XRP through the securities market. XRP -Linked ETPs, though currently unavailable for investment, are expected to become available in the future. XRP -Linked ETPs have not yet been approved by the SEC; accordingly, such ETPs must file a registration statement on Form S -1 and subsequently be declared effective before the XRP -Linked ETPs may become available for investment. Furthermore, the SECs Division of Trading and Markets must approve a rule change filed on behalf of securities exchange pursuant to Form 19b -4 permitting the exchange to list and trade shares of the XRP -Linked ETPs before such ETPs become available for investment. Swaps that reference XRP, XRP-Linked ETPs, XRP Futures Contracts, or XRP-referenced indexes. Swap contracts are transactions entered into primarily with major global financial institutions for a specified period ranging from a day to more than one year. In a swap transaction, the Fund and a counterparty will agree to exchange or swap payments based on the change in value of an underlying asset or benchmark. For example, the two parties may agree to exchange the return (or differentials in rates of returns) earned or realized on a particular investment or instrument. In the case of the Fund, the reference asset can be XRP, shares of XRP -Linked ETPs, XRP Futures Contracts, or XRP -referenced indexes. Show less