Grayscale Investments obtained approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to set up its digital fund for large capitalization (GDLC) as a negotiated stock market fund.
The product, which contains a basket of Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Cardano and Solana, is program To start trade on September 19, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.
The approval arrived a few hours after the general manager of Grayscale, Peter Mintzberg, revealed That the regulators had erased the product for the launch on the Exchange NYSE.
Mintzberg described the decision as a turning point for investment in consumer cryptography, stressing that the structure offers investors an exposure to five of the most actively negotiated tokens via a single regulated channel.
By avoiding the need to choose individual parts, cryptographic investors can now access a diversified portfolio under a single umbrella.
Meanwhile, Mintzberg has credited the dry crypto working group to provide “the regulatory clarity that our industry deserves”, indicating that cooperation between industry and regulators is improving slowly.
This decision marks a lively reversal of July, when the SEC has delayed its decision on the advisability of allowing gray to upgrade GDLC from an over -the -counter vehicle to an ETF listed on NYSE Arca. At the time, the regulator said it required a more in -depth examination.
However, the SEC has changed lessons only two months later by granting approval on an “accelerated” basis. He also adopted generic rating standards designed to rationalize the process for future cryptographic ETFs.
“Second significant crypto-plus”
Meanwhile, market analysts consider the decision as a potential inflection point for multi-active cryptography funds.
James Seyffart de Bloomberg note These basket style ETF could quickly evolve towards the second or third category of digital asset products, after FNB Bitcoin with a single asset, provided that demand is stable.
In particular, the interest of investors for the Crypto ETF turned out to be strong in the past year.
According to Sosovalue dataBitcoin -based funds launched last year, now manage more than $ 100 billion in assets, with net entries of $ 57.33 billion to date. On the other hand, Ethereum funds have experienced more than $ 13 billion in entries, managing about $ 30 billion in assets.
This precedent has fueled speculation that GDLC could attract significant entries once trade begins.
Depending on the gray levels websiteThe fund’s immobilization value is $ 58 per share, with assets under management exceeding $ 931 million. The site also shows that the fund has 72% of its Bitcoin assets, 17% in Ethereum, around 6% in XRP, 4% in Solana and 1% in Cardano.
