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Coinbase Custody

Coinbase Custody is a regulated institutional custodian for cryptocurrencies, holding digital assets on behalf of exchanges, funds, and other institutions.

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investConfirmed4 publishers

Bitwise's first US spot NEAR ETF keeps two-thirds of the network's 5% staking reward for holders

Bitwise's NRR, the first US spot NEAR ETF, stakes its tokens and keeps about 67% of a roughly 5% reward rate for shareholders. After the 0.75% fee, that comes to roughly 2.6% a year in extra tokens, just above NEAR's 2.5% inflation.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 8%
Operator
Operator 20%
Investor
Investor 72%

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+40
Incentives75
Confidence65
investConfirmed2 publishers

Bitwise's fully staked NEAR fund clears NYSE Arca and the SEC for a U.S. listing

Bitwise's NEAR ETF, ticker NRR, cleared NYSE Arca and the SEC on September 24 to list with 100% of its tokens staked, for a 0.75% annual fee. Holders only beat plain price exposure if staking rewards beat that fee, and one listing tells us less about SEC policy on staking than it appears to.

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+30
Incentives60
Confidence60
investConfirmed5 publishers

Grayscale splits its Zcash ETF three ways five weeks after listing it

Grayscale will cut ZCSH's NAV per share to a third on Sept. 30. The coin behind the fund went from about $42 a year ago to an intraday $1,521 on Friday, and by one analysis $100 million of the fund's inflow came from a unit of its parent.

Perspective Coverage

5 publishers
Builder
Builder 14%
Operator
Operator 23%
Investor
Investor 63%

Reality

Evidence70
Adoption55
Hype gap+30
Incentives65
Confidence65
investOne report1 publisher

DCG supplied about two-thirds of the ZEC that Grayscale's ETF added since August

Grayscale's ZCSH holds 596,269 ZEC, roughly 3.52% of circulating supply, after in-kind creations lifted its coin count by 28.4%. Assets nearly tripled over the same weeks, and most of that came from ZEC's price.

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption50
Hype gap+35
Incentives75
Confidence45
investOne report1 publisher

Zcash's ETF conversion kills a 7.6x pricing lottery and leaves one spread: the 2.5% fee

Grayscale's ZCSH lists on NYSE Arca on or about Aug. 25 with Jane Street and Virtu as authorized participants. The premium band goes. The sponsor fee does not.

Reality

Evidence30
Adoption38
Hype gap+18
Incentives70
Confidence34