BTCI Dividend History

• Pays: monthly — usually going ex-dividend around the third week of the month.
• First paid: October 2024, right after launch — 23 monthly distributions so far.
• What it is: NEOS's bitcoin income fund — it holds bitcoin exposure (via ETPs) and sells call options on it, converting bitcoin's famous volatility into monthly income, at a 0.99% expense ratio.
• Payout level: the trailing 12 months paid $10.76 per share — roughly 33% of the recent ~$32.58 price, but down 30% from $15.39 the year before as bitcoin's volatility cooled. The record monthly check, $1.572, came in January 2025; August 2026's was $0.629.
• Tax angle: like its siblings QQQI and SPYI, much of the payout is classified as return of capital — tax-deferred in taxable accounts.

BTCI targets high monthly income, not a fixed amount — payouts move with bitcoin's volatility and the fund's own price.

BTCI pays monthly. Each point below is one distribution since October 2024. The table further down totals each year — a short book so far, so treat patterns gently.

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Each point is one payment; the line ends at the most recent payout. The table below totals them by year.

• Trailing 12 months: $10.76 per share across 12 payments — paying since Oct 2024, so no full prior-year comparison yet. What a change like that does to your income →
• Current pace: recent payments annualize to $10.02 — 7% below the trailing figure. When those two disagree, the trailing yield is quoting the past. Live cut & raise board →
• Share price, same 12 months: down 44% (dividends excluded) — income and principal are one story. Erosion Index →
• Record: 23 payments over 22 months; the largest single payment was $1.57 (Jan 2025).
• Payment drops ≥20% below trend, last 24 months: 9. Get alerted to the next one →
• Payment steadiness: the last 12 checks wobble ±23% around their median. Compare that against any fund →

Every figure above is computed from BTCI's actual payment record and share-price history as of the date shown — not copied from a fact sheet. Recomputed regularly; the chart above always shows the live data.

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"Next expected" is estimated from BTCI's recent payment rhythm — the fund announces exact dates shortly before each payout, and the data feed can lag a few days. You must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout; the cash typically arrives days later. See every fund's upcoming date on the live dividend calendar.

A real total-return estimate, assuming every payout was reinvested — including what happened to the share price. Before taxes and fees. Past performance does not predict the future.

BTCI's checks are big because bitcoin's swings are big — option buyers pay fortunes for exposure to them, and BTCI passes those fees through monthly. But the fund keeps bitcoin's downside: when bitcoin falls, BTCI's share price falls with it, and no monthly check erases a 30% crypto drawdown. This is a bitcoin position with an income faucet attached, not a safe yield.

The redeeming design choice: BTCI uses the same tax-managed structure as QQQI and SPYI — much of the payout is classified as return of capital, deferring tax in taxable accounts. The mechanics (and how to tell tax-smart ROC from the destructive kind) are in Return of Capital & NAV Erosion.

Data source: Yahoo Finance. Figures are per share; the current year may be partial and figures should be verified against official sources.

Calculated from complete calendar years in the data above. Past results don't guarantee future payments.