Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnhenshein has promised to lower the management fee of the company’s spot Bitcoin ETF, whose above-average cost has led to overwhelming outflows in recent months. In an interview with CNBC on Monday, the executive promised that the fee will drop over time as the crypto ETF market matures. “I’ll happily confirm that,...Read More
Ethereum staking could present challenges for crypto asset manager Grayscale if the SEC greenlights fund conversion for ETHE as it did for GBTC. These are the findings of BitMEX research, which added that if the SEC does not allow staking, then there will be large outflows from the firm’s ETHE fund, larger than those from...Read More
Bitcoin ETF fever appears to be waning as the amount of BTC being scooped up by funds and institutional investors slows down. Moreover, the world’s largest crypto asset manager, Grayscale, saw a record outflow of $643 million on March 18. It beats the previous daily outflow record from GBTC of $640 million on Jan. 22....Read More
Just one day after the spot Bitcoin ETFs achieved a notable milestone with a net inflow of $1.05 billion, BlackRock’s IBIT saw inflows exceeding the total outflows of Grayscale’s GBTC for the first time. According to data compiled by SoSo Value, as of March 13th, IBIT’s cumulative inflow amounted to $12.03 billion, whereas GBTC’s cumulative...Read More
The firm submitted the application to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12. The Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust is expected to have a competitive fee and will come from a spinoff from GBTC commented ETF analyst James Seyffart. He added that GBTC holders will get some percentage of their holdings spun off into...Read More
Funds have been flowing out of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) for more than two months. Moreover, March 11 was the largest outflow for the month. A whopping $494 million worth of BTC exited the fund yesterday. This works out at 6,850 BTC, according to BitMEX Research, which labeled it a record outflow. The BitMEX...Read More
The nine new spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recently approved in the United States are set to overtake the holdings of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust today. Excluding Grayscale, these ETFs collectively manage assets worth nearly $27 billion, led by IBIT, with an asset under management (AUM) of almost $13 billion, as reported by BitMEX Research....Read More
As Bitcoin notched over 10% daily gains, the trading volume of nine BTC ETFs reached a record high. “New Nine” recently launched spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), except for Grayscale’s GBTC, experienced a daily trading volume of $2.4 billion. This marked a new peak and nearly twice the usual daily volume, as per analysis by...Read More
After an impressive run, spot Bitcoin ETFs appear to have hit a snag as inflows saw a minor reduction. Lookonchain’s latest analysis reveals a concerning trend in the cryptocurrency market as Bitcoin ETFs experience a significant decrease in inflows. Bitcoin Inflows Hit Snag According to the provided data, only 18,477 BTC, equivalent to $951 million,...Read More
Zcash (ZEC) exploded roughly 30% weekly after Grayscale filed a request for a privacy-centered ETF that tracks companies from that sector, including privacy coins, AI, data security, and more. Grayscale approached the SEC this week with a proposal for a unique exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused on privacy and cybersecurity, the Grayscale Privacy ETF (PRVC), as...Read More
Coinbase is advocating for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve the listing of the Grayscale Ethereum Trust for trading. In a letter submitted in response to a proposed rule change by NYSE Arca, Coinbase expressed strong support for the listing and trading of Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) shares as an Ethereum Exchange-Traded Fund...Read More
Grayscale GBTC’s outflows have been experiencing outflows. Data shows that as of February 16th, the total funds withdrawn from GBTC since its conversion to a spot Bitcoin ETF have amounted to $7 billion. While the figure appears to be slowing down considerably, the once-premier fund is seeing stiff competition from ETFs by BlackRock and Fidelity,...Read More
Since the introduction of spot Bitcoin ETFs earlier this year, GBTC has experienced substantial outflows, resulting in its AUM (Assets Under Management) decreasing to $23.7 billion as of Thursday. While Grayscale has maintained its leading position among its competitors, its market share appears to be dwindling. Receding GBTC Outflows Between January 11-21, the Grayscale Bitcoin...Read More
Long-term Bitcoin investors have seen their patience and conviction rewarded thanks to the crypto asset’s rally to multi-year highs above $50k. According to the latest data from Glassnode, although Bitcoin prices are still 28% below their all-time high, the number of BTC held at a loss is decreasing rapidly, with only 13% falling into this...Read More
The upcoming Bitcoin (BTC) halving is likely a bullish development, but a slew of outside factors mean it likely won’t play out the same as in previous years, according to Grayscale. Last month, the company successfully converted its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into the world’s largest Bitcoin ETF. The introduction of such ETFs, according to...Read More
