Grayscale 2026 Q1 Investment Map Revealed: 50+ Crypto Assets Selected as Candidates

LiquidityWitch · 2026-01-13T07:04:13+00:00

【Blockchain Rhythm】Grayscale officially announced on January 13th the "Potential Investment Target Candidate Asset List" for Q1 2026. This list covers over 50 crypto assets across five major categories, signaling a new institutional investment deployment.From the perspective of smart contract platforms, Grayscale is focusing on mainstream ecosystems such as Aptos, Arbitrum, Polkadot, Tron, and also looking at emerging high-performance chains like Monad and MegaETH. This indicates that Grayscale is conducting a comprehensive scan of Layer 1 and Layer

LiquidityWitch

2026-01-13 07:04:13

【BlockBeats】Grayscale officially announced on January 13th the “Potential Investment Target Candidate Asset List” for Q1 2026. This list covers over 50 crypto assets across five major categories, signaling a new institutional investment deployment.

In terms of smart contract platforms, Grayscale focuses on mainstream ecosystems such as Aptos, Arbitrum, Polkadot, and Tron, while also looking at emerging high-performance chains like Monad and MegaETH. This indicates that Grayscale is scanning investment opportunities across Layer 1 and Layer 2 ecosystems.

In the DeFi sector, Grayscale’s candidate assets are particularly abundant—top DeFi protocols like Morpho, Pendle, Sky, Hyperliquid are all included, and even projects like Euler, which experienced hacking incidents but persisted in rebuilding, are listed. This reflects institutional recognition of the maturity of the DeFi ecosystem.

Notably, there is a focus on AI projects. AI tokens such as Grass, Kaito, Worldcoin, and Virtuals Protocol are within Grayscale’s consideration scope, confirming the market expectation that the AI sector will continue to heat up in 2026.

Additionally, consumer culture tokens like Bonk, public service projects like Layer Zero and Wormhole, and cross-chain infrastructure are also included. Grayscale emphasizes that this list represents digital assets not yet incorporated into its investment products but marked as potential future targets by the internal team. In other words, being listed means being closer to institutional capital acceptance.

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TokenomicsTherapist

· 3h ago

Grayscale's move is quite aggressive, consolidating over 50 assets in one go, not even sparing new chains like Monad... But to be fair, big institutions only move on things they choose, so retail investors, should we follow or not at this point?

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faded_wojak.eth

· 01-15 03:11

Gray scale's move feels like laying the groundwork for the next round of deployment. Monad and MegaETH are also on the list; these two are truly promising.

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MrRightClick

· 01-13 17:23

Gray scale is really betting on new public chains this time, with Monad and MegaETH both involved... indicating that major institutions are also betting on the future of high-performance chains.

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TokenomicsDetective

· 01-13 07:33

Grayscale's move... are they about to spend more money? By the way, can Monad and MegaETH really beat ETH? It feels a bit like gambling.

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liquiditea_sipper

· 01-13 07:21

Grayscale's move... Looking at over 50 assets together, it feels like they're paving the way for the next wave.

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SchroedingersFrontrun

· 01-13 07:20

Grayscale is trying to generate hype for new tokens. They even dare to include small projects like Monad. It seems institutions are starting to feel anxious as well.

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SchrodingersFOMO

· 01-13 07:18

Grayscale is going all-in on the new public chain, with Monad and MegaETH both listed. It seems that big funds have already caught the scent.

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JustAnotherWallet

· 01-13 07:16

Are there really surprises among these more than 50 targets in Gray Scale, or is it the same old story? Monad and MegaETH are quite interesting, but it feels like they're just hyping concepts again...

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NFTRegretter

· 01-13 07:10

Grayscale is casting a wide net again, over 50 assets? Do they really think of themselves as investment gods? But that said, it's really uncertain whether the new chains Monad and MegaETH can actually get off the ground.

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GateUser-26d7f434

· 01-13 07:07

With this move by GrayScale, it seems they are truly all-in on the new chain ecosystem. Newcomers like Monad and MegaETH have been brought into focus, and the institutions have already started to get competitive.

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