Michael Sonnenshein


Finance

Michael Sonnenshein, Ex-Grayscale CEO, Joins Tokenization Firm Securitize as COO

Sonnenshein left asset management firm Grayscale, issuer of spot bitcoin and ether ETFs, earlier this year.

Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Finance

Former Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein Joins Aptos Labs as Adviser

Michael Sonnenshein, the former CEO of Grayscale Investments, has joined Aptos Labs as an adviser alongside OpenAI's chief product officer, Kevin Weil.

Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Finance

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein Steps Down, to Be Replaced by TradFi Veteran

Sonnenshein's replacement will be Peter Mintzberg, currently head of strategy for asset and wealth management at Goldman Sachs.

Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Markets

Grayscale CEO Believes Bitcoin ETF Fees Will Drop Over Time: CNBC

GBTC has seen $12 billion in outflows since due in part to its high fees compared to its competitors

Grayscale ad in NYC (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Videos

Grayscale CEO on Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval and 'Fee War' Among Issuers

Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein looks back on the spot bitcoin ETF approval and what it means for Grayscale and the wider crypto markets. Plus, insights on the competitive fees and how Grayscale plans to compete with other ETF issuers.

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Videos

Grayscale CEO Discusses Ongoing GBTC Litigation Issues

Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein, discusses at Consensus 2023, the company's ongoing litigation against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and when a decision is expected. The crypto asset manager is suing over the SEC's rejection of its application to create a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Grayscale and CoinDesk are both owned by parent company Digital Currency Group.

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Videos

Grayscale CEO on U.S. Crypto Regulation Outlook: Not a 'One-Size Fits All Answer'

Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein joins "First Mover" live from CoinDesk's Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas to discuss his outlook for the SEC's crypto regulatory oversight. This comes amid Grayscale's ongoing bid with the SEC to convert its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into an exchange-traded fund (ETF). Grayscale Investments and CoinDesk are both owned by parent company Digital Currency Group.

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Grayscale Investments CEO on Crypto Regulation, GBTC

Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein joins "First Mover" live from CoinDesk's Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas, to discuss the state of the crypto markets, the SEC's approach to regulating the industry, and the outlook for the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). Grayscale Investments and CoinDesk are both owned by parent company Digital Currency Group.

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Videos

From White Paper to Wall Street: The Evolving Bitcoin Investor

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein joins CoinDesk Research analyst George Kaloudis at Consensus 2022 to discuss the evolution of bitcoin since its birth in 2008.

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Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets and Crypto

At the 2022 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey leads a panel of financial experts in a discussion about how traditional financial institutions are adapting regulations to fit the crypto industry and if the decentralization of currency is a threat to Wall Street.

Davos 2022

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