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Issuer:     Grayscale Horizen Trust (ZEN) (HZEN)
CIK:        0001748945
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-101660
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Barry Silbert appointed Chairman of Grayscale Horizen Trust Board; Shifke steps down as Chairman
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- Barry Silbert, founder of DCG, appointed Director and Chairman of the Board effective August 4, 2025.
- Mark Shifke steps down as Chairman but remains a Director.
- Grayscale considering further board expansion with independent directors.
- Sponsor also hired four senior executives (COO, CMO, CCO, CHRO) from Bridgewater, Apollo, Goldman Sachs, Citadel.
- Grayscale manages over $35B in AUM across three dozen products including Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1748945/000095017025101660/0000950170-25-101660-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1748945/000095017025101660/hzen-20250804.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-101660

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