STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Grayscale Investments®, a leading crypto asset management firm, offering more than 25 crypto investment products, today announced the creation and launch of Grayscale® Dogecoin Trust (the “Trust”).
The Trust offers investors the opportunity to gain exposure to DOGE, the native coin of the Dogecoin network, an open-source peer-to-peer digital currency originally derived from Litecoin, which itself originated from Bitcoin. Grayscale believes DOGE has transitioned from a memecoin of a Shiba Inu to a tool for global financial inclusion, grassroots activism, and a viable means of payment. Due to its widespread accessibility, affordability, and rapid transaction speeds, DOGE has garnered significant adoption worldwide.
“Dogecoin has matured into a potentially powerful tool for promoting financial accessibility. We believe, as a faster, cheaper, and more scalable derivative of Bitcoin, Dogecoin is helping groups underserved by legacy financial infrastructure to participate in the financial system,” said Grayscale’s Head of Product & Research, Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary. “Grayscale Dogecoin Trust offers investors exposure to an asset that is positioned to help fulfill Bitcoin’s originally intended use case and its egalitarian ethos.”
The Trust is now open for daily subscription by eligible individual and institutional accredited investors.* The Trust functions like Grayscale’s other single-asset investment trusts and is solely invested in the token underpinning the Dogecoin network.
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*Grayscale’s private placements are only available to Accredited Investors as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Most individuals are not Accredited Investors. https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins/investor-bulletins/updated-3
Private placement securities are speculative, illiquid, and entail a high level of risk, including the risk that an investor could lose their entire investment.
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