WisdomTree 500 Digital ETF
Research and shelf status are on the memo: WisdomTree 500 Digital ETF Research unresolved
Who may buy, hold, transfer, and redeem
Each answer rests on the issuer’s own words, quoted from the document named under it. Ketju re-reads each document and records whether the words are still there. Where the documents say nothing, the row says so.
- What the holder owns
One share of a registered ETF, recorded on a blockchain instead of at DTC; the same security either way.
“Each Tokenized Share is a digital representation of one share of the Fund recorded on a blockchain. Tokenized Shares do not constitute a separate instrument or a different type of security from DTCC Shares; rather they are a digital form of the same underlying shares of the Fund.”
SEC EDGAR: WisdomTree Digital Trust, Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 on Form N-1A (485APOS, filed 2026-05-12): WisdomTree 500 Digital ETF prospectus and SAI · Statement of Additional Information, ”Tokenized Share Structure” · words found 2026-09-25
- Who may hold it
No one yet: nothing may be sold until the registration is effective, now set for 18 October 2026.
“We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective.”
SEC EDGAR: WisdomTree Digital Trust, Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 on Form N-1A (485APOS, filed 2026-05-12): WisdomTree 500 Digital ETF prospectus and SAI · Prospectus cover, red legend · words found 2026-09-25
- Who may hold it
Once effective, anyone whose wallet WisdomTree Transfers has verified and approved; the filing sets no investor floor.
“Tokenized Shares may only be held in blockchain wallets that have been verified and approved by WisdomTree Transfers.”
SEC EDGAR: WisdomTree Digital Trust, Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 on Form N-1A (485APOS, filed 2026-05-12): WisdomTree 500 Digital ETF prospectus and SAI · Fund summary, ”DTCC Shares, Tokenized Shares and Use of Blockchain” · words found 2026-09-25
- First purchase minimum
The filing states no minimum. Shares trade at market prices through brokers or dealers, and the fund itself deals only in Creation Unit Aggregations.
- Who it may be transferred to
Only between wallets WisdomTree Transfers has approved, at any hour; a transfer is not legally valid until WisdomTree Transfers records it.
“The ability to conduct peer-to-peer transfers is currently limited to verified and permissioned wallets of investors for supported blockchains. A peer-to-peer transfer could occur any time of the day on any day, but would not be legally valid until registered by WisdomTree Transfers.”
SEC EDGAR: WisdomTree Digital Trust, Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 on Form N-1A (485APOS, filed 2026-05-12): WisdomTree 500 Digital ETF prospectus and SAI · Additional Information About the Buying and Selling of Fund Shares, ”Transfer of Tokenized Shares” · words found 2026-09-25
- How a holder redeems
A holder cannot redeem. Only authorized participants redeem, in creation-unit blocks; a holder sells to a dealer or another approved wallet, or switches to DTCC form and sells on the exchange.
“Tokenized Shares may only be redeemed in Creation Unit Aggregations by Authorized Participants and holders of Tokenized Shares will not be able to individually redeem Tokenized Shares (the inability to individually redeem also applies to DTCC Shares).”
SEC EDGAR: WisdomTree Digital Trust, Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 on Form N-1A (485APOS, filed 2026-05-12): WisdomTree 500 Digital ETF prospectus and SAI · Additional Information about the Fund, ”Use of Blockchain for Tokenized Shares”, Share Recording · words found 2026-09-25
- Who keeps the official record
WisdomTree Transfers, the digital transfer agent. Its book-entry record is the official record of Tokenized Shares; the chain is reconciled to it daily, and BNY’s overall count controls if the two cannot be reconciled.
“WisdomTree Transfers’ book-entry records constitute the official record of ownership for Tokenized Shares.”
SEC EDGAR: WisdomTree Digital Trust, Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 on Form N-1A (485APOS, filed 2026-05-12): WisdomTree 500 Digital ETF prospectus and SAI · Additional Information about the Fund, ”Use of Blockchain for Tokenized Shares”, Share Recording · words found 2026-09-25
- What the issuer says it can freeze or take back
Smart contracts block transfers to or from unregistered wallets and can claw back tokens that do not match the book-entry record. No contract is public yet, so the powers have not been read.
“Specifically, smart contracts have been developed to support functions such as transfer restrictions to prevent unauthorized transfers to or from unregistered wallets and ability to claw back tokens to the extent that the digital representation of Fund share ownership does not align with the book-entry records.”
