{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-18/grayscale-republic-crypto-funds-2500-minimum","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-18/grayscale-republic-crypto-funds-2500-minimum.md","title":"Grayscale Opens Three Crypto Funds With $2,500 Minimum","headline":"Grayscale and Republic Open Three Crypto Funds With a $2,500 Minimum, Including UNI and TAO","description":"Grayscale and Republic opened three crypto funds on October 15 with a $2,500 minimum, holding UNI, AAVE, ONDO.","section":"Product Launches","published_at":"2026-10-18T05:55:59+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-18T05:55:59+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Grayscale and Republic opened three crypto funds on October 15 with a $2,500 minimum.","The DeFi Fund holds six coins including UNI, AAVE and ONDO, while the AI fund holds four including NEAR and TAO.","Buyers must be accredited in the US or live outside it.","Grayscale added BitGo custody for its TAO Trust on October 15, segregating TAO holdings for institutional access."],"companies":[{"name":"Grayscale Investments","is_primary":true,"profile_url":null,"website":"https://grayscale.com"},{"name":"Bittensor","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00005jv/bittensor","website":"https://bittensor.com"},{"name":"Republic","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00000b5/republic","website":"http://republic.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"TechBullion","title":"Crypto Update: Grayscale Opens $2,500 Funds Featuring UNI and TAO as Pepeto Raises $11.2M","url":"https://techbullion.com/crypto-update-grayscale-opens-2500-funds-featuring-uni-and-tao-as-pepeto-raises-11-2m/"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Product Launches","Grayscale Investments","Bittensor","Republic"],"body_markdown":"Grayscale and [Republic](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00000b5/republic) opened three crypto funds on October 15 with a minimum of $2,500, [TechBullion](https://techbullion.com/crypto-update-grayscale-opens-2500-funds-featuring-uni-and-tao-as-pepeto-raises-11-2m/) reported. The DeFi Fund holds six coins, including UNI, AAVE and ONDO, and the AI fund holds four, including NEAR and TAO. A third fund tracks data networks. Buyers must be accredited in the US or live outside it.\n\n## What the Grayscale and Republic Funds Hold\n\nThe DeFi Fund holds six coins, including UNI, AAVE and ONDO. The AI fund holds four, including NEAR and TAO, and a third tracks data networks.\n\nUniswap trades at $7.20 on CoinMarketCap, worth about $4.65 billion, which is about 83% under its $44.97 record from May 2021. On October 14 it switched on a hook that sets fees by price swings, starting with an ETH and USDC pool, per The Crypto Times. A $1,000 swap there costs about $3 in fees.\n\n[Bittensor](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00005jv/bittensor)'s TAO trades at $271 on CoinMarketCap, up 11.73% over 24 hours, and the network is worth $3.37 billion. It is one of four coins in Grayscale's new AI fund. TAO sits about 62% under its $767.68 high from April 2024. TAO rose above $285 on October 16, with Bitcoin reclaiming $82,000 and Ethereum rebounding, and Bittensor's Null Consensus update expands subnet capacity to 2,500 and introduces optional proof-of-work registration, per CryptoPotato_News.\n\n## Grayscale's Earlier Custody and Fund Moves\n\nGrayscale added BitGo custody for its TAO Trust, segregating TAO holdings for institutional access, TechBullion reported on October 15. Grayscale added Anchorage Digital as a second vault keeper for its Dogecoin fund, allowing Macquarie and Virtu to swap DOGE for shares, openPR.com reported on October 13. Grayscale's XRP ETF added Anchorage Digital as a second custodian alongside Coinbase, effective September 29, and the fund can now process in-kind XRP creations and redemptions, CoinMarketCap reported on October 12.\n\n## Grayscale's Next Steps\n\nGrayscale has purchased approximately $20.2 million worth of Solana through its GSOL ETF over the last 20 days, U.Today reported on October 13. Grayscale Research reported that 57% of S&P 500 companies are more volatile than Bitcoin, citing Bitcoin's one-year realized volatility at 43%, Crypto Briefing reported on October 15.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}