# Grayscale and Republic Open Three Crypto Funds With a $2,500 Minimum, Including UNI and TAO

> Grayscale and Republic opened three crypto funds on October 15 with a $2,500 minimum, holding UNI, AAVE, ONDO.

- Published: 2026-10-18T05:55:59+00:00
- Section: Product Launches
- Author: News Desk
- URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-18/grayscale-republic-crypto-funds-2500-minimum
- Source: [TechBullion](https://techbullion.com/crypto-update-grayscale-opens-2500-funds-featuring-uni-and-tao-as-pepeto-raises-11-2m/)

## 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.

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.

## What the Grayscale and Republic Funds Hold

The 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.

Uniswap 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.

[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.

## Grayscale's Earlier Custody and Fund Moves

Grayscale 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.

## Grayscale's Next Steps

Grayscale 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.

## Companies in this story

- Grayscale Investments · website: https://grayscale.com
- [Bittensor company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00005jv/bittensor) · website: https://bittensor.com
- [Republic company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00000b5/republic) · website: http://republic.com

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