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

April 11th – Digital asset investment platform Grayscale recently updated its list of candidate assets for its products, covering six major crypto sectors with a key focus on AI and Finance. The AI sector saw the most additions, with 9 projects joining the candidate pool: Fabric Protocol, Flock, Grass, Kaito, Kite AI, Nous Research, Poseidon, Venice, and Virtuals Protocol. These join existing candidates Bittensor, Livepeer, Near, Render, and Story, reflecting ongoing institutional interest in the AI + crypto space. In the Finance sector, 8 DeFi projects (Ethena, Hyperliquid, Jupiter, Kamino Finance, Maple Finance, Morpho, Pendle, and seven others) were added, complementing current candidates like Aave, Aerodrome, Curve, Ondo, and Uniswap. For Smart Contract Platforms, 6 projects were added: Celo, Mantle, MegaETH, Monad, Toncoin, Tron, and Canton Network. The Utility Tools sector included DoubleZero, Geodnet, Helium, Jito, LayerZero, and Wormhole in its candidate list. Grayscale’s existing product suite covers mainstream assets such as BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, AVAX, BNB, and ADA. Notably, inclusion on the candidate list does not guarantee a product launch; Grayscale stated it will update the list within 15 days after the end of each quarter.