Crypto fund manager <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/grayscales-ethereum-trust-gets-sec-reporting-company-status/">Grayscale Investments</a> has acquired yesterday $300 million in digital assets. As of Oct. 22, the total net asset held under management is up by $7.3 billion.
<h2><strong> Acquisition Brought 3.79% Rise With AUM of $6.03 Billion</strong></h2>
The recent <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/grayscale-adds-a-cool-300m-in-a-day-and-1b-this-week">acquisition</a> spiked up by 3.79% with an asset under management of $6.03 billion. The last time such a high peak was observed was during a 7.56% jump in Grayscale Litecoin Trust that increased its AUM by $34.4 million. While Grayscale Ethereum Trust saw a 4.98% rise with assets under management of $942.3 million.

The funds are mostly held in Grayscale’s trusts for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), along with Grayscale’s digital large-cap fund. The company’s CEO Barry Silbert took to his Twitter account to update on the acquisition, shortly following the company’s official announcement.

https://twitter.com/BarrySilbert/status/1319384308738629632

The digital asset company brought a whopping $1 billion investment in cryptocurrency assets within a week, as revealed in this month’s quarterly report. Grayscale has also revealed that around 81% of its product investments come from institutional investors.
<h2><strong>Grayscale Continue Breaking Records</strong></h2>
According to CoinMarketCap, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust holds 2.5% of the total coin supply, currently at 18,522,937. The total Bitcoin supply is capped at 21 million, signifying there are still 2.5 million Bitcoins left to be mined, or 11.9% of the total BTC.

Grayscale reported that its Litecoin (LTC) Trust had increased the most since the previous day’s report, by more than 7.5%. Meanwhile, its Zcash (ZEC) Trust increased by more than 6% at the same time. The digital asset company also has a small stakeholding in Ethereum Classic (ETC), Horizen (ZEN), Stellar Lumens (XLM), XRP, and Bitcoin Cash (BCH).

Grayscale has recently joined along the likes of major financial institutions to invest in cryptocurrencies. MicroStrategy had recently purchased a $415 million BTC digital asset manager followed by CoinShares acquisition of 69,730 BTC as of last week. CoinShare's recent BTC splurge is currently worth more than $900 million following Bitcoin crossing the $13,000 mark at the time of publication.

Grayscale Acquires $300 Million Digital Assets In a Single Day

Grayscale Investments has acquired yesterday $300 million in digital assets with total net assets held under management rising to $7.3 billion.

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Grayscale Acquires $300 Million Digital Assets In a Single Day

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