Grayscale adds 36 altcoins to Q1 2026 watchlist

Beincrypto reports that asset manager Grayscale has updated its "Assets Under Consideration" list for the first quarter of 2026, naming 36 altcoin candidates.

The candidates span Smart Contract, Financials, Consumer & Culture, Artificial Intelligence, and Utilities & Services, with smart contract platforms and financials featuring the highest counts. The update is a modest refresh from Q4 2025’s 32-asset list and includes a handful of additions and one removal. In smart contracts Grayscale added Tron (TRX); consumer and culture expanded with ARIA Protocol (ARIAIP); the artificial intelligence segment added Nous Research and Poseidon while dropping Prime Intellect; and utilities gained DoubleZero (2Z). "Assets Under Consideration lists digital assets not currently included in a Grayscale investment product but identified by our team as possible candidates for inclusion in a future product," the blog read.

Grayscale updates its product catalog around 15 days after each quarter ends, and inclusion on the list signals active evaluation but does not guarantee a future product listing. The firm’s recent additions reflect attention to tokenization, DePIN, and AI, and it has also registered statutory trusts for potential BNB and HYPE ETFs with the Delaware Division of Corporations as an early procedural step toward possible ETF offerings.

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Crypto, Grayscale, Tron, Aria Protocol, Nous Research, Poseidon