Grayscale Investments has launched its Bitcoin Mini Trust as a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded product on NYSE Arca, beginning trading today.
Crypto management giant Grayscale announced in a July 31 press release. It outlined details on its Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust now trading under the ticker BTC with a fee of 0.15% on NYSE Arca.
Trading under the ticker BTC as a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded product, the vehicle has a fee of 0.15%, one of the lowest among competing Bitcoin ETPs.
Grayscale plans to initially seed the fund by transferring 10% of the Bitcoin from its Bitcoin ETF product, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC).
Most Bitcoin exchange-traded products currently on the market have fees around 0.20%, according to data from Farside Investors.
As shown above, Grayscale’s first Bitcoin ETP, GBTC, has the highest fee among competing products, at 1.5%.
The press release notes that Bitcoin starts trading on NYSA Arca with a share price of $5.84 and $1.7 billion in assets under management.
Commenting on the launch, Grayscale’s senior managing director David LaValle claimed that the product will help “further lower the barrier to accessing Bitcoin in a SEC-regulated investment vehicle.”
Grayscale also noted that Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is not regulated by it.
Grayscale made a similar move with its spot Ethereum ETPs. Last week, after the Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) was converted to a spot ETP (retaining its relatively high 2.5% fee), the firm launched the Ethereum Mini Trust (under the ticker ETH), which also boasts a relatively low fee of 0.15%.
