Grayscale Launches Lido DAO and Optimism Trusts for Institutional Investors

Grayscale Investments has launched two new crypto investment products: the Grayscale Lido DAO (LDO) Trust and the Grayscale Optimism (OP) Trust.

These new offerings are designed to give accredited and institutional investors access to key tokens within the Ethereum ecosystem.

The newly introduced trusts focus on Lido DAO’s governance token (LDO) and Optimism’s native token (OP), both of which play vital roles in the Ethereum network’s growth. Lido DAO is central to making staking more accessible, while Optimism provides a Layer-2 scaling solution to enhance Ethereum’s performance.

Grayscale emphasized that these new products aim to give investors exposure to protocols that contribute to Ethereum’s scalability, security, and broader adoption in decentralized finance (DeFi). According to Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary, Grayscale’s Head of Product and Research, these trusts reflect the increasing importance of these protocols in Ethereum’s development.

The trusts are now open for daily subscriptions, offering eligible individual and institutional investors an easy way to gain exposure to LDO and OP tokens without directly holding them. These products join Grayscale’s broader suite of investment vehicles designed to offer regulated and secure exposure to cryptocurrencies for high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients. Access to these investment vehicles is restricted to accredited investors, defined as those with a net worth of at least $1 million or an annual income of $300,000.