Crypto asset management firm Grayscale Investments has updated its spot bitcoin ETF filing in hope of being included in the initial round of decisions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). However, the firm has omitted some key information that the SEC reportedly wants included in the filing, which several other asset managers have […]
Grayscale Adopts Cash Model for Spot Bitcoin ETF but Warns of ‘Adverse Consequences’
Grayscale Investments has adopted the cash creation model, instead of the in-kind model, for its proposed spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). However, the crypto asset manager warned of adverse consequences. “A spot commodity exchange-traded product that only employs cash creations and redemptions and does not permit in-kind creations and redemptions is a novel product that […]
Barry Silbert Resigns as Chairman of Grayscale Investments
Digital Currency Group (DCG) founder Barry Silbert has resigned from his position as the chairman of Grayscale Investments. Current DCG chief financial officer Mark Shifke succeeds Silbert and is joined by Edward McGee and Matthew Kummell as members of the new look board. Preparing for Grayscale’s Next Chapter Barry Silbert, the founder and CEO …
Spot Bitcoin ETFs Poised to Tap $30 Trillion Market, Says Grayscale CEO
Grayscale Investments expects the approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow the $ 30 trillion advised wealth market to gain exposure to bitcoin. “I do think there is a lot of optimism in the market,” said the crypto asset manager’s chief executive. “I …
Grayscale Clarifies Investor Tax Implications of a Cash-Created Spot Bitcoin ETF
Grayscale, one of the biggest cryptocurrency asset management firms, has addressed the issue of taxation regarding the adoption of a cash creation model in an upcoming spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The firm clarified that “no spot Bitcoin ETF that qualifies as a grantor trust would be at a disadvantage in relation to any other […]