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- Hashdex launched the Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF on Feb. 14, 2025, the first multi-asset spot crypto ETF in the United States.
- Franklin Templeton followed six days later with the Franklin Crypto Index ETF, tracking Bitcoin and Ether through the US CF Institutional Digital Asset Index.
- MarketVector Indexes and Coinbase Asset Management launched the Coinbase Store of Value Index in April, combining Bitcoin and tokenized gold using an inverse-volatility weighting model for diversified exposure.
- Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said in December that "crypto index funds are going to be a big deal in 2026" as the market grows more complex and picking winners becomes harder.
- The launches reflect a broader industry push to build institutional-grade benchmarks for digital assets as traditional finance firms expand crypto offerings and tokenized assets gain traction.
Why it matters: Investors can now access diversified crypto exposure through regulated ETF wrappers — Hashdex's was the first multi-asset spot crypto ETF in the US — rather than picking individual tokens, a shift Bitwise's CIO says will define 2026 as the market becomes too complex to bet on single networks.
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