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Although Ethereum’s price has tumbled by a few hundred dollars since its peak in February, whales have continued to accumulate large portions of the second-largest digital asset. Recent data revealed that large ETH investors own nearly 70% of the total supply – the highest level since late 2017.ETH Whales At a 3-Year HighThe price of ETH has been on a roller-coaster since the start of the year. The asset entered 2021 at $720 before the bull run took it above the previous all-time high at...

The growth of the leading cryptocurrency asset manager Grayscale Investments has pushed the company into appointing three new C-suite hires. As a result, the company has filled the roles of Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief People Officer.New C-Suite Hires In GrayscaleFounded in 2013, Grayscale is a crypto asset manager that enables institutions and corporations to receive exposure to BTC and other digital assets without worrying about managing or storing the...

Yearn Finance, one of DeFi’s landmark projects and also the first coin to truly flip Bitcoin’s price on multiple occasions, managed to surge above $52K earlier today before correcting slightly to where it’s currently trading.Yearn Finance is undoubtedly one of the benchmark projects for the space of decentralized finance (DeFi).YFI, the ecosystem’s native token, was initially supposed to be nothing but a governance token that has absolutely no face value. In fact, Andre Cronje, the creator of...

Bill Miller, a bitcoin fanatic and legendary investor, is once again plugging away at cryptocurrencies and pushing the digital agenda. On Monday, it was also announced that Miller had set up what’s known as the Miller Opportunity Trust with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to invest in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust as a means of entering even deeper crypto territory.Bill Miller Is Working with Grayscale for Indirect BTC InvestingA filing with the SEC for Miller’s enterprise...

The CEO of the world’s largest digital asset manager, Grayscale, says that the demand from institutions has only accelerated in 2021. He also said that the narrative for large corporations to jump on the Bitcoin bandwagon has shifted from “why” to “why not.”Why Not Buy Bitcoin?A couple of years back, the cryptocurrency community was celebrating the fact that some hedge funds are talking about Bitcoin, eagerly anticipating their decision to finally join the BTC bandwagon and buy Bitcoin as...

The world’s leading cryptocurrency asset manager, Grayscale Investments, continues with its rapid expansion by overcoming another AUM milestone at $30 billion. Somewhat expectedly, the Trusts dedicated to the two largest digital assets, namely Bitcoin and Ethereum, account for over 95% of all holdings.Grayscale Tops $30B In AUMFounded in 2013, Grayscale enables institutional investors to receive exposure to various cryptocurrencies without having to worry about storing or managing the assets....

Der grösste Vermögensverwalter der Welt, Grayscale, deckt sich mit weiteren 7'756 Bitcoins ein. Das geht aus einem Dokument der SEC hervor. Der Grayscale Bitcoin Trust hat vor einiger Zeit weitere Investierungen in das digitale Gold vorgenommen. Dies geht aus einem Formular der Securities and Exchange Commission hervor. Hiernach kaufte der grösste Vermögensverwalter der Welt genau 7’756 Bitcoin in einem Wert von über 255 Millionen...

The Grayscale Ethereum Trust, which offers its institutional and accredited investors to take advantage of private placements on several occasions throughout the year, has reopened the initiative of its shares.Grayscale announced resuming the Ethereum Trust private placement earlier, thus enabling accredited investors to allocate funds into the company’s product following the second-largest cryptocurrency.Private placement means a sale of an asset to a pre-selected number of investors and...

With nearly 90% of investments located in its Bitcoin Trust, Grayscale could be providing new diversification products to its institutional investors. Recent filings in Delaware revealed that the company has registered for new cryptocurrency products for the privacy-oriented coin Monero and three DeFi tokens – Polkadot, Cosmos, and Aave.According to the filings made by the Delaware Trust Company, listed as Grayscale Investment’s statutory trustee for the state, the asset manager has already...

Digital asset management outfit Arca has secured $10 million in Series A funding as the company sets out to bootstrap its expansion in the emerging fintech scene. Crypto asset management firms are also seeing increasing inflows as investor appetite for digital assets continue to grow.RRE Ventures Leads $10M Arca Funding RoundArca announced the news of its $10 million Series A funding via a press release issued on Jan. 13. According to the press statement, RRE Ventures led the investment into...