After months and billions of dollars in withdrawals from its long-runningGrayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), Grayscale is prepping a new Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) with the lowest fees on the market.
The fund managerfiledto introduce the product in March after investors relentlessly redeemed GBTC following its conversion to a spot ETF in January. On some days, hundreds of millions of dollars left the fund—although Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein said the trust wasreaching equilibriumin recent weeks.
In an updated filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Grayscalesaidthat its new “Mini Trust” would have fees of 0.15%. That’s lower than BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which will up its fees to 0.25% after a 12-month promotional period fee of 0.12%.
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The filing noted that 10% of GBTC assets will be used for the smaller spinoff fund.
“Interesting,” wrote Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas on Twitter. ”A mini-me low fee version of $GBTC which investors in GBTC will be able to get into [without a] tax hit (I believe) via a special dividend. No brainer in our opinion.”
INTERESTING: Grayscale launching $BTC, a mini-me low fee version of $GBTC which investors in GBTC will be able to get into w out tax hit (I believe) via a special dividend. @JSeyff called for this months ago in a note. No brainer in our opinion. Don’t know exact fee yet tho. https://t.co/rYn2Q1m3jC
BlackRock’s IBIT has beenmassively successfuland isquickly catchingup with Grayscale’s GBTC in terms of assets under management. As of today, IBIT has $17.5 billion in assets, while GBTC has $19.6 billion.
Before, GBTC operated like a closed-end fund, and it was difficult to cash out. But when itbecame an ETFin January, investors claimed their gains or moved to a new, cheaper product. In addition, many of the redemptions were bankrupt crypto companies with exposure to GBTC cashing out.
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GrayscaletoldDecryptearlier this month that the high rate of redemptions was expected and nothing to worry about.
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