Tagged: grayscale

April 13, 2021 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Time Magazine will hold Bitcoin on its balance sheet and perhaps pay some people in BTC in a new partnership with Grayscale. This is according to a tweet by Michael Sonneshein, CEO of Grayscale.   Thrilled @Grayscale is partnering w/ @TIME on a new video… Read More

April 5, 2021 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Grayscale, a company that claims to be the world’s largest crypto asset manager, says it is “100% committed to converting GBTC” to an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). GBTC trades on OTC Markets and allows retail investors to easily invest in Bitcoin via a traditional brokerage… Read More

March 28, 2021 @ 3:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexo, a crypto lending platform and exchange, recently commented on how Morgan Stanley became the first major bank to offer Bitcoin (BTC) to its wealthy clients. The Nexo team also revealed how a public software firm now has $50 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) on… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Grayscale has announced five new digital asset offerings, available only to accredited investors, outlined as follows: Grayscale Basic Attention Token Trust (BAT): BAT serves as the native digital currency for Brave Grayscale Chainlink Trust (LINK): Chainlink is a decentralized network aimed to link real-world data… Read More

February 1, 2021 @ 8:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grayscale Investments, a subsidiary of Barry Silbert’s VC company, the Digital Currency Group, has added six new trusts, which includes those associated or linked to Polkadot (DOT) and Aave (AAVE) digital tokens. The other new trusts added by Grayscale include Monero (XMR), Cardano (ADA), Cosmos… Read More

January 25, 2021 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Grayscale, the creators of multiple publicly traded crypto funds, has committed $1 million to Coin Center – the well-known crypto non-profit and advocacy group. Additionally, Grayscale said it would top up this amount with another $1 million in matching funds through February 2021. The matching… Read More

January 12, 2021 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Grayscale, a digital asset firm that has created a squadron of publicly-traded crypto funds, has announced that private placements for certain funds are now available for accredited investors. An accredited investor is an individual that earns over $200,000 per year ($300,000 if married) or has… Read More

December 29, 2020 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Grayscale Investments, a digital asset management firm that offers retail investors the ability to invest in crypto via listed funds, revealed on Monday it has reached $19 billion in AUM. This milestone comes just a little over a month after Grayscale announced it had more… Read More

December 21, 2020 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the leading cryptocurrency, has entered uncharted territory. The digital asset recently managed to break record highs by surpassing the $24,000 mark. Bitcoin is trading at just below $24,000 at the time of writing. John Lee Quigley, who’s focused on building Bitcoin media and… Read More

December 16, 2020 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin has been testing $20,000 for some time now. The world’s most popular crypto neared the hurdle last in 2017. There are plenty of people ready to explain why Bitcoin is so popular once again with justifications including a demand imbalance, geo-political uncertainty, an inflation… Read More

December 2, 2020 @ 11:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto bull market continues to rally as BTC receives even more Wall Street attention while former Fed Chair Janet Yellen is announced as incoming Treasury Secretary. According to a report from OKCoin, Bitcoin has done it again: on Monday morning (November… Read More

November 15, 2020 @ 7:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kevin Rooke, a digital asset analyst who’s well-known for his insightful tweets, recently noted that Grayscale, one of the largest institutional investors in the crypto space, is “on fire.” Rooke revealed that Grayscale’s Bitcoin (BTC) Investment Trust now holds around 506,000 BTC, which is about… Read More

August 20, 2020 @ 5:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

  What is Bitcoin worth? Or, even better, what will Bitcoin be worth a month from now? Or a year from today? When purchasing (investing) Bitcoin it really comes down to future expectations as to whether, or not, the price of Bitcoin will rise or… Read More

August 17, 2020 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Grayscale Investments has announced that Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust and Grayscale Litecoin Trust have received DTC-eligibility to trade. Shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust will be available to trade on OTC Markets under the symbol: BCHG and shares of Grayscale Litecoin Trust will be available… Read More

July 20, 2020 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Grayscale Investments has announced that shares of both Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust and Grayscale Litecoin Trust have received regulatory approval from FINRA for public quotation under symbols: BCHG and LTCN on OTC Markets. Grayscale states that this is the first publicly-quoted securities in the U.S…. Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Grayscale, a digital currency asset manager, is reporting growing interest in its crypto-focused funds. In fact, during Q2, total investment into Grayscale’s products hit $905.8 million. That is double what was previously reported in Q1 and 1.5X the entire amount of capital raised during 2019…. Read More

June 26, 2020 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grayscale Investments, a subsidiary of the Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group, has now acquired nearly $500 million in Bitcoin (BTC), since the cryptocurrency went through its third block reward halving on May 11, 2020 – a critical even that effectively reduced the BTC supply by… Read More

April 10, 2020 @ 12:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset investors are reportedly paying a significant 515% premium in order to purchase Ether (ETH) via the Grayscale Ethereum Trust. It currently costs $90.55 to acquire a share in Grayscale Investments’ Ethereum Trust (ETHE). This, despite its Ethereum (ETH) holdings per share being valued… Read More

August 2, 2019 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Effective the end of last month, digital asset manager Grayscale will use Coinbase Custody as their custodian for their “single-asset investment products” including digital currencies as well as publicly listed funds: Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTCQX: GBTC) Grayscale Ethereum Trust (OTCQX: ETHE), and Grayscale Ethereum Classic… Read More

March 8, 2018 @ 4:19 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Grayscale Investments, LLC, a digital currency investing authority, launched four new investment products including Bitcoin Cash Investment Trust, Ethereum Investment Trust, Litecoin Investment Trust and XRP Investment Trust.  As of 28 February 2018, Grayscale reported possessed $2.1 billion in assets under management. Barry Silbert, Digital Currency… Read More