{"id":921510,"date":"2026-07-21T15:11:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/grayscale-files-s-1-for-first-us-worldcoin-etf\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:11:58","slug":"grayscale-files-s-1-for-first-us-worldcoin-etf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/grayscale-files-s-1-for-first-us-worldcoin-etf\/","title":{"rendered":"Grayscale files S-1 for first US Worldcoin ETF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"post__body\">\n<p>Crypto asset manager Grayscale on Monday filed an S-1 registration statement for the first US Worldcoin ETF, which would give investors a way to gain exposure to the WLD token through an exchange-traded product. <\/p>\n<p>According to the preliminary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/2145351\/000119312526308957\/ck0002145351-20260720.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">prospectus<\/a>, the Grayscale Worldcoin ETF is intended to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol GWLD. <\/p>\n<p>BitGo Bank &#038; Trust would custody the Worldcoin (WLD), while BNY Mellon would serve as administrator and transfer agent. CSC Delaware Trust Company would serve as a trustee. <\/p>\n<p>The filing does not yet disclose details on management fees, seed investment, authorized participants or liquidity providers. <\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/grayscale-eth-sol-staking-cash-payouts\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Grayscale plans regular cash payouts from ETH, SOL staking rewards<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WLD is an ERC-20 token built on the Ethereum blockchain that serves as the native token of World, a project that uses biometric verification to distinguish humans from bots, which was founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. <\/p>\n<p>The proposed Worldcoin ETF adds to 17 crypto-related exchange-traded products offered by Grayscale, including those tracking Bitcoin (BTC), XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL), Ether (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE) and Chainlink (LINK).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cointelegraph is committed to independent, transparent journalism. This news article is produced in accordance with Cointelegraph\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/editorial-policy\">Editorial Policy<\/a> and aims to provide accurate and timely information. Readers are encouraged to verify information independently. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/grayscale-files-s-1-for-worldcoin-etf?utm_source=rss_feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Cointelegraph by Felix Ng<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto asset manager Grayscale on Monday filed an S-1 registration statement for the first US Worldcoin ETF, which would give investors a way to gain exposure to the WLD token through an exchange-traded product. According to the preliminary prospectus, the Grayscale Worldcoin ETF is intended to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol GWLD. BitGo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":921511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1474,25604],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-921510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-files","category-grayscale"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}