Grayscale Unveils Latest Batch of Candidate Assets, AI Focus and DeFi Project Expansion Evident

BlockBeats News, April 11th. Digital asset investment platform Grayscale recently updated its product candidate asset list, covering six major crypto sectors, with a particular focus on AI and Finance categories.

The AI sector added the most candidate assets, including Fabric Protocol, Flock, Grass, Kaito, Kite AI, Nous Research, Poseidon, Venice, and Virtuals Protocol, totaling 9 projects. They join Bittensor, Livepeer, Near, Render, and Story in consideration, reflecting institutional continued interest in the AI+crypto space.

In the Finance sector, Ethena, Hyperliquid, Jupiter, Kamino Finance, Maple Finance, Morpho, Pendle, and 7 other DeFi projects entered the candidate list, complementing existing products such as Aave, Aerodrome, Curve, Ondo, and Uniswap.

In the Smart Contract Platforms sector, Celo, Mantle, MegaETH, Monad, Toncoin, Tron, and Canton Network were added, totaling 6 projects. In the Utility Tools sector, DoubleZero, Geodnet, Helium, Jito, LayerZero, and Wormhole were included.

Currently, Grayscale's existing product suite covers mainstream assets such as BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, AVAX, BNB, ADA, among others. The candidate list does not guarantee the launch of related products, as Grayscale stated it would update the list within 15 days after the end of each quarter.