Mystery filings using Grayscale’s name suggest the
multi-billion dollar firm may be looking to expand the number of
Trusts.
Grayscale Investments could be set to launch a raft of new
products including a Chainlink Trust, if freshly unearthed filings
are to be believed.
According to the
State of Delawareâs Division of Corporations, someone set up
a Grayscale Chainlink Trust on December 18, 2020.
On the same day, a Basic Attention Token (BAT) Trust,
Decentraland (MANA) Trust, Livepeer (LPT) Trust, and a Tezos (XTZ)
Trust were also initiated.
Before these communities get too excited, Grayscale Investments
is yet to officially confirm it is behind the filings. Some reports
have cast doubt on their legitimacy as the registered agent for the
Trusts is listed as 'Delaware Trust Company' and not Grayscale.
However the Delaware Trust Company is listed on the Grayscale
website as one of its official
Service Providers and the same details were used for the
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust filing in 2013.
Even so, new Trusts are far from certain to launch. Two months
earlier in October, a Filecoin (FIL) Trust was created, and this is
yet to be made public.
Adding to the uncertainty, a few weeks after the inception of
these Trusts, Grayscale CEO and founder Barry Silbert stepped down,
replaced by Michael Sonnenshein. It is unclear if Sonnenshein will
continue Silbertâs strategy or if he will take the firm in a new
direction.
Grayscale last made a filing with the Stellar Lumens (XLM) Trust
in October 2018 â more than two years ago.
The Stellar Trust was made public almost six weeks after
inception. The majority of Grayscaleâs digital-asset trusts are
normally made public within days of the legal forming date stated
on Delawareâs Corporate Filing website.
The vocal Chainlink army have taken to Twitter to show their
support for the filing, speculating what effect this might have on
the tokenâs price.
Twitter user âBitcoin Collectorâ stated, âWe all know how
much purchasing power Grayscale has,â however, he added that the
news hasnât been confirmed.
Chainlink recently passed Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to become the
eighth-biggest cryptocurrency with a market cap of more than $9
billion and an all-time high price of $23.30. It has since dropped
back to ninth place, losing $2.3 billion in value over a four-day
period to trade at $17.8.
Mystery filings using Grayscale’s name suggest the
multi-billion dollar firm may be looking to expand the number of
Trusts.
Grayscale Investments could be set to launch a raft of new
products including a Chainlink Trust, if freshly unearthed filings
are to be believed.
According to the
State of Delawareâs Division of Corporations, someone set up
a Grayscale Chainlink Trust on December 18, 2020.
On the same day, a Basic Attention Token (BAT) Trust,
Decentraland (MANA) Trust, Livepeer (LPT) Trust, and a Tezos (XTZ)
Trust were also initiated.
Before these communities get too excited, Grayscale Investments
is yet to officially confirm it is behind the filings. Some reports
have cast doubt on their legitimacy as the registered agent for the
Trusts is listed as 'Delaware Trust Company' and not Grayscale.
However the Delaware Trust Company is listed on the Grayscale
website as one of its official
Service Providers and the same details were used for the
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust filing in 2013.
Even so, new Trusts are far from certain to launch. Two months
earlier in October, a Filecoin (FIL) Trust was created, and this is
yet to be made public.
Adding to the uncertainty, a few weeks after the inception of
these Trusts, Grayscale CEO and founder Barry Silbert stepped down,
replaced by Michael Sonnenshein. It is unclear if Sonnenshein will
continue Silbertâs strategy or if he will take the firm in a new
direction.
Grayscale last made a filing with the Stellar Lumens (XLM) Trust
in October 2018 â more than two years ago.
The Stellar Trust was made public almost six weeks after
inception. The majority of Grayscaleâs digital-asset trusts are
normally made public within days of the legal forming date stated
on Delawareâs Corporate Filing website.
The vocal Chainlink army have taken to Twitter to show their
support for the filing, speculating what effect this might have on
the tokenâs price.
Twitter user âBitcoin Collectorâ stated, âWe all know how
much purchasing power Grayscale has,â however, he added that the
news hasnât been confirmed.
Chainlink recently passed Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to become the
eighth-biggest cryptocurrency with a market cap of more than $9
billion and an all-time high price of $23.30. It has since dropped
back to ninth place, losing $2.3 billion in value over a four-day
period to trade at $17.8.