About Bitwise

Setting the Standard for Quality in Digital Asset Exchange Traded Products

Bitwise bridges the gap between crypto and traditional financial services. Bitwise provides investors with institutional-grade exchange traded products (ETPs) that enable access to investment opportunities in the digital assets and blockchain sectors.

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Bitwise Expands Into Europe With Acquisition of ETC Group

We're excited to announce that ETC Group is becoming Bitwise's European ETP platform as part of our integration into a unified, global Crypto ETP brand. Bitwise will strategically expand this platform, continuing to deliver institutional-grade products, expert research, and unmatched client support to European investors.

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TradFi meets Crypto

Bitwise is made up of an exceptional team of financial services professionals that can help guide investors through the the digital asset ecosystem.

TradFi meets Crypto
The world’s first centrally cleared bitcoin ETP

In Europe, over the past five years, Bitwise (formerly ETC Group) has developed one of the continent’s most innovative suites of crypto ETPs — including Europe’s most heavily traded Bitcoin ETP, listed on Deutsche Börse XETRA as the world’s first centrally cleared Bitcoin ETP and the first of its kind approved for trading on Europe’s largest ETF trading venue.

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  • Mission

    We firmly believe that digital assets and blockchain represent a technological paradigm shift on par with the creation of the internet. The associated value creation from activity in this space will be on a similar scale. Our mission is to create regulated investment products to enable a broad church of investors to participate in this secular trend; focused on quality, innovation and safety.

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    Mission

  • History of ETC Group

    Bitwise was founded in 2017, and in Europe in June 2020 the company gained approval from the German regulator for the first bitcoin Exchange Traded Product (ETP) to list on Deutsche Börse. This defined the company’s pioneering status within Europe’s digital asset management space.

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  • Trusted Partners

    Strong partnerships and collaboration with world-class service providers enable Bitwise to issue financial products with integrity.

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    Trusted Partners

  • Product Philosophy

    Our product development approach is set around customer-centric innovation, to create best-in-class investment solutions that fit the needs of our clients.

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    Product Philosophy

  • The leadership Team

    Meet the Bitwise leadership team, a world-class team dedicated to expanding access to crypto

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  • Sustainability

    From the outset, Bitwise has taken a pioneering approach to mitigate the carbon footprint of products we issue - and doing it the right way.

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  • You can lose some or all of your investment.
  • Risks of investing are numerous and include market, price, currency, liquidity, operational, legal and regulatory risks.
  • Exchange traded products do not offer a fixed income or match precisely the performance of the underlying cryptocurrency.
  • Investment in cryptocurrencies and products linked to cryptocurrencies are only suitable for experienced investors and you should seek independent advice and check with your broker prior to investing.

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