Bitwise Joins iCapital® Marketplace To Expand Access to Investment Opportunities in Crypto
San Francisco • May 7, 2025
Global crypto asset manager Bitwise Asset Management announced today a partnership with iCapital,¹ the global fintech platform driving the world’s alternative investment marketplace for the wealth and asset management industries, to add Bitwise to iCapital Marketplace.
“Crypto is rapidly emerging as a new alternative asset class, with unique drivers that can make it a compelling diversifier in portfolios for investment professionals,” said Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley. “We’ve seen that trend intensify in 2025 as institutions, family offices, and wealth managers have begun to engage more with the space. We’re proud to bring these investors new ways to tap into crypto’s opportunities with iCapital, the platform so many investment professionals rely on to understand, access and manage alternatives.”
Users of iCapital Marketplace are now able to access Bitwise’s active crypto strategies that seek to capitalize on the alpha opportunities in the crypto space. Seeking exceptional risk-adjusted returns through carefully managed volatility and low correlation to traditional assets, Bitwise’s multi-strategy approach includes non-directional, tactically directional, long bias, and special situations strategies. The solutions are managed by a Bitwise team that includes some of crypto’s top experts in portfolio management, derivatives, and risk analysis.
iCapital’s Marketplace provides an all-digital investment platform that connects more than 100,000 financial professionals with a broad selection of alternative investment opportunities offered by the world’s largest asset managers—all on one simple and integrated platform.
Founded in 2017, Bitwise offers industry-leading education and a broad suite of professional investment products spanning ETFs, private funds, active solutions, separately managed account strategies, and staking. The firm serves as a partner to thousands of investment professionals and financial institutions looking to understand and access bitcoin and other crypto assets.
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(1) iCapital, Inc., and its affiliates (together, “iCapital”)
Bitwise Asset Management is the largest crypto index fund manager in America. Thousands of financial advisors, family offices, and institutional investors partner with Bitwise to understand and access the opportunities in crypto. For seven years, Bitwise has established a track record of excellence managing a broad suite of index and active solutions across ETFs, separately managed accounts, private funds, and hedge fund strategies. Bitwise is known for providing unparalleled client support through expert research and commentary, its nationwide client team of crypto specialists, and its deep access to the crypto ecosystem. The Bitwise team of more than 90 professionals combines expertise in technology and asset management with backgrounds including BlackRock, Millennium, ETF.com, Meta, Google, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Bitwise is backed by leading institutional investors and has been profiled in Institutional Investor, Barron’s, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal. It has offices in San Francisco, New York, and London.
