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Crypto fund manager Grayscale Investments is believed to have purchased one-third of new Bitcoin for three months.
Grayscale Investments, a crypto investment fund manager and subsidiary of Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group, is estimated to have purchased up to one-third of all newly minted Bitcoin during the past three months amid the run-up to the block reward halving.The announcement comes as average weekly investments into Grayscale’s Bitcoin Investment Trust, or BIT, reached $29.9 million over the first quarter of 2020.In response to a tweet publicizing the figures, Grayscale founder Barry Silbert stated: “just wait until you see Q2.”The average weekly investment into the trust has increased by over 800% when compared to Q1 2019’s $3.2 million. Grayscale Investments absorbs 34% of new BTCOn May 19, Redditor “parakite” posted estimates indicating that Grayscale has spent the past three months accumulating up to one-third of all freshly mined Bitcoin (BTC).The purchases added 60,762 BTC to its Bitcoin Relief Fund — equating to a rate of 607 Bitcoins over 100 days. As of May 17, the fund was believed to be holding 343,954 BTC in total — a 21% increase in three months.BIT assets under management up 80% in one year had reached $3.8On May 19, Grayscale announced that the value of its assets under management had reached $3.8 billion, up from $2.1 billion as of May 2019.The data also revealed that the firm’s Ethereum Trust has emerged as Grayscale’s second-largest, representing nearly $290 million.