On October 7, S&P Global announced the launch of the new S&P Digital Markets 50 Index. The index is designed to track a wide range of companies and digital assets connected to the crypto ecosystem, combining cryptocurrencies and publicly traded crypto-linked equities into one index. S&P Global notes that Dinari, a leading provider of tokenized U.S. public securities, collaborated on the index design and will create a token tracking the benchmark.

The new index will track 35 companies that are involved in digital asset operations, infrastructure providers, financial services, blockchain applications and supporting technologies, as well as 15 cryptocurrencies. The announcement notes:

“By making the S&P Digital Markets 50 investible via dShares, we are not just tokenizing an index, we are demonstrating how blockchain infrastructure can modernize trusted benchmarks,” said Anna Wroblewska, Chief Business Officer at Dinari. “For the first time, investors can access both U.S. equities and digital assets in a single, transparent product. This launch shows how onchain technology can expand the reach of established financial standards, making them more efficient, accessible, and globally relevant.”

This new index will join the other digital asset benchmarks offered by S&P Global, the S&P Cryptocurrency Indices and S&P Digital Market Indices.

– Dave Lynn