The Rise of Digital Currencies for Institutional Investors
Investors flocked to the digital currency asset class in record numbers over the last 12 months. As the world’s largest digital currency asset manager with more than $25B in AUM, Grayscale Investments is the leader in introducing digital currencies to the global investment community. Many investors distinctly recall the moment when they began to understand why digital currencies make such a compelling addition to existing portfolios. Grayscale’s Ray Sharif-Askary will share why institutional investors are coming around to digital currencies, the most important questions investors should ask before they get started, and paint a picture of the long-term future of this nascent asset class.
- Intro and background to Grayscale
- What do potential digital currency investors care about??
- Why are investors allocating to digital currencies?
- Critical considerations
- Current and future trends in the digital currency asset class
Event Recording
Grayscale - "The Rise of Digital Currencies for Institutional Investors" by Rayhaneh Sharif Askary
Speaker
Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary
- Title
- Director of Investor Relations and Business Development @
- Company
- Grayscale Investments
- Role
- Speaker
As Director of Investor Relations and Business Development at Grayscale Investments, Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary leads Grayscale’s efforts to generate new inflows into the Grayscale Investments suite of digital currency investment trusts. She manages Grayscale’s growing investor base of family offices, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, and high net-worth individuals. Since joining Grayscale in 2018, Ray has helped raise billions in new capital into Grayscale’s products and been on the cutting edge of bringing the digital currency asset class to some of the world’s most sophisticated and significant investors. Prior to joining Grayscale, Ray was a Director on the Leveraged Finance Distribution group at UBS. She graduated magna cum laude from Duke with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. Ray was named as one of Business Insider’s 2020 Rising Stars of Wall Street.
About
Grayscale Investments
Grayscale Investments is the world’s largest digital currency asset manager, with more than $25.3B in assets under management as of January 26, 2021. Through its family of investment products, Grayscale provides access and exposure to the digital currency asset class in the form of a traditional security without the challenges of buying, storing, and safekeeping digital currencies directly. With a proven track record and unrivaled experience, Grayscale’s products operate within existing regulatory frameworks, creating secure and compliant exposure for investors. For more information, please visit www.grayscale.co and follow @Grayscale.