SEC EDGAR: WisdomTree Digital Trust, Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 on Form N-1A (485APOS, filed 2026-05-12): WisdomTree 500 Digital ETF prospectus and SAI · Fund summary, ”DTCC Shares, Tokenized Shares and Use of Blockchain” · words found 2026-09-25
| Fact | What the file records |
|---|---|
| Who onboards the holder | issuer |
| Voting rights | Yes |
| Distributions | cash |
| SIPC coverage of the wallet | No |
The transfer agent’s SEC record
A transfer agent registers with the SEC on Form TA-1 and reports each year on Form TA-2: how many securityholder accounts it keeps and for how many issues it keeps the master securityholder file, the list that says who owns each share.
| Agent | SEC file | TA-2 period | Accounts | Issues with master file | Work it hires out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WisdomTree Transfers, Inc. | 084-06766 | 2025-12-31 | 699 | 15 | None |
Who can change the record
Powers read from the deployed contracts and their verified source: the token and every contract it consults on transfer. A power recorded here is the issuer’s ability, not evidence it has been used.
No token contract for this program is public, so nothing can be read from the chain yet. The issuer’s own statement of its powers is quoted above. Ketju reads the contract the day one is published.
Where it trades
| Venue | Kind |
|---|---|
| Listing exchange for DTCC Shares (not named in the May 12, 2026 amendment) | exchange |
| WisdomTree Securities, Inc. and other broker-dealers, principal trades in Tokenized Shares | issuer primary |
No Tokenized Securities Venue lists this token. Secondary trading, if any, is outside the exemption.
How it exits
| Path | Settlement | Settles in |
|---|---|---|
| Redeem in kind | Only authorized participants redeem, in Creation Unit Aggregations, for a basket of securities and/or cash at NAV; NAV is struck at the close of the NYSE, generally 4:00 p.m. New York time. A holder of either form cannot redeem a share. A Tokenized Share can be switched to a DTCC Share by filing a transfer form with WisdomTree Transfers, which may take multiple business days | USD |
- The registration goes effective (18 October 2026 as of the 485BXT of 18 September 2026) or WisdomTree files another delay; the file is then reread with the effective prospectus
- WisdomTree publishes the token contract addresses and the chains that hold Tokenized Shares; each is read and a control surface added
- The effective prospectus names the ticker, the listing exchange, the sub-adviser, the fee, or a state list
- WisdomTree Transfers or The Bank of New York Mellon stops serving the fund, or the prospectus changes which record governs
- A broker-dealer other than WisdomTree Securities publishes terms for trading Tokenized Shares
What the monitor reads daily
Nothing on chain yet: no contract is public. The documents quoted above are re-read every day, and any change to them opens a review item, which is how a first published contract shows up. The contract joins the daily read the day it is published. EDGAR is read for the transfer agent’s registration.
File history
Not revised since it was filed. A revision keeps the superseded copy as published, with the reason.
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | Filed. |
Sources
- SEC EDGAR: WisdomTree Digital Trust, Post-Effective Amendment No. 95 on Form N-1A (485APOS, filed 2026-05-12): WisdomTree 500 Digital ETF prospectus and SAI · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
Supports: claim, who may hold, minimum, transfer, redemption, record, freeze, two share forms, chains named, conversion between forms, principal trades, no SIPC outside a member account, quarterly cash dividends, one vote per share, blanks in the filing - SEC EDGAR: Post-Effective Amendment No. 103 (485BXT, filed 2026-09-18): effectiveness of PEA 95 delayed to October 18, 2026 · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
Supports: effective date 2026-10-18, not yet effective - SEC EDGAR: Post-Effective Amendment (485BXT, filed 2026-08-21): effectiveness delayed to September 20, 2026 · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
Supports: effective date 2026-09-20 - SEC EDGAR: Post-Effective Amendment (485BXT, filed 2026-07-24): effectiveness delayed to August 23, 2026 · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
Supports: effective date 2026-08-23 - SEC EDGAR: Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Services Agreement between WisdomTree Digital Trust and WisdomTree Transfers, Inc. (2023-06-02) · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
Supports: digital transfer agent identity, registered transfer agent covenant - SEC EDGAR: WisdomTree Digital Trust prospectus (497, 2026-08-14): WTGXX, the trust’s money-market fund kept by the same digital transfer agent · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
Supports: same transfer agent and blockchain model as WTGXX