Due to the nature of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, institutional investors who buy the fund directly must hold the shares for six months before selling on the secondary market . July 17 is one of the largest days of the unlock period, with 16,240 bitcoin worth of GBTC becoming available to trade, according to Bybt.com.10 Tem 2021
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This will allow accredited investors who purchased shares in the Trust’s private placement to have an earlier liquidity opportunity, as the statutory holding period of private placement shares would be reduced from 12 months to 6 months , according to SEC rules.
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That trust is set up as a private placement, where qualified investors can buy shares directly from Grayscale. After six months, they can sell those shares on public markets under the ticker GBTC .
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Grayscale Investments is preparing to “unlock” a gigantic crypto fund allowing the sale of shares worth up to 40,000 Bitcoins . The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) is the world’s largest crypto fund and consists of holdings amounting to 650,000 BTC.
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Grayscale’s other single-asset investment products provide exposure to Bitcoin (BTC), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Chainlink (LINK), Decentraland (MANA), Ethereum (ETH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Filecoin (FIL), Litecoin (LTC), Livepeer (LPT), Stellar Lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC), and Horizen (ZEN).
Read moreWhat does grayscale trust do?
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BTC) (Trust) is an investment vehicle. The Trust’s purpose is to hold Bitcoins , which are digital assets that are created and transmitted through the operations of the peer-to-peer Bitcoin Network, a decentralized network of computers that operates on cryptographic protocols.
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With $37 billion in assets, the Grayscale trust is the world’s largest Bitcoin fund . It towers over every other fund on the market. Its next-closest rival, the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy (BITO) exchange-traded fund, has racked up $1.3 billion in assets since launching in October.
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