Grayscale Investments
Digital asset manager bridging TradFi to crypto
About
Grayscale Investments is one of the largest digital asset managers, known for products such as the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (now an ETF) that give traditional investors regulated exposure to crypto. Grayscale is an active voice on real-world-asset tokenization, viewing Ethereum and oracle infrastructure like Chainlink as core rails for bringing tokenized treasuries and other assets on-chain.
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2013
- HQ
- Stamford, USA
- Stage
- Private
- Funding
- Subsidiary of Digital Currency Group
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