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Grayscale Has $19B in Crypto Assets Under Management, Up From $16.4B Last Week

The latest data showed the firm's largest holdings by far are in bitcoin, with the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust having $16.3 billion under management.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:49 a.m. Published Dec 29, 2020, 11:07 a.m.
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein

Digital asset manager Grayscale Investments has passed another milestone, reaching $19 billion in assets under management (AUM) on Dec. 28, up from the $16.4 billion announced last week.

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  • The latest data tweeted by Grayscale Investments showed its largest holdings by far are in bitcoin, with the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust having $16.3 billion in the top crypto asset. The firm's Ethereum Trust now has $2.1 billion in ether AUM.
  • Grayscale also has trusts for litecoin ($151.3 million), bitcoin cash ($85.5 million), ethereum classic ($72.9 million), and others with less significant holdings including XRP, XLM and zcash.
  • New York-based Grayscale is owned by Digital Currency Group, the parent company of CoinDesk.

Read more: Grayscale Sees a New Group of Ethereum-First Investors

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