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Grayscale Announces Strategic Expansion of Management Team and Board of Directors as Company Enters Next Phase in Its Evolution
August 4, 2025-- Broadened Management Team Brings Decades of Traditional Finance Experience to the Maturing Crypto Industry
Board Expands to Five as Founder Barry Silbert Returns as Board Chairman
Grayscale Investments, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform, today announced the strategic expansion of its management team and Board of Directors to support the firm's next phase of growth.
Following announcements earlier this year, the appointments include four seasoned financial services executives joining the management team and a key addition to board leadership, underscoring Grayscale's commitment to innovation as the pioneer of digital asset investment platforms.
The management team expansion now includes Diana Zhang as Chief Operating Officer, Ramona Boston as Chief Marketing Officer, Andrea Williams as Chief Communications Officer, and Maxwell Rosenthal as Chief Human Resources Officer, all reporting to Grayscale CEO Peter Mintzberg.
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Source: Grayscale Investments
Acting Chairman Pham Launches Listed Spot Crypto Trading Initiative
August 4, 2025--Stakeholders Invited to Provide Public Input by August 18
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham announced today the CFTC will launch an initiative for trading spot crypto asset contracts that are listed on a CFTC-registered futures exchange (designated contract market or DCM).
This is the first initiative in the CFTC's crypto sprint to start implementation of the recommendations in the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets report. Acting Chairman Pham announced CFTC's crypto sprint last week.
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Source: www.cftc.gov
Defiance Launches DKNX: 2X Leveraged ETF on DraftKings (DKNG)
July 31, 2025--Defiance ETFs, a leader in thematic and leveraged exchange-traded funds, today announced the launch of an innovative ETF: The Defiance Daily Target 2X Long DKNG ETF (Ticker: DKNX). This fund provides investors with amplified 2X daily exposure to the performance of DraftKings Inc. (DKNG), empowering retail investors to capitalize on high-growth opportunities in the sports betting and gaming industry without the need for a margin account.
DKNX seeks to deliver daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 200% of the daily performance of DraftKings Inc. Through the use of derivatives, including swaps and options, DKNX aims to achieve precise 2X daily leveraged exposure to the underlying stock.
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Source: Defiance ETFs
GraniteShares launches new YieldBoost ETFs on COIN (COYY)
July 30, 2025--GraniteShares, an ETF issuer specializing in high conviction ETFs, announced that it is launching one ETFs to add to its existing YieldBOOST lineup-the GraniteShares YieldBOOST COIN ETF (COYY).
The GraniteShares YieldBOOST COIN ETF (COYY) is designed to generate income from options1 strategies linked to 2x Long COIN Daily ETF (CONL). To generate income, COYY sells put options2 on leveraged ETFs linked to 2x Long COIN Daily ETF.
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Source: GraniteShares
YieldMax Introduces Option Income Strategy ETF on Roblox Corp. (RBLX)
July 29, 2025-YieldMax announced the launch today of the following ETF:
YieldMax RBLX Option Income Strategy ETF (NYSE Arca: RBLY)
RBLY seeks to generate current income by pursuing options-based strategies on Roblox Corp. ("RBLX"). RBLY is managed by Tidal Financial Group. RBLY does not invest directly in RBLX.
RBLY is the newest member of the YieldMax ETF family and like all YieldMax ETFs, aims to deliver current income to investors. With respect to distributions, RBLY will be a Group A ETF, and its first distribution is expected to be announced on September 3, 2025.
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Source: YieldMax
Ninepoint to Launch HighShares: First-of-its Kind Single-Stock Income ETFs Focused on Canadian Companies
July 29, 2025--Ninepoint Partners LP ("Ninepoint"), one of Canada's leading alternative investment management firms, today announced the upcoming launch of its HighShares ETF suite, the first ETFs in Canada to offer enhanced monthly income from single stock exposure to some of the country's most iconic companies. A receipt for the initial HighShares ETFs' preliminary prospectus has been issued by the securities regulators in each of the provinces and territories of Canada.
"Our goal is simple: we want to help Canadians earn more from companies they already believe in," said John Wilson, co-CEO and Managing Partner at Ninepoint Partners. "With our HighShares ETF suite, we are enabling investors to access ETFs that provide the familiarity of household-name stocks with the added benefit of professional income strategies."
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Source: Ninepoint Partners LP
SEC Permits In-Kind Creations and Redemptions for Crypto ETPs
July 29, 2025--The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to approve orders to permit in-kind creations and redemptions by authorized participants for crypto asset exchange-traded product (ETP) shares.
The orders approved today reflect a departure from recently approved spot bitcoin and ether ETPs, which were limited to creations and redemptions on an in-cash basis.
With today's approval orders, bitcoin and ether ETPs, consistent with other commodity-based ETPs approved by the Commission, will be permitted to create and redeem shares on an in-kind basis.
"It's a new day at the SEC, and a key priority of my chairmanship is developing a fit-for-purpose regulatory framework for crypto asset markets," said SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins. "I am pleased the Commission approved these orders permitting in-kind creations and redemptions for a host of crypto asset ETPs. Investors will benefit from these approvals, as they will make these products less costly and more efficient."
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Source: sec.gov
Defiance Launches AIPO: The First ETF Focused on AI Power Infrastructure
July 25, 2025-Defiance ETFs, a leader in thematic and leveraged exchange-traded funds, today announced the launch of the Defiance AI & Power Infrastructure ETF (Nasdaq: AIPO). This innovative ETF provides investors with targeted exposure to U.S.-listed companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) and critical power infrastructure, addressing the surging energy demands of AI technologies through decentralized energy solutions, electrical grids, data centers, and AI hardware.
AIPO seeks to track the MarketVector US Listed AI and Power Infrastructure Index, offering a passive approach to high-growth themes without the need for margin accounts. AIPO empowers retail investors to capitalize on the intersection of AI innovation and power infrastructure, including sub-themes like nuclear energy generation, data center operations, and AI-enabling semiconductor hardware.
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Source: Defiance ETFs
Amplify ETFs Announces Net Asset Value Adjustment for the Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF (BWET)
July 25, 2025-Amplify ETFs today announced that the net asset value (NAV) of the Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF (BWET) was increased by $0.1465 per share on July 23, 2025.
This adjustment is a result of a security pricing error in calculating the Fund's NAV.
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Source: Amplify ETFs
Roundhill Investments Launches Five Additional WeeklyPay ETFs
July 24, 2025-Roundhill WeeklyPay ETFs are designed to deliver weekly distributions while targeting enhanced weekly returns linked to investors' favorite stocks.
Roundhill Investments,an ETF sponsor focused on innovative financial products,is pleased to announce the launch of five new WeeklyPay ETFs,which begin trading on Cboe BZX today.
Today's launch expands the Roundhill WeeklyPay ETF suite to fifteen funds,encompassing fifteen underlying stocks: AAPL,AMD,AMZN,AVGO,BRK/B,COIN,GOOGL,HOOD,META,MSFT,MSTR,NFLX,NVDA,PLTR,and TSLA.
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Source: Roundhill Investments
