The latest disclosure of the grayscale candidate asset list, including new additions such as HYPE, STX, VIRTUAL, etc.

ChainCatcher News, according to official sources, the digital asset investment platform Grayscale has recently updated its list of candidate assets, covering six major sectors of cryptocurrencies, with new candidates particularly concentrated in AI and finance categories.

The AI sector has the most new candidate assets, including Fabric Protocol, Flock, Grass, Kaito, Kite AI, Nous Research, Poseidon, Venice, and Virtuals Protocol, totaling nine projects, considered 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—have entered the candidate list, complementing existing products such as Aave, Aerodrome, Curve, Ondo, and Uniswap.

The smart contract platform sector has added Celo, Mantle, MegaETH, Monad, Toncoin, and Tron, totaling six projects, with Canton Network also included simultaneously. The utility tools sector has 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.