Grayscale prepares for DeFi future with new cryptocurrency trust filings
The world's largest cryptocurrency asset management firm could be set to dip its toes into DeFi after filing five new coin trust registrations. The largest Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency asset manager in the world, Grayscale, could be set to move into the decentralized finance space after filings for several new trusts were filed in the Delaware corporate registry.New trust filings for Aave (AAVE), Polkadot (DOT) and Cosmos (ATOM) were filed on Jan. 27. On the same day, Grayscale also registered trusts for Cardano (ADA), as well as privacy coin, Monero (XMR). Grayscale has since stated....
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Mystery filings using Grayscale’s name suggest the multi-billion dollar firm may be looking to expand the number of Trusts. Grayscale Investments could be set to launch a raft of new products including a Chainlink Trust, if freshly unearthed filings are to be believed. According to the State of Delaware’s Division of Corporations, someone set up a Grayscale Chainlink Trust on December 18, 2020. On the same day, a Basic Attention Token (BAT) Trust, Decentraland (MANA) Trust, Livepeer (LPT) Trust, and a Tezos (XTZ) Trust were also initiated. Before these communities get too excited,....
A corporate registration filing with the State of Delaware shows that Grayscale is considering Yearn Finance as a future offering. Grayscale Investments has registered an LLC for a prospective Yearn Finance (YFI) Trust, giving the first sign that the asset manager is considering the DeFi coin. The new YFI entity was incorporated as a Statutory Trust in Delaware on Feb. 10, 2021. Grayscale now has 33 registered trusts in the state, though only nine are active, based on the fund manager's AUM reports. This includes the industry-leading Bitcoin Trust, which has nearly $30 billion in assets.....
Trusts for aave, cosmos and polkadot, as well as privacy coin monero and cardano, have been registered in Delaware.
Grayscale Investments is shutting down its Grayscale XRP Trust and liquidating its XRP holdings in order to distribute cash proceeds to the trust’s shareholders. The firm cited difficulty in converting XRP into U.S. dollars following the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Ripple. Grayscale Axes XRP Trust Grayscale Investments announced Wednesday that it is commencing the “dissolution of Grayscale XRP Trust.” The company detailed that on Dec. 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decided “to file a federal court....
Grayscale also publicly filed three Form 10 registration statements on behalf of Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust, Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust, and Grayscale Litecoin Trust. Cryptocurrency asset manager Grayscale Investments continues reinforcing its commitment to digital currency investment products with a new filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC.The company announced Monday that it has filed a Form 10 registration statement 10 with the SEC on behalf of its Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund (GDLC) to become an SEC reporting company. Grayscale’s....