{"id":39240,"date":"2021-03-19T15:52:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T13:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=39240"},"modified":"2025-08-30T08:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:36:09","slug":"grayscale-assets-under-management-exceed-45-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/grayscale-assets-under-management-exceed-45-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Grayscale assets under management exceed $45 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Total assets under management across Grayscale Investments\u2019 14 funds in Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies reached $45.4 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">03\/18\/21 UPDATE: Net Assets Under Management, Holdings per Share, and Market Price per Share for our Investment Products.<\/p>\n<p>Total AUM: $45.4 billion<a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$BTC<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BCH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$BCH<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$ETH<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$ETC<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ZEN&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$ZEN<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24LTC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$LTC<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24XLM&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$XLM<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ZEC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$ZEC<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BAT&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$BAT<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24LINK&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$LINK<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24MANA&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$MANA<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24FIL&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$FIL<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24LPT&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$LPT<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/wt18wfESzm\\\">pic.twitter.com\/wt18wfESzm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grayscale (@Grayscale) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grayscale\/status\/1372654149695852548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The most popular among investors is the Bitcoin-based Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). According to the latest data, it attracted $38.4 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">According to <\/span><a href=\\\"https:\/\/bitcointreasuries.org\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Bitcoin Treasuries<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">, GBTC accounts for 3.1% of the maximum Bitcoin supply (21 million BTC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The Grayscale Ethereum Trust, the second-largest by assets, attracted $5.7 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The latest data also include statistics for funds launched on the basis of Basic Attention, Chainlink, Decentraland and Livepeer. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/grayscale-poised-to-launch-chainlink-and-tezos-based-investment-trusts\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">filed in December 2020<\/span><\/a> for their registration. For a Filecoin (FIL) based investment product, the firm made a similar request in October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In January 2021 the company <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/grayscale-applies-to-register-six-new-investment-trusts\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">filed applications<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> to register trusts based on Aave, Polkadot, Cosmos, Monero, EOS and Cardano. In February <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/grayscale-registers-yearn-finance-trust-as-yfi-climbs-to-46000\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">added to potential products<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> a fund for investing in the DeFi token yEarn.Finance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Earlier, Grayscale <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/grayscale-investments-to-liquidate-xrp-based-investment-trust\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">liquidated a trust based on Ripple&#8217;s XRP token<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> from Ripple. The decision was influenced by the lawsuit <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/sec-files-suit-against-ripple\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against the California fintech company.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In March, Grayscale Investments temporarily <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/grayscale-halts-gbtc-investments-after-discount-forms\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">closed deposits<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> in GBTC. As of writing, such an opportunity for investors remains unavailable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Grayscale Bitcoin Trust shares continue to trade at a discount to net asset value (NAV). Among the reasons for the situation since February 23, Arcane Research analysts cited <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/arcane-research-explains-why-grayscales-gbtc-began-trading-at-a-discount\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">the emergence of similar products<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In February, the crypto lending platform <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/blockfi-launches-a-competitor-to-grayscales-bitcoin-trust\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">BlockFi launched a competitor<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> to Grayscale Investments&#8217; Bitcoin Trust.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In January, venture firm <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/pantera-capital-to-launch-bitcoin-fund-for-institutional-investors\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Pantera Capital<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> announced the launch of a fund based on the first cryptocurrency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Earlier, the investment firm <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/skybridge-capital-launches-bitcoin-fund-with-310-million-in-assets\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">SkyBridge Capital<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> launched a Bitcoin fund with $310 million in assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In February, the Ontario Securities Commission granted approvals to launch Bitcoin ETFs by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/canada-registers-bitcoin-etf-ahead-of-the-united-states\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Purpose Investments<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ontario-approves-second-bitcoin-etf\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Evolve Funds Group<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">. <\/span><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In March <\/span><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">the Canadian regulator approved the launch <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/canadian-regulators-approve-ci-financial-and-galaxy-digitals-bitcoin-etf-launch\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">CI Galaxy Bitcoin ETF<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> from CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM) and Galaxy Digital of Mike Novogratz<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The first such exchange-traded fund in North America attracted <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/first-bitcoin-etf-in-north-america-attracts-421m-in-two-days\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">$421 million<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> within two days of trading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Grayscale Investments, the asset manager, opened <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/grayscale-opens-nine-etf-related-vacancies\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">nine vacancies<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> mentioning the exchange-traded fund.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForkLog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Total assets under management across Grayscale Investments\u2019 14 funds in Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies reached $45.4 billion. 03\/18\/21 UPDATE: Net Assets Under Management, Holdings per Share, and Market Price per Share for our Investment Products. Total AUM: $45.4 billion. $BTC $BCH $ETH $ETC $ZEN $LTC $XLM $ZEC $BAT $LINK $MANA $FIL $LPT pic.twitter.com\/wt18wfESzm \u2014 Grayscale \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1214,943],"class_list":["post-39240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-grayscale-bitcoin-trust","tag-grayscale-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"119","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39242,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39240\/revisions\/39242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}