Grayscale Investments LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, Inc., recently filed to list its Bitcoin Investment Trust (BIT) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in a $500 million initial public offering, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. Shares of the trust, which have traded over the counter, have traded at a premium to the bitcoin price, according to Marketwatch.
The trust, which launched in 2013 and exclusively invests in bitcoin, is one of the few options available to institutional investors who seek to exposure to bitcoin. BIT began trading on the OTCQX market May 4 under the ticker symbol GBTC.
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