Product Philosophy

A professional approach to crypto asset management

At Bitwise, we continuously strive for best-in-class product quality, placing investors’ needs at the center of every decision. We believe our products should provide smart, convenient access to digital asset opportunities—through regulated platforms built on time-tested financial market infrastructure.

Every investor must ultimately make their own decision about the risks and opportunities of investing in crypto.

Bitwise launched its first European crypto ETP in 2020, at a time when interest in blockchain and digital assets was accelerating—as was demand for secure, accessible investment solutions. Drawing on our deep roots in traditional financial markets, we design products with institutional-grade standards across custody, trading, regulation, and compliance. In a space as complex as crypto, every Bitwise ETP is built with structural safeguards and the transparency professional investors expect from products listed on regulated markets, ensuring robust protection of client assets.

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But for those who do choose to invest, we believe they deserve products they can trust. That’s why Bitwise offers a suite of fully regulated crypto ETPs, trading on major stock exchanges, designed to meet the highest standards of transparency, security, and accessibility.

This approach is especially valuable for investors who prefer not to manage their own blockchain wallets or who simply want to keep their crypto exposure alongside traditional assets in a regulated brokerage or bank account.

Today, investors have more ways than ever to access crypto—and just as many considerations to weigh. Bitwise serves private and professional investors alike, including financial advisors, institutions, broker-dealers, banks, family offices, and wealth managers—each with important responsibilities and high expectations. Our ETPs are built specifically to meet those expectations.

Managing Risk

Here, we outline Bitwise’s professional approach to crypto asset management and how we safeguard client funds.

Bitwise safeguards client assets by partnering exclusively with trusted third-party institutional custodians. In Europe, Bitwise’s crypto ETPs utilize custody solutions from industry leaders such as Coinbase Custody Trust Company, Zodia Custody, BitGo Trust Company, and Komainu.

These custodians are either FCA-regulated and EU-compliant institutions, or New York State-chartered trusts, overseen by the New York State Department of Financial Services. All assets are held in fully segregated accounts and secured with institutional-grade cold storage technology.

Bitwise does not lend any of the crypto assets held in its ETPs. As a crypto specialist, the firm conducts ongoing due diligence and monitoring of both existing and potential custody partners.
Bitwise issues its European crypto ETPs under a base prospectus approved by BaFin, the financial regulator of Germany—Europe’s largest economy and one of the most respected jurisdictions for financial services.

Operating within this regulatory framework reflects Bitwise’s commitment to transparency, governance, and investor protection, and ensures full alignment with EU capital markets standards.
Bitwise maintains transparency and transaction integrity throughout its operational model.

Liquidity on-exchange is supported by Authorised Participants (APs)—regulated financial institutions within the EU and EEA. These APs use the creation/redemption mechanism with the issuer, ensuring that all crypto entering the structure originates from regulated and verified sources.

To strengthen this process, Bitwise uses Crystal Blockchain, a leading blockchain analytics tool, to monitor the origin and risk profile of incoming crypto. Crystal performs on-chain tracing, assigns risk scores based on known wallet associations, and flags suspicious activity in real time. This 24/7 monitoring helps maintain a compliant, transparent, and auditable framework for all inflows into the ETPs.
Bitwise’s ETP structure includes multiple layers of independent verification and control:

An independent administrator oversees holdings, custody activity, and issuance events. As outlined in the BaFin-approved base prospectus, the administrator also holds veto rights, providing a robust check on daily operations. This measure goes beyond EU Prospectus Regulation standards and reflects a heightened level of structural integrity and investor protection designed by Bitwise.

An independent trustee holds the security rights to the investors' crypto assets, and independent audit and tax firms perform annual audits of fund financials to ensure accuracy and regulatory compliance.
Bitwise’s team of over 100 professionals combines decades of experience across digital assets, traditional finance, regulation, and technology. Team members bring expertise from leading institutions such as BlackRock, Amundi, Meta, Google, German and Italian stock exchanges, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office. From navigating counterparty risk and asset selection to structuring regulated products and supporting financial advisors, Bitwise is trusted by a wide range of clients—including institutions, wealth managers, family offices, banks, and broker-dealers across the U.S. and Europe.

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Read about our continuous efforts around quality, safety and transparency:

Security at the Core of our Business

ISO 27001 certification

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Partners and Service Providers

Read about the Bitwise ETP Ecosystem

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Proof of Holdings

Read about Custody and Transparency of our AUM

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Why Structure really matters in Crypto ETPs

Bitwise Research

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