{"id":80824,"date":"2023-06-27T14:53:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T11:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=80824"},"modified":"2025-09-11T19:19:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T16:19:36","slug":"grayscales-flagship-crypto-trusts-reach-annual-revenue-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/grayscales-flagship-crypto-trusts-reach-annual-revenue-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Grayscale&#8217;s flagship crypto trusts reach annual revenue peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The revenues of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) in June totaled about $44.13 million. The last time the figure reached similar levels was in May 2022.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"316\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-27-v-14.16.28-1024x316.png\\\" alt=\\\"Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-27-v-14.16.28\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-210248\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-27-v-14.16.28-1024x316.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-27-v-14.16.28-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-27-v-14.16.28-768x237.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-27-v-14.16.28.png 1291w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">Grayscale revenue from GBTC and ETHE. Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/data\/crypto-markets\/structured-products\/grayscale-revenue-from-gbtc-and-ethe-estimated\\\">The Block<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Inflows from GBTC reached $32.24 million, and from ETHE $11.89 million. At the time of writing, their <span data-descr=\\\"assets under management\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">AUM<\/span> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/grayscale.com\/products\/\\\">\u0441\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u044e\u0442<\/a> $18.94 billion and $5.56 billion, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the gap between the bitcoin trust&#8217;s trading price and its net asset value (NAV) recovered to levels of 31.32%. The discount on GBTC began forming as early as 2021 amid <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/barry-silbert-steps-down-as-ceo-of-grayscale-investments\">Barry Silbert stepping down as CEO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"318\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-27-v-14.30.12-1024x318.png\\\" alt=\\\"Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-27-v-14.30.12\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-210249\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-27-v-14.30.12-1024x318.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-27-v-14.30.12-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-27-v-14.30.12-768x239.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-06-27-v-14.30.12.png 1291w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">GBTC premium\/discount to NAV dynamics. Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/data\/crypto-markets\/structured-products\/premium-of-gbtc\\\">The Block<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The management fee for GBTC is 2% per year, and ETHE 2.5%.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust trading volume rose 400% \u2014 from $16.1 million to $80 million. The market reacted to BlackRock <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/blackrock-files-for-bitcoin-etf-launch\">application<\/a> to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to create a Bitcoin-<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\">ETF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2021, Grayscale <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/dcg-chief-confirms-plans-to-convert-grayscales-bitcoin-trust-into-an-etf\">sent a similar request<\/a>. On December 17, the regulator <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sec-delays-decisions-on-bitwise-and-grayscale-bitcoin-etf-applications\">delayed<\/a> a decision on the petition to February 2022. On June 30, Grayscale <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/grayscale-sues-sec-over-refusal-to-convert-gbtc-into-an-etf\">filed suit against the SEC<\/a> after a negative response.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Grayscale chief Michael Sonnenshein <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/grayscale-makes-converting-its-bitcoin-trust-into-an-etf-its-top-priority\">said<\/a> that transforming the bitcoin trust into an ETF was the top priority.<\/p>\n<p>Grayscale also suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/grayscale-suggests-the-sec-may-have-violated-the-law-in-approving-a-futures-based-bitcoin-etf\">the Commission violated the law<\/a> in approving futures-based ETFs tied to the first cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The revenues of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) in June totaled about $44.13 million. 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