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Rayhaneh Sharif Askary

Advisor at Grayscale Advisors

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Firm

Grayscale Advisors

Location

Stamford, CT 06902

Credentials

Series 63, Series 66

Industry experience

16 years

About

Rayhaneh Sharif Askary is a financial advisor at Grayscale Advisors with 16 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 66 designations and has worked at various entities within the Grayscale group since 2018, including Grayscale Operating, LLC, where she serves as Managing Director of Product and Research. Prior to joining Grayscale, she was employed at UBS Securities LLC from 2014 to 2018. Grayscale Advisors provides investment advisory services primarily to pooled investment vehicles and private funds, focusing on institutional and fund-level clients. The firm manages both index-tracking ETF strategies and active digital-asset–focused approaches, including staking and seed-token sponsorship, and operates within a group structure that includes registered investment companies and affiliated broker-dealer activities.

Client services

Based on Grayscale Advisors

Portfolio management

Expertise

Based on Grayscale Advisors

Private / alternative investments Active portfolio management Options & derivatives strategies Concentrated stock management Wealth management

Occupation focus

Based on Grayscale Advisors

Financial Professional

Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $250 million: 0.055% annually (Vident sub-advisory fee on certain Grayscale ETFs) $250 million - $500 million: 0.045% annually (Vident sub-advisory fee on certain Grayscale ETFs) $500 million+: 0.035% annually (Vident sub-advisory fee on certain Grayscale ETFs)

Performance-based

Performance fee of 10% of net capital appreciation for Grayscale Dynamic Income Fund (GDIF)

Other

Minimum fee: $40,000 minimum for Vident sub-advisory fees on certain Grayscale ETFs Fee-only: Annual advisory fees negotiated and agreed upon with each client; for Grayscale Dynamic Income Fund: 0.5% annual management fee; for Single Asset Private Funds: 2.5% annual management fee or as negotiated; Vident sub-advisory fees as tiered above

Location

290 Harbor Drive, 4 Th Floor

Stamford, CT 06902

Most active in

Connecticut

Work history

Grayscale Operating, LLC

2025 - Present (1 year)

Grayscale Advisors, LLC

2023 - Present (3 years)

Grayscale Securities, LLC

2021 - Present (5 years)

GrayScale Investments

2018 - 2024 (6 years)

Genesis Global Trading, Inc

2018 - 2022 (4 years)

UBS Securities LLC

2014 - 2018 (4 years)

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