Galaxy Digital Will Introduce Cryptocurrency Indexes In Partnership With Alerian

Galaxy Digital has announced the launch of passive cryptocurrency indexes with Alerian. These passive crypto indexes are eight in number; they will be weighted equally and re-balanced monthly. Galaxy Digital Holdings has partnered with S-Network Global indexes and Alerian to launch eight blockchain indexes focused on crypto. Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd is a financial services and investment management company that offers cryptocurrency and digital assets services. The Company also provides services in blockchain technology with business lines, including Principal investments, trading, advisory services, and asset management. Related Reading | Kraken To Re-Enter The European Market By Applying For A New License According to an announcement made on August 24th, the duo developed two families of the crypto index. They are referred to as the Alerian Galaxy Global Cryptocurrency-Focused Blockchain Indexes and Alerian Galaxy Global Blockchain Indexes. The eight offerings have their listing under Alerian Galaxy Global Cryptocurrency-Focused Blockchain Indexes. The passive indexes enable access to few selected investment vehicles and public companies. The companies and selected vehicles should be actively involved in the blockchain and crypto sectors like cryptocurrency miners. Related Reading | Number Of Short-Term Bitcoin Holders Hits All-Time Low, How This Affects The Price Other good examples are companies with crypto on their balance sheets, blockchains researchers, and infrastructure tech developers. The indexes are equally weighted and rebalanced monthly. Comments From Galaxy Digital Head of Asset Management Steve Kurz, Partner and Head of Asset Management at Galaxy Digital, said: ” We have a goal to keep on empowering investors with institutional, seamless, and innovative access points. We intend to channel it to the upcoming digital assets ecosystem”. The Alerian Galaxy Global Cryptocurrency-Focused Blockchain CRYPTE Index is one of the eight latest products. It tracks crypto companies like Argo Blockchain, Square Inc., Voyager Digital, Coinbase, and Marathon Digital holdings, etc. Although, the Alerian Galaxy Global Blockchain Index (BCHAIN) is tracking Facebook, Microsoft, Mastercard, Grayscale’s Bitcoin, and Ethereum Trusts. Other indexes include CRYPTP, BLKCHN, and BLKCNP. Galaxy has increased its offerings early this month by partnering with Bloomberg to create a Defi Index tracking various projects. These projects include Aave (AAVE), Uniswap (UNI), and Compound (COMP). In 2018, Galaxy had a partnership with Bloomberg to launch a Crypto Benchmark Index. The Index aims to track the liquidity of the top 10 cryptos. Related Reading | Why An 18% Drop In Bitcoin Could Still Be Bullish According to an August 18th report, Galaxy posted a loss of $175.8 million in Q2. The Galaxy CEO and founder Mike Novogratz expressed that he isn’t disturbed by the development. He referred to factors like blue-chip strategic partnerships and increased counterparty trading volume as reasons to be bullish. He added that the goal was simply an adoption. “We believe that the adoption battle will over time be a stickier, hard, and more financially impactful compared to short-term price moves.” – Mike Novogratz At the time of writing, cryptocurrency market is down by 2% | Source: Crypto Total Market Cap on TradingView.com Featured image from The Block, chart from TradingView.com

Name	Symbol	Market	Market Cap ($)	Algorithm
Uniswap	UNIUSD	Crypto	5,811,541,003	Not Mineable

	Price Change	Price Change %	Current Price	Bid Price	Offer
	0.040	0.52%	7.73	7.74	7.75

High Price	Low Price	Open Price	Prev. Close	52 Week Range
7.77	7.44	7.70	7.69	3.59 - 17.03

Exchange	Last Trade	Size	Trade Price	Currency
GDAX	16:07:31	53.14	7.73	USD

Price x Volume	Volume	Base Symbol	Related Pairs
1,348,469.53	176,549.94	UNI	UNIEUR	UNIGBP	UNIBTC

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