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Grayscale has appointed David LaValle, a former executive at Alerian and S-Network Global Indexes, to help the company on its way to having a BTC ETF approved in the States. As announced earlier on August 4th, the leading digital asset manager has enhanced its endeavors to launch a Bitcoin ETF through a new addition to the team. David LaValle has become the new Senior Managing Director and Global Head of ETFs, who will report directly to the company’s CEO – Michael...

The financial institution Wealthfront announced it would expand its menu of digital asset investments by including Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE). Additionally, the company would provide more solutions to its customers with cryptocurrencies different than BTC and ETH. Wealthfront Customers Can Now Invest in GBTC and ETHE The California-based investment provider Wealthfront with more than $25 billion in assets under management, revealed in a...

Retail wealth clients at American banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co have been given access to several cryptocurrency products, including Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). The move makes the bank the first major financial institution in the United States to do so. JPMorgan Approves Five Crypto Funds The bank issued a memo to its financial advisors earlier this week, giving them the green light to give all retail wealth clients access to crypto funds, Business Insider...

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and State Street Corporation joined four other institutions in backing the digital asset exchange Pure Digital. Furthermore, America’s oldest banking organization plans to expand its crypto offerings to clients. BNY Mellon Diving Deeper into Crypto According to a recent Financial Times report, one of the largest custodian banks – BNY Mellon – publicly declared its support towards the London-based cryptocurrency exchange Pure Digital....

Grayscale announced the release of its latest product called Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Fund to enable institutional investors to receive exposure to assets from that particular space. Some of the tokens represented in the fund will be Uniswap (UNI), Aave (AAVE), and Compound (COMP). Launched in 2013, Grayscale has become the largest digital asset manager with nearly $30 billion of AUM as of now. While its flagship product tracks the performance of Bitcoin, the firm has...

Although the US Securities and Exchange Commission has failed to approve even a single BTC ETF application, the Grayscale CEO believes it’s a matter of “when, not a matter of if.” In a recent interview, Michael Sonnenshein also outlined that the current price correction has allowed long-term investors to accumulate more portions. BTC ETF: A Matter of When not if The topic of Bitcoin ETF has surged in popularity lately as Brazil and Canada already have multiple such products...

While BTC’s price continues to trade in a range of around $32,000, all eyes are on today’s largest GBTC unlocking of over 16,000 bitcoins. On the other hand, some of the altcoins have bounced off since the recent price declines, with DOGE jumping by roughly 9% on a 24-hour scale. All Eyes on GBTC Unlocking After briefly exceeding $33,000 on Thursday, bitcoin started to retrace in value and lost about $2,000 in a day. The subsequent unsuccessful attempt by the bulls to recover...

Approximately 40,000 bitcoin units held within the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust are about to be unlocked, and many are wondering what this news will mean for the cryptocurrency industry. Grayscale May Lose a Hefty Stash Grayscale has a unique method of operation. Institutional investors who choose to do business with the firm can buy into the enterprise directly, meaning they must hold their shares for a minimum of six months before they are permitted to sell. As it turns...

The world’s largest digital asset manager, Grayscale Investments, has partnered with America’s oldest bank BNY Mellon. As a result, the banking giant will provide the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust with fund accounting and administration starting later this year. The announcement from Grayscale states that as of October 1st, 2021, BNY Mellon will become an official partner with several services oriented towards the company’s largest fund. Namely, the oldest US bank will “provide the...

After the Bitcoin and Ethereum Trusts, Grayscale’s Digital Large Cap Fund has also filed and been approved to become an SEC-reporting product. Additionally, the largest digital asset manager has filed three more Registration Statements with the Commission. Grayscale Investments, the large cryptocurrency asset manager, filed a Registration Statement on Form 10 with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this year. The company announced on July 12th that the application...