Grayscale expands ETF business, puts forward 3 new crypto funds
The new funds would invest in a wide range of different crypto-related assets including Bitcoin miners and privacy tech. Three new crypto -focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been put forward for approval by crypto currency asset manager Grayscale Investments, which also announced a new entity to manage its growing funds . On May 9, Grayscale said it launched a new arm of its business — the Grayscale Funds Trust — allowing it to manage many of its publicly traded financial products in-house. In addition to the new trust, Grayscale revealed it filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for three new crypto-focused ETFs, despite previous roadblocks from the regulator over crypto-related ETFs. The new funds comprise an Ethereum Futures ETF, a Global Bitcoin Composite ETF along with a Privacy ETF. The Global Bitcoin Composite ETF would invest in exchange-traded products that are related to or backed by Bitcoin (BTC), including ...