Grayscale's Altcoin ETF Strategy Revealed! | Rayhaneh Sharif- Askary

Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary, Head of Product &amp; Research at Grayscale, sat down with me for an interview at the Halborn Access 2026 Summit at the NYSE. We discussed Grayscale’s latest crypto ETF products, including its Solana staking and Chainlink ETFs.<br />Brought to you by 🏠 Propy (PRO) is a blockchain-based real estate marketplace and decentralized title registry that leverages smart contracts to facilitate property transactions globally https://propy.com/home/ &amp; https://propy.com/home/ownyourtomorrow/ <br /><br />💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2525DYX <br />🖥️ Learn Crypto with Expert Commentary - http://MyCryptoCourse.com <br />Sponsors:<br />🔐 Safely Store your Crypto with Trezor Hardware Wallets - https://affil.trezor.io/SHlz <br />✅ VeChain is a versatile enterprise-grade L1 smart contract platform https://www.vechain.org/ <br />🏦 Learn about iTrustCapital’s powerful Premium Custody Account (PCA) and tax-advantaged Crypto IRA platforms https://www.itrustcapital.com/go/thinkingcrypto <br />🖥️ Sign up with Santiment to get quality crypto metrics - https://app.santiment.net/pricing?fpr=thinkingcrypto Get 25% discount with code THINKINGCRYPTO <br />🌟Uphold - Signup with Uphold. https://uphold.sjv.io/gbED4X Terms Apply. Cryptoassets are highly volatile. Your capital is at risk. <br />📰 Sign up for the Free Thinking Crypto Weekly Newsletter https://thinkingcrypto.substack.com/ <br />✅ Become a Channel Member - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjpkwsuHgYx9fBE0ojsJ_-w/join <br />🔥 Buy Merch &amp; support the Podcast https://my-store-574b5b.creator-spring.com/<br />🧙‍♂️Merlin - http://tinyurl.com/MerlinTCYouTube “I am a Merlin partner and get compensated for purchases made through links in this content"this content" <br /><br />Follow on social media:<br />➡️ X(Twitter) - https://x.com/thinkingcrypto <br />➡️ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thinkingcrypto/<br />➡️ LinkedIn - http://linkedin.com/company/thinking-crypto <br />➡️ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thinkingcrypto/ <br />➡️ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thinkingcrypto5<br />➡️ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@thinkingcrypto <br />➡️ Website - https://www.ThinkingCrypto.com/ <br /><br />🔊 Listen to content on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews/id1458945676 <br />🔊 Listen to content on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/221AV5A65v7uYEsuMviVKl <br /><br />💼Business Inquiries💼<br />hellothinkingcrypto@gmail.com<br /><br />⏰ Time Stamps ⏰<br />00:00 Intro<br />00:40 Ray's background<br />04:06 Recent Crypto ETF launches<br />05:42 Reviewing Assets for ETFs<br />07:53 ETF expansion<br />09:50 Tokenized assets in ETFs<br />11:29 Crypto legislation <br />================================================= <br />#Crypto #ETFs #Grayscale #CryptoNews #Cryptocurrency #Bitcoin #BTC #BitcoinNews #ETF #News #Ripple #XRP #XRPNews #RippleXRP #Ethereum #EthereumNews #ETH #Solana #money #investing #trading #Altcoin #Altcoins #NFTs #Metaverse #Podcast #ThinkingCrypto ================================================= <br />The Thinking Crypto Podcast is your home for the best Crypto News and Interviews - crypto, cryptocurrency, crypto news, bitcoin, bitcoin news, xrp, xrp news, ripple, ripple news, ripple xrp, ethereum, ethereum news, cardano, ada, solana, altcoins, defi, news, interviews, podcast, metaverse, nft, altcoin daily, cryptosrus, coin bureau, altcoin news, bitcoin today, markets, investing ================================================= <br />Disclaimer - The Thinking Crypto podcast and Tony Edward are not financial or investment experts. You should do your own research on each cryptocurrency and make your own conclusions and decisions for investment. Invest at your own risk, only invest what you are willing to lose. This channel and its videos are just for educational purposes and NOT investment or financial advice. Note that links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting my channel so I can continue to provide you with free content each week!<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews--3464539/support?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews--3464539/support</a>.