14 Oct 2020
Grayscale has once again reported exemplary quarterly results, with a $1 billion inflow. The Bitcoin Trust remained at the top, with inflows totalling to $720 million. Other products also reported a significant increase.
Grayscale Investments is one of the largest digital asset management firms. The recently released quarterly results will be the third consecutive time the firm reports more than $1 billion in inflows.
The recently released Q3 2020 results showed that total investments at the firm accounted to $1.05 billion in the past three months. This means that since the beginning of the year, the total inflows have increased to around $2.4 billion.
This is the best performing year for Grayscale since inception. Between 2013 and 2019, the asset manager recorded inflows of around $1.2 billion. This year’s data shows a massive increase in crypto products, with the current number being two times higher.
The overall amount invested in Grayscale since inception has increased to $3.63 billion. Institutional investors are still taking the lead, as they accounted for 81% of all the Q3 inflows. However, the firm also reported a change in investments from individuals and family offices. The accredited investors who directed funds into Grayscale decreased from 12% to 8%. On the other hand, the amount allocated to family offices increased from 4% to 8%.
The recently released financial data also pointed out to the Bitcoin Trust, whose increase was the most significant. The total inflow related to this trust increased by more than $700 million. However, Q3’s BTC inflows were lower than the previous quarter, where the inflows totalled $750 million.
Grayscale also mentioned that while BTC remained the largest part of the firm’s total investments, there was a considerable increase in inflows related to other products. Products outside the Bitcoin Trust accounted for 31% of the total inflows reported in Q3 2020.
The number of investors who bought more than one of the company’s products had also increased. Since Grayscale’s inception, around 37% of investors have allocated funds to different investment products. In the third quarter of 2020, this number increased to 57%.
The total Assets under Management increased to $5.9 billion after accounting for the exemplary third-quarter results. On a year-over-year basis, the increase in these assets is around $200%, given that at the beginning of 2020, the total AUM stood at $2 billion.