BCIX holders face Sep 1 deadline for physical delivery option

The ETP tracks the STOXX Digital Asset Blue Chip X Index. As of August 18, the basket split across seven coins: bitcoin and ethereum each at 30%, BNB at 16.95%, solana at 15.41%, tron at 4.58%, chainlink at 2.23% and uniswap at 0.82%. Holders who want to keep that weighting after redemption will need to rebuild it with individual positions, which changes the cost structure and the tax treatment.

For German tax purposes, a compulsory redemption counts as a disposal the investor did not choose. Whether the one-year holding period for private sales under Section 23 EStG applies, or the investment income rules, depends on whether the note is structured as a claim to physical delivery or as a pure monetary claim. The redemption's physical delivery option suggests the former, but the final classification rests on the facts of the individual case, said the advisory text of the issuer's notice. Anyone with significant exposure or additional crypto trades in the same year should consult a tax adviser before September 11, because after that only the settlement remains.

Savings plan customers face an extra layer. The ETP had been available as a savings plan via justTRADE since June 2024. With the call-in, future instalments will fail as soon as the instrument is no longer tradable. Active termination or a switch to another product is better than waiting for an automatic adjustment, brokers not necessarily handle this uniformly.

The compulsory redemption applies only to GB00BPDX1969. Other Valour products, including the 1Valour Bitcoin Physical Staking (GB00BRBV3124) and Ethereum Physical Staking (GB00BRBMZ190), remain active. The issuer holds the right to call those in as well under the same contract terms. Holders of multiple Valour ETPs should check each ISIN independently.

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