$5 Billion in AUM: Why Growth at Grayscale Exploded in the Last Quarter - Ep.137

Michael Sonnenshein, managing director of Grayscale Investments, talks about the strong growth in investment in its products, with inflows in Q2 totaling more than $900 million, bringing assets under management to over $5 billion. He discusses how Grayscale:
saw more than $900 million in investment in Q2, up from $500 million in Q1
why the macro environment is causing investors to focus on crypto
why investors are expressing growing interest in the Grayscale Ethereum Trust
how 80% of Grayscale investors have exposure to more than one asset
which types of investors are coming in
what developments within the crypto space are also leading to the increased inflows into Grayscale products
Grayscale's filing of a Form 10 for the Grayscale Ethereum Trust, which will enable it to become an SEC-reporting company
why it is doing so for the Ethereum Trust as opposed to Ethereum Classic
how the Grayscale Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin Trusts will soon by publicly trading
what metrics they use to determine whether to bring a digital asset to market
who are attracted to the Grayscale Digital Large Cap fund (GLDC)
how Grayscale grew to have $5 billion in assets under management
 
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Episode links: 
Michael Sonnenshein: https://twitter.com/Sonnenshein
 
Grayscale: https://grayscale.co
 
Grayscale's filing of the Form 10 for the Ethereum Investment Trust: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/08/06/valuable-sec-data-on-20-institutional-bitcoin-investors-could-soon-disappear/#27352c561de2
 
Links from news recap:
https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-99-drop-in-value/