Genesis Global Capital has formally requested authorization from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to proceed with an extensive sale of its holdings. The crypto lender, currently undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, submitted the new motion seeking approval to sell trust assets valued at approximately $1.6 billion. Genesis Seeks Court Approval for...Read More
The industry is bustling with the trading of the newly introduced spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States, yet there’s no equivalent for Ethereum. However, Jag Kooner, Bitfinex’s Head of Derivatives, suggests that the approval of a Bitcoin ETF could impact the SEC’s view on an Ethereum ETF, likely influenced by Ether’s classification as a security...Read More
According to CC15Capital, which has been trading spot ETF Bitcoin holdings, around 134,000 BTC has been bought by the nine newly launched funds since Jan. 11. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s price is pushing above $42K. This stash is currently valued at around $5.6 billion. However, the figure does not include outflows from Grayscale. GBTC holders have been...Read More
Analysts at market intelligence platform CryptoQuant have revealed that BTC’s price bottoming signal can not be triggered until unrealized profit margins for short-term holders reach -10%. According to the CryptoQuant Institutional Insights weekly crypto report, short-term holders’ profit margins have approached zero, and this has caused ease in selling pressure. However, the leading digital asset...Read More
According to a Matrixport Research analysis report shared with CryptoPotato on Jan. 26, Bitcoin prices may retest lower support around $36,000 to $38,000 if ETF hype fully unwinds. However, this would present buying opportunities for investors, according to Markus Thielen, Head of Research at Matrixport. “Sub-38,000, the ETF hype might be completely priced out and...Read More
The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) has recorded massive outflows since the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved its conversion and listing as a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). This has led to a significant plunge in its Bitcoin (BTC) stash, and from the look of things, the withdrawals are not slowing down. According...Read More
BTC has dropped to its lowest price level for seven weeks, hitting $39,500 during Tuesday morning’s Asian trading session. The 3% daily decline has increased the size of the BTC pullback to 18.5% from its Jan. 10 high of $48,500. Moreover, analysts have predicted that the correction could continue and be as deep as 30%,...Read More
Defunct crypto exchange FTX may be behind a tsunami of outflows from the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) this month – and by extension, may have caused a significant downturn in Bitcoin (BTC)’s price. A recent report from CoinDesk suggested that the FTX bankruptcy has sold off close to $1 billion worth of GBTC since the...Read More
In a recent discussion with CNBC, Grayscale’s CEO, Michael Sonnenshein, shed light on the company’s decision to offer the highest fee among the 11 issuers of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States. Amid this 1.5% fee, Grayscale’s newly converted spot Bitcoin ETF has attracted the most substantial trading volumes compared to other issuers. Sonnenshein...Read More
All told, there were 700,000 individual trades today in and out of the 11 recently approved spot Bitcoin ETFs, reported industry analyst Eric Balchunas on Jan. 12. This shows that there was substantial demand for the products on the first day, as total volumes were more than $4.3 billion, according to the figures. He added...Read More
The debut week of 2024 marked a promising start for digital asset investment products, reaching inflows of $151 million in assets. This brought the total inflows since the Grayscale vs. SEC lawsuit to $2.3 billion, constituting 4.4% of all assets under management (AuM), as per prominent asset manager CoinShares. Spot Bitcoin ETF Not ‘Buy The...Read More
A wave of anticipated Bitcoin (BTC) spot ETF approvals appear days away from launch – yet one of the race’s largest players may be behind on its regulatory procedures. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas noted on Tuesday that the firm’s latest S-3 filing for its Bitcoin ETF is still absent critical information that rival fund...Read More
ARK Invest – the institutional asset management firm led by Cathie Wood – made a significant move by liquidating all of its remaining holdings in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), totaling $200 million. In the previous month, GBTC stood as the largest holding in ARK’s Next Generation Internet ETF. However, the asset management firm has...Read More
Grayscale has submitted a modified S-3 filing for the conversion of its GBTC into a spot Bitcoin ETF on the same day of its surprising leadership shuffle. The asset manager reportedly reached a compromise by agreeing to adhere to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) stipulation for cash-only creation and redemption. Grayscale’s Compromise Stirs...Read More
In a surprising turn of events, Barry Silbert, the founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group (DCG) – the parent company of Grayscale – has resigned from the asset manager’s board of directors. Silbert, a key figure in the cryptocurrency industry, has played a crucial role in shaping the growth of Grayscale Investments. His departure...Read More
