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| Published On May 9, 2022 4:43 am CEST | By Peter Siu

Robinhood Adds Grayscale’s Bitcoin and Ethereum Trusts

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On Friday, financial services and trading App Robinhood announced the listing of Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and Ethereum Trust (ETHE) to the platform.

With the addition of the investment products, customers can now buy and sell GBTC and ETHE stock and options without commission.

Founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group (DCG), the parent company of Grayscale Investments, Barry Silbert, took to Twitter and shared the news:

In April, Robinhood rolled out its new crypto wallets to more than two million customer and in a surprise move it added four new cryptocurrencies to its offering; ‘Dogecoin killer’ Shiba Inu (SHIB), smart contract platform Solana (SOL), Ethereum scaling solution Polygon (MATIC) and lending protocol Compound (COMP).

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Grayscale is currently awaiting a decision of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on approval of Grayscale’s Bitcoin Spot exchange-traded fund (ETF). CEO Michael Sonnersheim recently stated that his firm is ready to take on a legal fight with the financial regulator, should the application for its Bitcoin Spot ETF be snubbed.

Peter Siu

Peter is a former poker-pro, turned crypto enthusiast with 8+ years’ experience in operational roles dealing with all online gaming verticals within large iGaming companies, including Flutter and Entain. Now an expert in the field of Sports Betting, Casino, iGaming, and Poker, he is our team leader and editor. When not working, Peter can be found in the gym or playing sports like football, tennis and more recently padel.