Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust or GBTC is the only investment trust in the United States by one of the most popular digital currency in the world Bitcoin, has suffered a significant drop in its net asset value since the price increase of BTC last year.

Grayscale Bitcoin Incorporation, the firm behind Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust, allegedly has a USD1.5bln in net assets under the board and is considered one of the most prominent digital currency asset managers all over the world. The Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust is an open-ended grantor trust, which aim is to monitor the price of the Bitcoin.

In a report of Bloomberg, Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust shares have declined by almost eighty percent since BTC hit virtually USD20, 000 in the last quarter of 2017. The significant decline in the value of the investment trust allegedly follows the drop of the bitcoin value that is down almost sixty-six percent during the same period.

Some BTC investors and speculators point out that one factor that causes to the decline of the GBTC value is its expense charges. Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust charges USD20 or 2 percent for each USD1, 000 invested. In comparison, the regular mutual fund price ratio is approximately 0.59%.  In an interview with the chief market analyst, Naeem Aslam of TF Global Markets U.K. Ltd a renowned financial services company spoke to Bloomberg that the ratio of the price is insane for these finances and the existing value of BTC is making more issues.

A few days ago, there is a report that institutional speculators substituted individuals with high-net-worth as the chief buyers of digital currency deals with a value of more than USD100, 000. Hedge fund and traditional investors have purportedly become more occupied in the USD220blb digital currency market in closed transactions. All at once, digital currency miners have started scheduling coin sales on a regular basis rather than holding or offloading them at some stage of market rallies.

Chainalysis, one of the most reliable research and investing firm published a study showing that speculator and investors of bitcoin held their positions over the summer, while digital currency markets are fixed or stable.

The economic aggregates allegedly were “tremendously steady” for the period of the summer, presenting that the quantity of bitcoin held for the asset was constant from May to August at twenty-two percent. The sum of bitcoin held for asset also displayed stability all through the same phase at 30 percent.