Grayscale

The money arrived before the fee war. Grayscale’s Zcash ETF gathered more than $1 billion during its first 30 trading days, according to the firm’s trading and capital markets executive Krista Lynch (The Block). A privacy coin had found a substantial audience inside the American brokerage account. Then the flow reversed. ZCSH recorded approximately $59 million in net withdrawals across October’s first four trading sessions (24/7 Wall St.). Into that pause stepped Winklevoss Asset Services, filing its proposed rival on October 6, 2026, with an annual sponsor fee of 0.25% (SEC filing). ...

Ethereum staking is no longer a niche DeFi experiment — it’s a multi-billion-dollar institutional industry. In August 2026, the landscape shifted again: Grayscale announced it would stake 161,000 idle ETH from its Ethereum Mini Trust ETF, unlocking quarterly cash yields for US shareholders. Simultaneously, a new Ethereum Improvement Proposal threatens to cut staking rewards by 13%, the SEC continues to tighten its grip on staking-as-a-service, and the IRS keeps treating every staking reward as a taxable event the moment it hits your wallet. ...