Rayhaneh (Ray) Sharif-Askary is Director of Investor Relations and Business Development at Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital currency asset manager. Ray is responsible for managing the firm’s growing investor base, including family offices, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, and other institutions, in addition to leading strategic initiatives to target prospective investors and manage the fundraising process. Previous to Grayscale, Ray spent 10 years at UBS, most recently as Director of Leveraged Finance Sales where she was responsible for managing relationships with leveraged finance counterparties, including credit funds, CLO managers, hedge funds, BDCs, and banks. Ray graduated magna cum laude from Duke with a Bachelor of Science in Economics.