- Pays: weekly — typically going ex-dividend on Wednesdays (monthly during its first year).
- First paid: January 2024 — one of the first bitcoin option-income funds.
- What it is: Roundhill's covered-call fund on BITCOIN — it holds bitcoin-ETF exposure and sells calls against it, converting crypto's famous volatility into distributions.
- The record: about $22 per share paid in 2024 and again in 2025 — on a share price now around $18.
- The 2026 pace: cooler — roughly 10-13 cents a week as crypto volatility settled from its boom.
YBTC targets high weekly income from bitcoin option premiums, not a fixed amount; distributions typically include return-of-capital components and the share price rides bitcoin's drawdowns.
YBTC pays weekly (monthly during 2024). Each point below is one distribution since January 2024. The table further down totals each year.
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Each point is one payment; the line ends at the most recent payout. The table below totals them by year.
| Recent Ex-Dividend Dates | Distribution / Share |
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"Next expected" is estimated from YBTC'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.
Bitcoin doesn't pay interest, dividends, or rent — unless you sell its volatility, which is exactly YBTC's business. Holding bitcoin-ETF exposure and writing calls against it converts the asset's swings into weekly cash: enormous in crypto manias, modest in crypto winters. The 2024-25 totals (~$22/share each year) came from a historic boom; 2026's thinner checks are the same machine in a calmer market.
The cost is the covered-call classic, amplified: bitcoin's biggest gains come in violent bursts that a call-writer largely sells away, while its crashes arrive uncushioned. Compare the alternative designs — BTCI (tax-managed monthly) and BITO (futures pass-through) — and judge all three by total return.
| Year | Total Distributions / Share | Payments | Change vs Prior Year |
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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.
When Is YBTC's Next Ex-Dividend Date?
YBTC pays weekly — typically going ex-dividend on Wednesdays. The exact date of each payout is announced by the fund only shortly beforehand, so no site can promise the next date — but the live schedule box above shows the most recent ex-dividend date and the expected window for the next one, computed from YBTC's actual payment rhythm. Remember: you must own shares before the ex-dividend date to receive that payout.
YBTC's Record: Two Booms and a Cooling
YBTC — the Roundhill Bitcoin Covered Call Strategy ETF — has paid without interruption since January 2024: roughly $22 per share in 2024, another ~$22 in 2025, and a gentler 2026 as crypto's temperature dropped. Against a share price near $18, those history numbers explain the eye-watering trailing yield — and why it mustn't be read as a forecast.
The Only Yield Bitcoin Has
An asset with no cash flows can still generate income one way: by selling insurance on its own drama. Option buyers pay richly for exposure to bitcoin's moves, and YBTC collects those premiums weekly. It's a genuine income stream with a genuine cost — in bitcoin's face-melting rallies, the sold calls cap the fund's participation, which over a full cycle is where much of bitcoin's return actually lives.
Where YBTC Fits
For an investor who wants crypto exposure to pay something and accepts trading away the moonshots, YBTC is the direct route. The cousins each solve it differently: BTCI adds tax management, BITO passes through futures income (feast and famine). All three live on the live calendar with next expected dates.
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