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Grayscale Investments, the largest digital forex asset supervisor, has launched the Grayscale Solana Trust (GSOL) on OTC Markets. The launch comes amid authorized wrangling with the SEC over the best to market a Bitcoin ETF.

Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital forex asset supervisor, has introduced that the Grayscale Solana Trust (GSOL) has begun buying and selling on OTC Markets beneath the image $GSOL.

At this time, the asset supervisor affords 16 digital forex funding merchandise quoted on OTC Markets. But regulators within the US haven’t given a inexperienced mild to all Grayscale merchandise.

The asset supervisor launched its Solana Trust in November 2021. In principle, it affords a possibility for buyers to place cash into Solana with out buying it personally. By proudly owning Solana, the worth of the Trust’s shares vacillates in tandem with the digital forex’s worth.

While SOL is up round 150% 12 months up to now, its worth continues to be 75% under its $100 worth level a 12 months in the past. Overall, SOL is down over 90% from its all-time excessive in June 2021.

As of April 14, 2023, there have been 304,427 shares excellent of GSOL. Shares created via the Trust’s personal placement grow to be eligible to promote into the general public market after a statutory one-year holding interval pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933.

Grayscale Now Offers 16 Similar Products

The funding goal of the Trust is for the worth of the shares (based mostly on Solana per share) to replicate the worth of Solana held by the Trust. The worth displays the CoinDesk Solana Price Index (SLX) at 4:00 p.m. New York time, minus the Trust’s bills and different liabilities.

Grayscale Investments’ different merchandise embody their DeFi Fund, which supplies publicity to a diversified basket of DeFi digital belongings, Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund, which affords publicity to the most important and most liquid digital belongings, and Grayscale Smart Contract Platform Ex-Ethereum Fund, which affords publicity to a collection of Smart Contract Platforms.

With the launch of GSOL, the asset supervisor now makes accessible a complete of 16 merchandise with public quotations. All buyers with entry to U.S. securities will be capable to purchase and promote freely-tradable GSOL shares. Much in the identical means they commerce different securities.

The introduction of the Solana belief coincides with Grayscale’s ongoing authorized dispute with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Grayscale sued the SEC when its request to show Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) right into a Bitcoin ETF was declined.