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OTC Markets Group Upgrades Three Grayscale Products to OTCQX

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

NEW YORK, March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities, today announced Grayscale Chainlink Trust (LINK) (OTCQX: GLNK), Grayscale Livepeer Trust (LPT) (OTCQX: GLIV) and Grayscale Solana Trust (SOL) (OTCQX:GSOL), have qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market.

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  • NEW YORK, March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities, today announced Grayscale Chainlink Trust (LINK) (OTCQX: GLNK), Grayscale Livepeer Trust (LPT) (OTCQX: GLIV) and Grayscale Solana Trust (SOL) (OTCQX:GSOL), have qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market.
  • Grayscale Chainlink Trust (LINK), Grayscale Livepeer Trust (LPT) and Grayscale Solana Trust (SOL) begin trading today on OTCQX under the symbols “GLNK, GLIV, and GSOL” respectively.
  • These three products will join nine other Grayscale products currently trading on OTCQX: Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust (BCH), Grayscale Decentraland Trust (MANA), Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund LLC, Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH), Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETC), Grayscale Horizen Trust (ZEN), Grayscale Litecoin Trust (LTC), Grayscale Stellar Lumens Trust (XLM), and Grayscale Zcash Trust (ZEC).
  • To round out a total of fifteen Grayscale products on the OTC Markets, Grayscale Basic Attention Token Trust (BAT), Grayscale Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Fund LLC, and Grayscale Filecoin Trust (FIL) trade on the OTCQB Market.

BitPay Adds Support for Over 100 New Cryptocurrencies

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

ATLANTA, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BitPay, the world's largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, today announced an updated payment experience for crypto customers, which will begin rolling out this week, including support for dozens of new cryptocurrencies.

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  • These tokens add to BitPay's already long list of supported cryptocurrencies customers can use to pay for everyday essentials and high-ticket items.
  • Pay invoices from the BitPay app: When using the BitPay Wallet app to make payments, invoices can be sent to the customer's device to finalize a transaction.
  • "BitPay is committed to making crypto payments easy and accessible for all," said BitPay CEO Stephen Pair.
  • BitPay Bill Pay is available online at BitPay.com and in the BitPay Wallet app.

ZetaChain Raises $27M for Interoperable Layer-1 Blockchain That Connects All Chains, Including Bitcoin, Cosmos, and Ethereum

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ZetaChain, the layer-one blockchain that brings universal interoperability to crypto, has closed a $27 million equity funding round from a range of top participants. The participants in the equity round include Blockchain.com, Human Capital, VY Capital, Sky9 Capital, Jane Street Capital, VistaLabs, CMT Digital, Foundation Capital, Lingfeng Capital, GSR, Kudasai, Krust, and others.

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  • ZetaChain started in 2021 and has close to 150 contributors from all over the world.
  • ZetaChain's Ethereum Virtual Machine compatible smart contract layer and omnichain toolkit empower developers to seamlessly implement Bitcoin smart contracts.
  • These represent a diverse range of third-party decentralized applications, including cross-chain DeFi, NFTs, universal web3 social, identity, and gaming protocols.
  • Instead, ZetaChain operates as a transparent Proof-of-Stake blockchain, ensuring complete transparency, verifiability, and trust-minimized functionality for all transactions and activities, including cross-chain transactions.

ZetaChain Raises $27M for Interoperable Layer-1 Blockchain That Connects All Chains, Including Bitcoin, Cosmos, and Ethereum

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ZetaChain, the layer-one blockchain that brings universal interoperability to crypto, has closed a $27 million equity funding round from a range of top participants. The participants in the equity round include Blockchain.com, Human Capital, VY Capital, Sky9 Capital, Jane Street Capital, VistaLabs, CMT Digital, Foundation Capital, Lingfeng Capital, GSR, Kudasai, Krust, and others.

Key Points: 
  • ZetaChain started in 2021 and has close to 150 contributors from all over the world.
  • ZetaChain's Ethereum Virtual Machine compatible smart contract layer and omnichain toolkit empower developers to seamlessly implement Bitcoin smart contracts.
  • These represent a diverse range of third-party decentralized applications, including cross-chain DeFi, NFTs, universal web3 social, identity, and gaming protocols.
  • Instead, ZetaChain operates as a transparent Proof-of-Stake blockchain, ensuring complete transparency, verifiability, and trust-minimized functionality for all transactions and activities, including cross-chain transactions.

Globiance to Release New Widget Offering Easy Fiat-to-Crypto Trading

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Friday, April 21, 2023

The widget is a simple and convenient solution designed to offer customers easy access to a wide range of payment methods, exchange, and currencies.

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  • The widget is a simple and convenient solution designed to offer customers easy access to a wide range of payment methods, exchange, and currencies.
  • The release of this new widget will enable the seamless conversion of traditional money into digital assets making it even easier to enter into the crypto market.
  • The Globiance widget is a simple and convenient way to access the crypto market, using a wide range of currencies, payment methods, and cryptocurrencies.
  • The combination of banking and crypto services makes Globiance a well-rounded platform designed with users in mind.

Grayscale® Solana Trust Now Trading on OTC Markets

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Monday, April 17, 2023

STAMFORD, Conn., April 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grayscale Investments® , the world’s largest digital currency asset manager, today announced that Grayscale® Solana Trust (the “Trust”) has begun trading on OTC Markets under the symbol: GSOL.

