Morning Edition · Monday, July 20, 2026Published at 1:27 AM EDT · New York
Grayscale Plans Quarterly Cash Payouts, Pitting Ethereum Staking Against Solana
Proposed trust changes would mandate at least quarterly cash distributions from staking rewards without fixing the payout amount or yield.
Grayscale, one of the largest crypto asset managers, is preparing changes to its trusts that would require no-less-than-quarterly cash distributions from staking rewards. The change would create a common payout schedule across products that…
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