Asset manager · Stamford, CT
Grayscale Advisors
Grayscale Advisors, LLC · SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 314868 · SEC 801-122921
At a glance
Grayscale Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in Stamford, Connecticut, with $61 million in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed August 5, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is investment companies. By Form ADV it is a asset manager, ranked 2,416th of 3,218 asset managers and 15,802nd of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.
Main office 212-668-1427grayscale.comAs filed on Form ADV
- Regulatory AUM
- $61M
- Rank among asset managers
- #2,416 of 3,218
- Rank among all SEC RIAs
- #15,802 of 17,210
- Rank in Connecticut
- #490 of 507
- Clients
- 8
- Accounts
- 8
- Discretionary
- 78% of AUM
- Employees
- 126
- Advisory staff
- 27
- Offices
- 1
Owners and executives on its Form ADV
- Craig I. SalmChief Legal Officer, Interim Chief Compliance Officer
- Peter L. MintzbergChief Executive Officer
- Diana C. ZhangChief Operating Officer
- Daniel G. PlourdeInterim Chief Financial Officer
Custody and brokerage
Custodian
Grayscale Advisors’s Form ADV lists no custodian for separately managed accounts. Firms report one only when they manage $10 million or more in those accounts.
Broker-dealer
Hybrid RIA
Grayscale Advisors is a hybrid RIA: 46 of its employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer. It names an affiliated broker-dealer: Grayscale Securities, LLC.
- Grayscale Securities, LLC ↗CRD 305907
An introducing broker-dealer: its trades clear through another firm, which holds the brokerage accounts. Its annual audited report filed with the SEC, February 2026
Its Form ADV brochure (filed August 2026) names Grayscale Securities as the broker-dealer its advisers are registered with.
10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations In addition to being a registered investment adviser, certain of our employees are registered representatives of our affiliate Grayscale Securities, LLC, a registered broker dealer.
Who it serves
| Client type | Clients | Regulatory AUM | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investment companies | 6 | $47M | 78% |
| Pooled investment vehicles | 2 | $13M | 22% |
Private funds
Grayscale Advisors reports 2 private funds with $13M in gross assets: hedge funds (Form ADV Item 7.B).
Disciplinary disclosures
Grayscale Advisors answers yes to 4 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV (criminal, regulatory or civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates). Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗
Services
- Portfolio management for investment companies
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
- Portfolio management for businesses and institutions
How it’s paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Performance-based fees
Form ADV and brochures on the SEC’s adviser search ↗grayscale.com ↗
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Questions
How much does Grayscale Advisors manage?
Grayscale Advisors reports $61 million in regulatory assets under management across 8 accounts, 78% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed August 5, 2026.
What kind of firm is Grayscale Advisors?
Grayscale Advisors is a asset manager by its Form ADV answers. Most of its assets are managed for funds, institutions or other businesses rather than individuals.
Who are Grayscale Advisors’s clients?
By assets, its largest client types are investment companies ($47 million, 6 clients); pooled investment vehicles ($13 million, 2 clients).
Does Grayscale Advisors manage private funds?
Yes. It reports 2 private funds with $13 million in gross assets, including hedge funds.
Does Grayscale Advisors have any disciplinary history?
Grayscale Advisors answers yes to 4 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV, which covers criminal, regulatory and civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates. The details are on the SEC’s adviser search.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure is Grayscale Advisors’s own answer on its latest Form ADV, from the SEC’s registered-adviser list as of October 1, 2026: regulatory assets and accounts (Item 5.F), clients by type (5.D), employees (5.A and 5.B), compensation (5.E) and services (5.G). Custodians come from Schedule D 5.K(3) of its latest filing (2026-08-05), which lists those holding 10% or more of separately managed account assets and the amount at each. “Hybrid” means some employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2)); affiliated broker-dealers are the related persons it lists in Item 7.A and Schedule D. Firm type comes from its own answers: broker-dealer firms are registered broker-dealers themselves (Item 6.A); private fund advisers manage mostly private funds (Item 7.B, 5.D); wealth managers manage at least half their assets for individuals (5.D). Ranks compare it by regulatory assets with every SEC-registered adviser and with firms of its type. Figures are as of the firm’s last annual update, so they can lag recent deals and market moves. Regulatory AUM counts assets the firm continuously supervises and can differ from what a firm markets.
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