Wilshire and DAR Publish Sector Classification of the Top 1,000 Digital Assets
The pioneering Digital Asset Taxonomy System (DATS) is now available for investment research teams and product issuers to license – a pivotal milestone for institutional investors to access the emerging crypto asset class.
LONDON & SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wilshire, a global investment technology and advisory company, and Digital Asset Research (DAR), a leading provider of crypto asset data and research, today announced the classification of the top 1,000 digital assets by market capitalization.
The pioneering Digital Asset Taxonomy System (DATS) data is now available to be licensed by:
Investment research teams to conduct performance attribution
Market data platforms to inform trading decisions
Product issuers to build index-linked investment products
Mark Makepeace, CEO of Wilshire, said: “The rigorous approach to research and classification makes DATS the market standard for institutional investors, who need confidence in a rules-based taxonomy to conduct their research and make risk-adjusted asset allocation decisions.”
Doug Schwenk, CEO of DAR, said: “The delivery of DATS and the classification of the top 1,000 digital assets has been much anticipated by the market to measure sector-level risks and performance drivers. DATS is now the only truly institutional industry classification standard for digital assets, given its breadth of coverage, transparency, and objective governance structure.”
Composition of the top 1,000 digital assets
The classification system expands beyond digital currencies which has the smallest constituent count of the three DATS supersectors.
Computation Platforms – 45.2% of assets; includes application tokens such as metaverse-related tokens and smart contract platforms
Financial Instruments – 36.0% of assets; includes DAO governance tokens and staking tokens
Digital Currencies – 18.8% of the universe; includes standard monetary protocols, stablecoins, and privacy coins
Sector Level and Thematic Overlays
The DATS construct has 3 supersectors that are further classified into 10 sectors and 42 subsectors. The full constituent counts are available on the Wilshire website with this table showing supersector and sector level classifications and constituents represented.
DATS Supersector
No.
Assets
%
DATS Sector
No.
Assets
%
Computation Platforms
452
45.2
Application Tokens
239
23.9%
Smart Contract Platforms
140
14.0%
Protocol Interoperability
25
2.5%
Notarization and Supply Chain Management
22
2.2%
Distributed Computation & Storage
26
2.6%
Digital Currencies
188
18.8
General Purpose
130
13.0%
Stable and Asset Backed
38
3.8%
Privacy-Preserving
20
2.0%
Financial Instruments
360
36.0
Staking Instruments & DAOs
284
28.4%
Security Tokens
76
7.6%
1,000
100.0
1,000
100%
Source: Digital Asset Research
DATS also has the flexibility to group the 1,000 strong digital asset universe into popular investment themes. The two themes currently available include an Environmentally Focused cut with 33 digital assets and a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) cut with 245 assets that also has seven sub-themes:
Automated market maker (AMM)
Asset management
Derivatives
Lending and borrowing
Prediction markets
Yield Aggregator
Full information on DATS can be found at wilshire.com/dats.
About Wilshire
Wilshire is a global provider of market-leading indexes, advanced analytics, and multi-asset investment solutions. A trusted partner to a diverse range of more than 500 institutional investors and financial intermediaries, our clients rely on us to improve investment outcomes for a better future. Wilshire is headquartered in the United States with offices worldwide and advises on over $1.3 trillion in assets, $93 billion of which are assets under management.
More information on Wilshire can be found at www.wilshire.com
About DAR
Digital Asset Research (DAR) is a specialist provider of crypto data and research. Since 2017, DAR has combined its expertise in traditional financial services and the crypto space to meet the needs of institutional clients, including asset managers, banks, custodians, family offices, fintech firms, fund administrators, hedge funds, and venture capital firms. DAR’s core offerings include Clean Pricing & Verified Volume Data, a Crypto Events Calendar, a Reference Data Master, an Industry Taxonomy & Taxonomy Themes, Exchange Diligence, and Token Diligence, as well as related crypto market research.
Follow DAR: Twitter: @DAR_crypto; LinkedIn
Contacts
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Consultant, Streets Consulting
andrew.dunn@streetsconsulting.com+44 (0)7917 696 506
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