The prominent cryptocurrency asset manager said on Thursday that it has launched a new Trust that will track the performance of Ripple’s native token (XRP). Given its history of converting other Trusts (BTC and ETH) into spot ETFs, the question arises about whether the new product will put Ripple on the fast track toward an […]
Spot Ethereum ETFs began trading in the United States for the first time on July 23, and the initial picture isn’t pretty for the world’s largest crypto asset manager. As expected, Grayscale’s newly converted Ethereum Trust (ETHE) hemorrhaged $484 million on day one of trading. If the situation mirrors that when Grayscale converted its Bitcoin […]
On May 28th, BlackRock finally surpassed Grayscale to become the largest spot Bitcoin ETF with 288,671 BTC in its holdings. It took BlackRock’s IBIT just 96 trading days to close the substantial gap with Grayscale’s GBTC. IBIT has now reached an impressive asset under management (AUM) of nearly $19.79 billion. Meanwhile, GBTC saw its AUM […]
Digital asset investment products surged for the second consecutive week, reaching a total of $932 million. Despite an increase in inflows, the trading volume for the week was only $10.5 billion, significantly lower than the $40 billion recorded in March. Notably, the influx of funds was largely prompted by the unexpected CPI report released on […]
A proposal to list and trade shares of prominent asset manager Grayscale’s Ether futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) has been withdrawn, as per a new document filed on Tuesday. The filing by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed that the application for the Grayscale Ethereum Futures Trust ETF, filed by NYSE Arca, Inc. in […]
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein predicted that outflows from the Grayscale Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (GBTC) will stabilize and reach an equilibrium. Grayscale has been facing stiff competition in the spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) market since January, when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the product. Grayscale CEO Sees Outflows Reducing According to Sonnenshein, […]
On March 29, the firm announced its Grayscale Dynamic Income Fund (GDIF) stating that it is its first actively managed investment product. Grayscale added that the new fund aims to optimize income in the form of staking rewards associated with proof-of-stake crypto assets. It is the latest effort from the world’s largest crypto asset manager […]
For the first time since March 15, the net aggregate flow of funds to the newly launched batch of spot BTC ETFs is positive. March 25 saw a net inflow of $15.4 million, reversing a trend that has resulted in net outflows of $887 million over the past week. While yesterday’s inflow figure is the […]
Just one day after the spot Bitcoin ETFs achieved a notable milestone with a net inflow of $1.05 billion, BlackRock’s IBIT saw inflows exceeding the total outflows of Grayscale’s GBTC for the first time. According to data compiled by SoSo Value, as of March 13th, IBIT’s cumulative inflow amounted to $12.03 billion, whereas GBTC’s cumulative […]