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S&P Dow Jones Launches Crypto Broad Digital Market Index

by NEWSBTC

The S&P Dow Jones has announced this week the addition of five new crypto indices, including an index that tracks over 240 coins. The indices join legacy financial indicators that have been paramount in the traditional markets, such as the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Fabulous Five

The focal point of the five new indices is the S&P Cryptocurrency Broad Market Digital Index (BDM). This index will seek to provide a broad snapshot of the crypto market, and is the index tracking a hefty 240 coins at launch. At present time, there are approximately 275 cryptocurrencies with a market cap great than $100MM. However, the S&P Dow Jones has not disclosed if market cap will dictate selection criteria, at least for the BDM index.

The S&P Dow Jones only first expressed their intent to track crypto prices as recently as December 2020, and debuted Bitcoin and Ethereum price tracking indices just a couple months ago.

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The remaining four indices are BDM derivatives that include the following:

  • Cryptocurrency LargeCap Index: A BDM subset that hones in on select coins with the largest market caps.

  • Cryptocurrency BDM Ex-MegaCap Index: A BDM subset that excludes bitcoin and ethereum.

  • Cryptocurrency BDM Ex-LargeCap Index: A BDM subset that excludes that aforementioned crypto LargeCap Index.

  • Cryptocurrency BDM LargeCap Ex-MegaCap Index: A BDM subset that includes the aforementioned LargeCap Index, and excludes the already established MegaCap Index.

The indices join the ranks of early digital asset benchmarks already established by S&P Dow Jones, including the S&P Bitcoin Index, S&P Ethereum Index, and S&P Cryptocurrency MegaCap Index.

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The What, How & Why

The indices will pull pricing data from their already-established cryptocurrency partner Lukka, an enterprise-grade crypto software and data provider. Increasing indices around crypto reflect a clear growth in consumer demand that the S&P Dow Jones is now looking to address. “The market for cryptocurrency assets continues to grow and with that, transparent benchmarking and index-based solutions based on crypto and blockchain assets are more essential than ever,” according to the S&P Dow Jones press release.

Global Head of Innovation and Strategy at S&P Dow Jones Indices Peter Roffman stated in the release that “for more than a century, our indices have offered insight into how the markets are performing. Now… we’re providing that answer to cryptocurrency investors,” adding that the indices “gives one of the broadest snapshots yet of this rapidly growing asset class with the ability to slice and dice by market cap. We’re excited to bring this significant level of additional transparency to the cryptocurrency market.”


Despite a healthy pullback in recent months, the broad market growth of crypto at large is clearly realized by the S&P Dow Jones Indices.  | Source: CRYPTOCAP-TOTAL on TradingView.com

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CoinShares to acquire ETF index business from Alan Howard’s crypto firm

by Cointelegraph

European digital asset manager CoinShares announced it is acquiring the exchange-traded fund (ETF) index business from crypto firm Elwood Technologies for $17 million. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second week of July, according to the announcement.

Elwood — which is owned by billionaire hedge fund manager Alan Howard — is known for its partnership with Invesco to launch the Invesco Elwood Global Blockchain Equity UCITS ETF, or the Invesco Blockchain ETF in short. By providing exposure to internationally listed companies in the blockchain business, the index has amassed over $1 billion in assets since its inception in 2019.

The transaction will settle via an equity swap, according to the announcement. With a price of $13.09 per share, CoinShares will issue 1,298,322 new ordinary shares with a total worth close to $17 million.

As part of the acquisition, Elwood’s digital asset-focused equity research team will also join CoinShares. The purchase will not impact the Elwood Index and the Invesco Blockchain ETF, the announcement reads. The collaboration aims to bridge the gap between traditional asset management and crypto and provide better connectivity with global institutional players for both parties.

Highlighting the growing interest in thematic ETFs, CoinShares CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti described the Elwood Index and Invesco as “natural partners” for CoinShares. 

Related: CoinShares lists physically backed crypto ETPs on German exchange

“We believe that blockchain technology and crypto assets will continue to evolve and play an increasingly significant, mainstream role across business, finance and society,” Invesco EMEA ETFs head Gary Buxton said. He added that the growth of the equity ETF is “a testament to the sector’s momentum and the compelling opportunities for investors.“

Elwood owner and crypto hedge fund titan Alan Howard is a major investor in CoinShares. Last month, he also made a fresh investment in London-based crypto services firm Copper.co and Asian crypto investment platform Kikitrade.