CRYPO BITWISE Manager Assets Manager Assets has announced that its strategies will now be available on the ICAPital Alternative Investment Platform – the first cryptocurrency assets to become available in the market.
“Crypto is rapidly emerging as an alternative new wealth class, with unique drivers who can make it an compelling diversifier in portfolios for investment professionals,” said Bitwise Hunter Horsley in a statement. “We have seen that the trend intensifies in 2025 as institutions, family offices and property managers have begun to engage more with space.”
Icapital users will be able to access the active strategies of Bitwise cryptocurrencies, which seek to benefit from alpha options in the crypty space. The multi-strategic approach of Bitwise includes non-direct, tactical directional strategies, long prejudices and special situations.
Bitwise operates 10 private funds with a variety of cryptocurrencies. Some include exposure to baskets of different currencies, such as Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fundwhich tracks an index consisting of 10 more valued Cryptocurrency. Others are more focused on Bitcoin, Etereum and Nfts.
Investments will hold $ 250,000 and are open to qualified buyers.
Bitwise is also a leading Crypto ETF provider, having begun around a dozen funds covering Bitcoin, Etereum and other strategies.
Crypto has been a hot topic given the embracing Trump administration of the asset class. Sec started a Task Force for Crypto Led by Commissioner Hester Peirce, accused of “developing a cryptocurrency applicable regulatory framework”.
SEC also fell a case of implementation against Coinbase, though the state of Oregon then Filed a new lawsuit Claiming that Coinbase is “engaged in constant and widespread violations”.
At the front of the ETF, over two new dozen of ETF cryptos are already launched this year, almost matching the 2024 full year of 2024, according to a last column by Caia's Islamic Roxanna.
Also also a compressed stretch for icapital. At the beginning of this week, Mai Capital Management, a Cleveland -based RIA with $ 29.2 billion in AUM, announced he was integrating icapital technology on its internal platform to manage alternative investments.
Moreover, a partnership between Goldman Sachs Assset Management, Geowealth and Icapital to build public and private investment portfolios in a single RIAS account, announced last October, brought her The first products live.