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

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

Author: Tony Edward February 11, 2026 Duration: 14:22
Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary, Head of Product & 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.
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro
00:40 Ray's background
04:06 Recent Crypto ETF launches
05:42 Reviewing Assets for ETFs
07:53 ETF expansion
09:50 Tokenized assets in ETFs
11:29 Crypto legislation 
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