BTSE launches new ‘real-time’ alt-coin index
The BBAX index from BTSE tracks the performance of a basket of large-cap alt-coins (ETH, XRP, LTC, and EOS) by free-float market capitalization based on order book data sourced from eight constituent exchanges - Binance, Bitstamp, Bitfinex, Bittrex, Gemini, Kraken, Coinbase-Pro and BTSE. An institutional-grade product, the BBAX is amongst the first in the world to track a basket of alt-coins across multiple exchanges at sub-second frequency.
The BBAX index was created and administered by Brave New Coin and follows the successful launch of the BNC-BTSE Main Coin Index (BBCX) in October 2019.
Commenting on the launch of the BBAX, Brave New Coin CEO Fran Strajnar says: “Building one of the first indexes in the world to track an array of alt-coins at sub-second frequencies across this many exchanges is a key milestone for BNC.”
Brave New Coin has long been a flag-bearer for robust price discovery in the sector and equipping traders, investors, and analysts “with the right tools to make informed and educated decisions," is another positive step forward Strajnar says. “BNC’s and BTSE’s index futures enable crypto traders to speculate on the direction of the market as a whole,” explains BTSE’s Chief Product Officer, Brian Wong. “They provide portfolio managers with an effective tool to hedge out beta risk.”
Free float market capitalization, expressed in USD, is used to determine the weights of the underlying assets in the BBAX. The asset weightings for the current quarter are: ETH, 40%; XRP, 34.1%; LTC, 13.1% and EOS, 12.8%. Asset weighting is set at the beginning of each quarter and will remain constant throughout the quarter. The index will be rebalanced on a quarterly basis so that it reflects the underlying assets’ market performance.
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