A new fund that stakes cryptocurrencies in order to generate revenue has been established by Grayscale, the investing firm that is responsible for the largest spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).
According to the announcement made by the business on Tuesday, the Grayscale Dynamic Income Fund (GDIF) would initially possess assets for nine different blockchains.
These blockchains include Aptos (APT), Celestia (TIA), Coinbase Staked Ethereum (CBETH), Cosmos (ATOM), Near (NEAR), Osmosis (OSMO), Polkadot (DOT), SEI Network (SEI), and Solana (SOL). Every three months, it intends to hand out awards that are denominated in United States dollars.
As our first actively managed Fund, GDIF is an important expansion of our product suite and enables investors to participate in multi-asset staking through the convenience and familiarity of a singular investment vehicle," Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein stated in a prepared statement.
There are certain blockchains that rely heavily on staking as a mechanism. The Bitcoin network is dependent on proof-of-work, which involves miners solving intricate numerical problems in order to generate new bitcoins.
On the other hand, proof-of-stake networks, such as Ethereum, enable owners of their tokens to pledge their assets in order to maintain the network. The act of doing so is referred to as staking, and it results in financial gain for the staker.
With the price of bitcoin reaching an all-time high of over $69,000 on Tuesday, it is a momentous occasion to bring cryptocurrency items to market. When Zach Pandl, the head of research at Grayscale, addressed the cryptocurrency rise, he stated that the valuations of Ethereum's ether (also known as ETH) and the majority of other tokens continue to be lower than their highs from the previous cryptocurrency cycle.
"If the macro markets backdrop remains favorable, we could see further increases in token valuations – but macro factors could also be a headwind," Pandl stated in an email correspondence.
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