A. Description of the Advisory Firm
• Grayscale Advisors, LLC (“Grayscale Advisors”, the “Advisor” or the “Firm”) is a Delaware limited liability
company formed in 2018 and registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2022 (“SEC”).
Grayscale Advisors is wholly owned by Grayscale Investments, LLC (“Grayscale Investments” or the “Parent
Company”). The sole owner of Grayscale Investments is Digital Currency Group, Inc. The Firm does not have any
publicly held intermediate subsidiaries. A description of Grayscale Advisor’s affiliates can be found under Item 10
– Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations.
• Grayscale Advisors is a registered investment advisor that provides investment advisory services for an exchange-
traded fund (“ETF”) on the ETF Series Solutions (“ESS”) Trust Platform (“ESS Trust”, “ESS Trust Platform” or
the “Trust”) provided by U.S. Bancorp LLC, a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) and the non-discretionary market intelligence provider to the Grayscale
Future of Finance UCITS ETF, a non-U.S. investment fund sponsored by HANetf Management Limited and
HANetf Limited (collectively “HANetf”). Grayscale Advisors is led by Michael Adam Sonnenshein, its Chief
Executive Officer, who is also CEO of Grayscale Investments.
B. Types of Advisory Services
Grayscale Advisors is the investment advisor to the Grayscale Future of Finance ETF and the non-discretionary market
intelligence provider to the Grayscale Future of Finance UCITS ETF, a non-U.S. investment fund sponsored by HANetf.
As the investment advisor to the Grayscale Future of Finance ETF, Grayscale Advisors has retained Vident Investment
Advisory, LLC (“Vident”) to serve as sub-advisor in its management of the Grayscale Future of Finance ETF.
The Firm manages the Grayscale Future of Finance ETF (“GFOF”) (the “Fund”), a passively managed ETF on the ESS
platform that launched on February 2, 2022, and trades on the NYSE Arca. The Grayscale Future of Finance ETF seeks
long-term growth by investing in U.S. and non-U.S. public equity securities that are involved in the advancement of the
digital economy, which includes companies involved in the enabling of buying, selling, and transacting in digital assets, the
development of the infrastructure to create applications utilizing blockchain technology, the supply of infrastructure around
the digital asset ecosystem, and the mining of digital assets. The Fund tracks the performance, before fees and expenses, of
the Bloomberg
Grayscale Future of Finance Index (the “Index”).
As the investment advisor, Grayscale Advisors has overall responsibility for management of the Grayscale Future of
Finance ETF. The Firm provides investment advice to the Grayscale Future of Finance ETF including, but not limited to,
the determination and selection of what assets will be purchased, sold, or retained and what portion of those assets will be
invested or held uninvested in cash as permitted in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Investment Advisory
Agreement and Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with Vident.
Under the supervision and oversight of Grayscale Advisors, the sub-advisor shall manage all of the securities and other
assets of the Grayscale Future of Finance ETF, including the purchase, retention, and disposition of the securities and
assets, in accordance with the Grayscale Future of Finance ETF’s respective investment objectives, guidelines, policies,
and restrictions as stated in the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.
As the non-discretionary market intelligence provider to the Grayscale Future of Finance UCITS ETF, a non-US
investment fund sponsored by HANetf , Grayscale Advisors will provide non-discretionary advice, support HANetf and
the investment manager in the tracking of the of Index, consult with HANetf regarding the choice of investment manager;
as well as provide product specialist services including primary responsibility for research data and commentary on the
Index, market commentary for the index, and the ETF team’s synthesis of such information.
Grayscale Advisors does not presently provide investment advisory services to individuals or retail investors nor does the
Firm participate in a wrap-fee program.
C. Client-Tailored Advisory Services
• The investment management services and advice provided by Grayscale Advisors with respect to the Grayscale
Future of Finance ETF is subject to the Fund’s investment objectives and guidelines, as set forth in its respective
offering documents and investment advisory agreements. The non-discretionary market intelligence provider
services rendered by Grayscale Advisors with respect to the Grayscale Future of Finance UCITS ETF is subject to
the Co-operation Agreement, the product offering documents and listing documentation as set forth by HANetf.
D. Assets Under Management
• As of December 31, 2022, Grayscale Advisors manages approximately $3.43M of client assets on a non-
discretionary basis. See Item 16 for more information regarding investment discretion.