Entity | Country | Symbol:Exchange | # of BTC | Value Today | % of 21m |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust | GBTC:OTCMKTS | 643,572 | 643572 | 3.065% | |
CoinShares / XBT Provider | XBTE:NADQ | 48,466 | 48466 | 0.231% | |
Purpose Bitcoin ETF | BTCC:TSX | 25,284 | 25284 | 0.12% | |
3iQ CoinShares Bitcoin ETF | BTCQ:TSX | 21,237 | 21237 | 0.101% | |
ETC Group Bitcoin ETP | BTCE:XETRA | 17,976 | 17976 | 0.086% |
Grayscale Investments, LLC runs multiple crypto funds on the public market.
They have two that involve Bitcoin. The details of their holdings are as follows:
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) owns 636,696.620259 BTC as of August 19th, 2022(1). This accounts for approximately 3.032% of the total Bitcoin supply of 21 million.
Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund is holding 6,569.60448350 BTC as of March 31, 2022.
Grayscale is the world’s largest digital currency asset manager. They offer investors opportunities to buy cryptocurrencies without the time and effort of storing and safekeeping them. Instead of managing coins yourself, you can quickly buy and sell shares of their investment options.
Digital Currency Group is the parent company of Grayscale Investments and Coindesk. They started Grayscale back in 2013. Barry Silbert is the founder and current CEO and Michael Sonnenshein is Managing Director.
Grayscale has two main Trusts concerning Bitcoin.
The Bitcoin Trust solely consists of Bitcoin.
The Digital Large Cap Fund is a diverse combination of many cryptocurrencies. It consists of 64.77% BTC as of July 29th, 2022
There are options for both Ethereum (ETH) and Ethereum Classic (ETC).
The Ethereum Trust has 310,158,500 ETH worth $4.8 billion as of August 26th, 2022(2).
The Ethereum Classic Fund is holding 13,993,800 ETC worth $418.7 million as of August 26th, 2022.
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Since Grayscale is focused on digital currency as a whole, they don’t just stop with Bitcoin and Ethereum. They offer investment Trusts for some of the most popular cryptocurrencies and diversified funds made up of various crypto assets.
Category | # of BTC | Value Today | % of 21m |
---|---|---|---|
ETFs | 819125 | 819125 | 3.901% |
Countries | 451968 | 451968 | 2.152% |
Public Companies | 262676 | 262676 | 1.251% |
Private Companies | 429381 | 429381 | 2.045% |
Entity | Country | # of BTC | Value Today |
---|---|---|---|
Mt. Gox | 200,000 | 200000 | |
El Salvador | 2,381 | 2381 | |
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust | 643,572 | 643572 | |
Riot Platforms, Inc. | 7,345 | 7345 | |
Hut 8 Mining Corp | 9,113 | 9113 | |
Tether Holdings LTD | 55,000 | 55000 | |
Galaxy Digital Holdings | 8,100 | 8100 | |
Coinbase Global, Inc. | 9,000 | 9000 | |
Marathon Digital Holdings Inc | 13,396 | 13396 | |
Block, Inc. | 8,027 | 8027 | |
Tesla, Inc | 10,725 | 10725 |
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