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  • STAMFORD, Conn., April 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grayscale Investments® , the world’s largest digital currency asset manager, today announced that Grayscale® Solana Trust (the “Trust”) has begun trading on OTC Markets under the symbol: GSOL.
  • Solana (SOL) is the native token of the Solana Network, a smart contract platform first conceived in a 2017 whitepaper.
  • The Solana Network was designed to allow users to write and implement smart contracts which are executed on the Solana blockchain in exchange for payment of SOL.
  • Grayscale® Basic Attention Token Trust ( OTCQB: GBAT ), Grayscale® Bitcoin Trust ( OTCQX: GBTC ), Grayscale® Bitcoin Cash Trust ( OTCQX: BCHG ), Grayscale® Chainlink Trust ( OTCQB: GLNK ), Grayscale® Decentraland Trust ( OTCQX: MANA ), Grayscale® Ethereum Trust ( OTCQX: ETHE ), Grayscale® Ethereum Classic Trust ( OTCQX: ETCG ), Grayscale® Filecoin Trust ( OTCQB: FILG ), Grayscale® Horizen Trust ( OTCQX: HZEN ), Grayscale® Litecoin Trust ( OTCQX: LTCN ), Grayscale® Livepeer Trust ( OTCQB: GLIV ), Grayscale® Stellar Lumens Trust ( OTCQX: GXLM ), Grayscale® Zcash Trust ( OTCQX: ZCSH ), Grayscale® Digital Large Cap Fund ( OTCQX: GDLC ) and Grayscale® DeFi Fund ( OTCQB: DEFG ) are also publicly-quoted and available to all investors with access to U.S. securities.

Grayscale® DeFi Fund Now Trading on OTC Markets

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Friday, December 9, 2022

STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grayscale Investments® , the world’s largest digital currency asset manager, today announced that Grayscale® Decentralized Finance Fund (DeFi Fund) has begun trading on OTC Markets under the symbol: DEFG.

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  • STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grayscale Investments® , the world’s largest digital currency asset manager, today announced that Grayscale® Decentralized Finance Fund (DeFi Fund) has begun trading on OTC Markets under the symbol: DEFG.
  • Grayscale now offers 15 digital currency investment products trading on OTC Markets.
  • DEFG enables investors to gain exposure to the price movement of a diversified basket of DeFi digital assets through a singular investment vehicle.
  • DEFG provides exposure to a diverse selection of digital assets that meet the fund’s construction criteria through a market capitalization-weighted portfolio (Fund Components).

Grayscale Investments® Reaffirms Safety and Security of Holdings Underlying Grayscale’s Digital Asset Products

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grayscale Investments , the worlds largest digital currency asset manager, today reaffirmed that the safety and security of the holdings underlying Grayscales digital asset products are unaffected by recent market events and continue to operate business as usual.

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  • STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grayscale Investments , the worlds largest digital currency asset manager, today reaffirmed that the safety and security of the holdings underlying Grayscales digital asset products are unaffected by recent market events and continue to operate business as usual.
  • Genesis Global Capital is not a counterparty or service provider for any Grayscale digital asset product, and as such, its recent announcement will not impact any Grayscale digital asset products operations.
  • Grayscales digital asset products are designed to provide investors with secure, transparent access to the crypto ecosystem, said Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein.
  • *Grayscales digital assets products include Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BTC), Grayscale Basic Attention Token Trust (BAT), Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust (BCH), Grayscale Chainlink Trust (LINK), Grayscale Decentraland Trust (MANA), Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETH), Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETC), Grayscale Filecoin Trust (FIL), Grayscale Horizen Trust (ZEN), Grayscale Litecoin Trust (LTC), Grayscale Livepeer Trust (LPT), Grayscale Solana Trust (SOL), Grayscale Stellar Lumens Trust (XLM), Grayscale Zcash Trust (ZEC), Grayscale Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Fund LLC, Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund LLC, and Grayscale Smart Contract Platform Ex-Ethereum Fund LLC.

This Giving Season, Small Donations Have a Big Impact with Good360

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Thursday, November 3, 2022

This Giving Season, when considering where monetary donations will be most impactful, Good360 amplifies every dollar received.

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  • This Giving Season, when considering where monetary donations will be most impactful, Good360 amplifies every dollar received.
  • In fact, for every $10 donated, Good360 is able to distribute at least $500 in essential items to people in need.
  • Because of the efficiency of our model, we are able to make a tremendous impact.
  • In addition to cash donations, Good360 also accepts Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Dogecoin, Basic Attention Token (BAT), and other cryptocurrency assets.

Brave Now Supports Celo Blockchain and Dapps

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Friday, September 9, 2022

Celo Foundation President and Celo Co-Founder, Rene Reinsberg says, We are excited to welcome Brave to the Celo ecosystem.

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  • Celo Foundation President and Celo Co-Founder, Rene Reinsberg says, We are excited to welcome Brave to the Celo ecosystem.
  • With its global user base and seamless experience for using dapps directly from the Brave browser and signing transactions with the integrated Brave wallet, people everywhere can more easily participate in the emerging Web3 digital economy.
  • Accessible to anyone with a mobile phone, the Celo ecosystem consists of a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain technology stack (the Celo Protocol), the CELO native token, and several Mento stable assets (cUSD, cEUR, cREAL) that enable anyone to use digital assets like currency.
  • Launched on Earth Day in 2020, the open source Celo mainnet now supports 1000+ projects created by developers and artists located around the world.