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Grayscale launches smart contract fund for Ethereum competitors

March 22, 2022No Comments

Digital asset manager Grayscale Investments has unveiled a new cryptocurrency fund dedicated to smart contract platforms except Ethereum, underscoring growing investor appetite for alternative blockchain networks.

The Grayscale Smart Contract Platform Ex-Ethereum Fund, also known by the symbol GSCPxE, is the company's 18th investment product. the bottom provide exposure to seven smart contract platforms with the following weightings:

  • Cardan (THERE ARE): 24.63%
  • solana (SUN): 24.27%
  • Avalanche (AVAX): 16.96%
  • Moles (POINT): 16.16%
  • polygon (MATIC): 9.65%
  • Algorand (SOMETHING): 4.27%
  • stellar (XLM): 4.06%

Grayscale said the new fund is now open for daily subscription from accredited investors.

Ethereum's dominance as the leading smart contract platform is being challenged by competitors who claim to offer superior transaction speeds, lower costs, and higher throughput capacity. As Ethereum continues dominate the decentralized app space, the DeFi industry is becoming a more level playing field. Ethereum currently accounts for just over 55.4% of the total value locked in DeFi protocols, up from 96% in January 2021. according to DeFi Call.

Ethereum remains the largest DeFi platform by total value locked, but its dominance has eroded over the past year. Source: DeFi Calls

Grayscale is by far the largest digital asset manager in the world with more than $36 billion in assets under management as of March 22. Assets under management reached north of $60 billion in November 2021 during the heyday of Bitcoin (BTC) record rally.

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Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, also known as GBTC, is the largest offering with over $26.4 billion in assets. As Cointelegraph reported, institutional investors have increased their exposure to GBTC in recent months as its discount to Bitcoin's spot price widened.