Is Bitcoin Investment Trust Driving the Price of Bitcoin?
Leading blockchain firm Digital Currency Group's trusted investment authority Grayscale launched the highly-anticipated Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC) in March, allowing investors in the public markets to trade bitcoins publicly. Operating under the ticker GBTC, each share of Bitcoin Investment Trust represents one tenth of a bitcoin, guaranteeing a certain amount of bitcoins per share owned by an investor. Upon its launch, the shares of GBTC surged to US$32 per share, marking a 10.92% increase in just a few days as the daily volume increased by 10 times. Due to an increasing number of....
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Following the recent spike in bitcoin trading volume and price, shares of Grayscale Investment’s Bitcoin Investment Trust (BIT) surged to US$32 per share, marking a 10.92% increase over the past few days as well as an almost ten times increase in volume. BIT, the publicly tradable shares of bitcoin operating under the ticker GBTC, was launched back in March and represents approximately one tenth of a bitcoin. As of today, bitcoins in the Bitcoin Investment Trust are being sold at US$320 per BTC. Currently, bitcoins are being traded at US$330 per bitcoin across international exchanges....
SecondMarket and Bitcoin Investment Trust Barry Silbert released an interesting tidbit of information on Twitter on Thursday afternoon. The Bitcoin Investment Trust now holds over 100,000 bitcoins, worth over $37 million at the present exchange rate. Back in December, the Trust was valued at over $60 million - though the rate of exchange at that point was much higher than it is today. Big milestone today for Bitcoin Investment Trust - now holds over 100,000 bitcoin http://t.co/nBzlaGupy4 cc @BitcoinTrust. - Barry Silbert (@barrysilbert) April 10, 2014. The Bitcoin Investment Trust was....
Grayscale Investments has launched five new cryptocurrency investment products, which are now available for subscription by eligible individual and institutional accredited investors. The company now offers a total of 14 crypto investment products. The new products are the Basic Attention Token (BAT) Trust, the Chainlink (LINK) Trust, the Decentraland (MANA) Trust, the Filecoin (FIL) Trust, and the Livepeer (LPT) Trust. They function the same as Grayscale’s other single-asset investment trusts, the company announced Wednesday. Grayscale’s other single-asset investment....
Digital Currency Group’s Grayscale recently announced the Ethereum (ETC) Investment Trust or EIT. Barry Silbert, CEO and Founder of Digital Currency Group (DCG) is the man behind this effort. On the Grayscale website, the trust’s description reads: “Ethereum (ETC) Investment Trust allows investors to gain exposure to the price movement of Ethereum Classic through the purchase of a titled security.” What’s in a name? The problem seems to be the use of the word “Ethereum” in the name of EIT. While the Ethereum foundation is the trademark holder of Ethereum the brand, the currency has split....
The surge in the share price of Barry Silbert-led Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC) is presumed to be one of the leading factors of the recent spike of bitcoin price. BIT-the publicly-tradable shares of bitcoins operating under the ticker GBTC-was launched back in March, and represents approximately one tenth of a bitcoin. Over the past 5 days, the shares of GBTC have increased from $45 to $55.3 per share, which means that institutional and qualified brokers have been trading the digital currency at an average price of US $553 per Bitcoin. The correlation between the unexpected....