cryptonews.com
US-based major cryptoasset investment firm Grayscale launched five new trusts, while its biggest, bitcoin (BTC) trust is unavailable for investing again.
The Grayscale family has been joined by chainlink (LINK), basic attention token (BAT), decentraland (MANA), filecoin (FIL), livepeer (LPT) trusts.
The minimum investment in these trusts is USD 25,000. In comparison, it's USD 50,000 in the case of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), which is currently unavailable. "All of Grayscale's funds periodically close for administrative purposes," a Grayscale spokesperson previously told Cryptonews.com. GBTC, which now holds BTC 655,140 (USD 36bn), was reopened in January.
As reported, in February, the company confirmed that its looking into at least 23 different digital assets "for potential new product offerings" as Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are gaining traction in Canada and new competitors for Grayscale emerge.
Meanwhile, Digital Currency Group, the parent company of Grayscale, said in March that it plans to purchase up to USD 250m worth of shares of GBTC.
While other trusts, such as Bitwise, BlockFi, Osprey Bitcoin Trust, and Canadian Bitcoin ETFs are emerging, the Grayscale trusts have so far been a dominant way for institutional investors to enter the cryptoverse.
The trusts are structured to hold the underlying crypto, while the value of each share is dependent on the amount of crypto under management. They also provide a familiar structure for accounting and taxation. However, there is no way to redeem the underlying crypto.