{"id":356123,"date":"2018-11-02T07:56:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T07:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=356123"},"modified":"2018-11-02T07:56:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T07:56:48","slug":"grayscale-secures-330-million-in-crypto-bear-market-demand-booming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/ai-and-tech\/grayscale-secures-330-million-in-crypto-bear-market-demand-booming\/","title":{"rendered":"Grayscale Secures $330 Million in Crypto Bear Market, Demand Booming"},"content":{"rendered":"
It goes without saying that 2018 hasn’t treated the crypto market all too well. The value of all altcoins, along with Bitcoin, have collectively fallen by over 70%, with retail trading volume falling by a similar figure. However, as is the common theme with markets of any size, there’s a\u00a0definite silver lining in the abstract cryptocurrency cloud.<\/p>\n
This silver lining, as predicted by a number of industry pundits, is the fact that institutional players have continued to allocate capital to crypto-related instruments en-masse.<\/p>\n
In Grayscale Investments’ most recent volume of its quad-annual “Digital Asset Investment Report” series, the startup revealed that its digital asset operations haven’t been forestalled by Bitcoin’s most recent collapse.\u00a0Per the report<\/a>, Grayscale, a subsidiary of New York-based Digital Currency Group, saw its clients invest $81.1 million in Q3, bringing the firm’s year-to-date total to a jaw-dropping $330 million. Reportedly, 59% of that capital ($195 million) has come from the pockets of hedge funds, pensions, endowments, family offices, and other institutional investors.<\/p>\n Although $330 million may seem measly on the scale of the cryptocurrency market at large, which sits at a casual $200 billion valuation, this figure represents a 1300% increase in Grayscale’s business year-on-year. This, of course, is a testament to the growing involvement of institutions in this market, as just one year ago, the investment startup “only” raked in $25.4 million.<\/p>\n Cementing its legitimacy\u00a0further, CNBC<\/a> has revealed that Grayscale, a self-proclaimed “leader of digital currency investing,” now manages over $1.5 billion in assets, representing a respectable portion of this industry’s swelling monetary influence.<\/p>\n Out of the $330 million invested through Grayscale’s diverse roster of vehicles, in the aforementioned document, the firm revealed that it saw 73% of funds flow through its Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC), subsequently noting that BTC “is still king” after its decade-long run.<\/p>\n