Tag Archives: Bitcoin
Crypto’s Resurgence
Two decades ago, crypto didn’t exist, and even a decade ago, it was still an emergent asset class. In the last few years, crypto has increased in maturity, crossing USD 1 trillion in market capitalization in 2021 and currently sitting at USD 3.5 trillion at the end of July 2025 based on the S&P Cryptocurrency…
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Customizing Bitcoin Exposure to Mitigate Risk Systematically
Bitcoin and lower volatility may seem like opposites, but could it be time to rethink that perspective? S&P DJI’s Michael Mell and Cyber Hornet ETFs’ Mike Willis look inside a blended custom index with 75% weighted to the S&P 500 and 25% weighted to Bitcoin futures as a unique approach to risk management.
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New Bitcoin Indices Doing “Yard Work” in the Spring
In Wall Street parlance, a yard refers to a billion and a buck is a million. You can overhear traders asking questions like, “how many bucks did that trade?” or, “did that company raise a yard?” The crypto space is gathering assets by the yard these days with new product launches by ETF issuers. For…
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Digging Into Digital Assets
How does indexing work for cryptocurrency and digital assets? S&P DJI’s Sharon Liebowitz discusses how indices are bringing transparency to digital assets, key components of index design, and potential use cases for index-based crypto strategies.
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A Risk Control Approach to Cryptocurrencies: A Tool for a Crypto Winter
Earlier this year, we reported on the volatility of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies overall. In February 2022, the market was slightly down from its all-time high in November 2021. S&P Dow Jones Indices had just launched the new S&P Bitcoin and Ethereum Dynamically Rebalancing Risk Control 40% Indices (CET Close), and we saw that risk-adjusted performance…
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Beyond Bitcoin: Increasing Accessibility through a Digital Assets Classification System
In part one of the Beyond Bitcoin series, we introduced the importance of applying a sector classification system to the emerging digital assets asset class. We examined what it looks like for an investor to expand their view of the digital assets markets beyond the oft-cited mega-cap assets (such as Bitcoin and Ethereum) and discussed…
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Beyond Bitcoin: Why Digital Assets Need a Classification System
A few weeks ago, after communicating that I would be pivoting my career into the digital assets space and focusing on data, a long-time friend asked me, “Oh, you mean working with cryptocurrencies and helping people manage their bitcoins?” I paused and then explained that there is more to the digital assets markets than Bitcoin,…
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A Deeper Dive into the Digital Assets Ecosystem
S&P Dow Jones Indices launched the S&P Cryptocurrency Indices in May. The indices have shown historically high annualized returns accompanied by significant volatility and downside risk. One of the goals of indexing is to bring accessibility and transparency to markets, and we believe that launching indices with a trusted price provider, Lukka, has allowed market…
Crypto versus Gold – The Store of Value Debate
In a blog post from earlier this year, I outlined comparisons between Bitcoin and gold. In this post, we’ll look at how the underlying investment theses for each asset have rapidly evolved this year. Prior to 2021, some market participants viewed Bitcoin as a form of digital gold, sharing many of the same use cases,…
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Digital Asset Infrastructure – Custody
Have your clients asked you about Bitcoin? Perhaps they’ve asked how to buy Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency. Maybe they’ve asked about signing up for a MetaMask wallet. Perhaps they have been confronted with choosing a centralized exchange (e.g., Coinbase) or a DEX (decentralized exchange—e.g., UniSwap). Diving into cryptocurrencies requires learning a new language involving terms…
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