Grayscale Pursues ETF Status for Multi-Asset Crypto Fund

April 2, 2025 - 2 min. read

By Karim Noun

Grayscale

Grayscale Investments has made a major move in the crypto world, by growing its ETF portfolio and  submittinng an Ss-3 Form to the SEC. Furthermore its Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund could potentially  become an exchange-traded fund.

Regulatory Timeline

The submitting institution NYSE Arca presented a 19b-4 application in October 2024 to seek SEC approval for GDLC share listings. The committee will issue two important dates on May 3 followed by the July 2 determination which constitutes an essential point for Grayscale’s future expansion.

Fund Composition

The Digital Large Cap Fund possesses five major digital assets that consists of Bitcoin together with Ethereum and XRP  as well as other potential ones. The investment portfolio matches quite precisely with the cryptos President Trump has recently talked about.

Fund Composition

Market Context

The potential conversion from the GDLC to a TEF is expected to provide positive conditions. For instance, many crypto products such as the Bitwise crypto index fund since they have been waiting for clarity from the SEC. 

Political Connections

Market analysts have noticed similarities between GDLC components and the digital asset stockpile President Trump mentioned. David Sacks stated the selected cryptocurrencies were chosen because of their significant MC and not because of any otherreason.

Grayscale’s SEC Watershed Moment

The regulatory approval process that Grayscale seeks will offer essential insight into the SEC’s developing stance. This is regarding cryptocurrency investment vehicles which might generate more opportunities for standard investment vehicles to incorporate diverse crypto assets.

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