The latest disclosure of the grayscale candidate asset list, with significant expansion in AI tracks and DeFi projects

ME News Report, April 11 (UTC+8), Digital asset investment platform Grayscale recently updated its list of potential product assets, covering six major cryptocurrency sectors, with new candidates especially concentrated in AI and finance categories. The AI sector added the most new candidates, including Fabric Protocol, Flock, Grass, Kaito, Kite AI, Nous Research, Poseidon, Venice, and Virtuals Protocol, totaling 9 projects, alongside Bittensor, Livepeer, Near, Render, and Story, reflecting ongoing institutional interest in the AI + crypto track. In the finance sector, seven DeFi projects—Ethena, Hyperliquid, Jupiter, Kamino Finance, Maple Finance, Morpho, and Pendle—entered the candidate list, complementing existing products like Aave, Aerodrome, Curve, Ondo, and Uniswap. The smart contract platform sector added Celo, Mantle, MegaETH, Monad, Toncoin, and Tron, totaling 6 projects, with Canton Network also included. The utility tools sector added DoubleZero, Geodnet, Helium, Jito, LayerZero, and Wormhole. Currently, Grayscale’s existing product suite covers mainstream assets such as BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, AVAX, BNB, and ADA. The candidate list does not necessarily indicate upcoming product launches; Grayscale stated it will update the list within 15 days after each quarter ends. (Source: BlockBeats)