Key Highlights: Bitcoin’s annualized volatility dropped to 43% over the past year, making it less volatile than 19% of the individual stocks in the S&P 500 index. Grayscale’s head of research, Zach Pandl, noted that deeper liquidity, institutional adoption, and regulated venues have significantly compressed the digital asset’s price swings. Following historic drawdown patterns, market ...
Key Highlights: Grayscale has partnered with Republic to launch three dedicated crypto funds targeting decentralized finance (DeFi), decentralized artificial intelligence, and AI data networks. Eligible accredited investors on the Republic platform can gain diversified exposure with a minimum investment entry point of $2,500. Featured digital assets across the trusts include Uniswap, Aave, Ondo, Curve, Lido, ...
Key Highlights: Grayscale investment funds covering decentralized finance (DeFi) and artificial intelligence (AI) are open to accredited U.S. investors and non-U.S. persons through a partnership with Republic. The DeFi Fund holds tokens including UNI, AAVE, ONDO, CRV, LDO, and ENA, while the AI Fund targets decentralized machine learning through FIL, NEAR, TAO, and RENDER. Initial ...
Key Highlights: Social engagement points to growing interest in NEAR Protocol as it works to establish itself as a leader in merging artificial intelligence with blockchain technology. Positive community sentiment was reflected by a Grayscale post highlighting NEAR, generating 160 likes and 17 retweets amid broader mixed crypto market signals. Market participants are closely tracking ...
Key Highlights Grayscale outlines plans allowing authorized participants to handle in-kind creations and redemptions for its GXRP product on NYSE Arca. Direct XRP-for-share exchanges aim to minimize transaction costs, eliminate unnecessary market transactions, and narrow ETF share pricing spreads. Anchorage joins Coinbase Custody to safeguard the fund’s XRP holdings, introducing a multi-custodian approach backed by ...
Key Highlights NEAR Protocol gained 183% in September, outperforming Grayscale’s broader AI crypto sector gain of 54%. MyNearWallet announced a planned sunset date of October 31, directing ecosystem users to migrate to alternatives such as Meteor Wallet and near.com. NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin’s background as co-author of the foundational Transformer architecture research bolsters the network’s ...
Key Highlights Grayscale has selected federally regulated Anchorage Digital to serve as a secondary custodian for its digital asset investment offerings. The appointment aims to reinforce Grayscale’s custodial framework to meet growing institutional demand for secure asset management. Market participants are watching whether the enhanced custody infrastructure will drive renewed capital flows into Grayscale’s exchange-traded ...
Key Highlights: Grayscale data reveals Bitcoin produced a 225% three-year return, outperforming the Nasdaq’s 109% gain over the same timeframe. Missing just a handful of Bitcoin’s top trading days drastically damages performance, with returns dropping to 95% without the best 5 days and turning into an 11% loss without the top 15 days. Bitcoin ($BTC) ...
Key Highlights: Institutional funds accumulated approximately 629,100 $LINK in September, valued at about $8.37 million. Bitwise filed an SEC prospectus proposing to allocate 20% of its Chainlink ETF’s $LINK holdings to staking. $LINK reached $15.80 before retreating to $14.43, with $13.75 remaining a key support level. Institutional Funds Increase Chainlink ETF Exposure Institutional interest in ...
Key Highlights Grayscale has filed for the ZCSH High Income ETF, an options-based fund tied to Zcash designed to deliver biweekly income payouts to shareholders. The fund structure relies on derivatives strategies rather than direct Zcash custody, distinguishing it from traditional spot crypto ETFs. The filing remains subject to regulatory review, with no confirmed launch ...
Grayscale’s Head of Research, Zach Pandl, suggests the latest U.S. inflation data could present a temporary speed bump for cryptocurrency markets. The August Consumer Price Index (CPI) report revealed hotter-than-expected headline inflation, increasing the probability of another Federal Reserve rate hike. August CPI Details: Headline Heat, Core Cooling The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that ...