Grayscale Investments has received approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to set up its Digital Larg Cap Fund (GDLC) as a exhibition -related fund.
The product, which contains a basket with Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Cardano and Solana, is planned To start acting on September 19, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.
The approval only arrived a few hours after Grayscale’s Chief Executive Peter Mintzberg unveiled Those supervisors had cleared the product for the launch at the NYSE grant.
Mintzberg described the decision as a turning point for regular crypto investment, and emphasizes that the structure provides exposure to five of the most actively traded tokens via a single regulated channel.
By avoiding the need to choose individual coins, crypto investors now have access to a diversified portfolio under one umbrella.
Meanwhile, Mintzberg has credited the Crypto Task Force of the SEC for “the regulatory clarity that our industry deserves”, since cooperation between industry and supervisors is slowly improving.
This movement marks a sharp reversal from July, when the SEC delayed its decision to enable Grayscale to upgrade GDLC from a freely available vehicle to a mentioned ETF on NYSE Arca. At the time, the regulator said it was further revised.
However, the SEC shifted the course only two months later by granting approval on an “accelerated basis”. It has also adopted generic list standards that are designed to streamline the process for future crypto -etfs.
‘On the second largest crypto ETF’
In the meantime, market analysts see the decision as a potential bending point for Multi-ASCET crypto funds.
Bloomberg’s James Seyffart noted Those ETFs in basket style could quickly evolve into the second or third largest category of digital asset products, after single-asset Bitcoin ETFs, if the demand remains steadily.
Investment interest in crypto ETFs in particular has proved strong in the past year.
According to Sosovalue factsBitcoin-oriented funds, launched last year, now manage more than $ 100 billion in assets, with a net inflow of $ 57.33 billion to date. On the other hand, Ethereum funds have seen more than $ 13 billion in inflow, which manages around $ 30 billion in assets.
That precedent fueled speculation that GDLC could attract meaningful enhancement as soon as the trade starts.
According to Grayscale’s websiteThe net asset value of the fund is $ 58 per share, with assets in control of more than $ 931 million. The site also shows that the fund has 72% of its assets in Bitcoin, 17% in Ethereum, about 6% in XRP, 4% in Solana and 1% in Cardano.