S&P Global has announced plans to launch the S&P Digital Markets 50 Index, a benchmark combining 15 cryptocurrencies with 35 publicly traded crypto-linked stocks, providing a single measure of the broader digital asset economy.
According to October 7 announcementS&P Dow Jones Indices developed the index in partnership with Dinari, which will issue a token that tracks the benchmark on its Dshares platform, expanding access for investors seeking exposure to both sides of the crypto ecosystem in a single product.
S&P said the equities portion will include companies involved in digital asset activities, infrastructure, financial services and blockchain applications, while the crypto portion will be drawn from the company’s existing Broad Digital Market (BDM) family.
Initial methodological details published by Financial Media indicated that the index will cap individual constituents at 5% and apply minimum market cap thresholds, approximately $100 million for equities and $300 million for cryptocurrencies, with quarterly rebalancing under S&P’s governance framework.
The launch adds to S&P’s growing suite of digital asset benchmarks alongside its crypto and defi indices, part of a broader push by major providers to deliver rules-based tools for institutions as pegged markets mature.
Dinari, which is developing tokenized U.S. equities and has advanced regulatory approvals this year, said the product demonstrates how Blockchain can modernize established benchmarks by making them more accessible and globally relevant.
The move comes amid renewed interest in diversified crypto exposure and follows competing efforts by other index providers to pursue the ‘cryptoeconomy’, although most alternatives so far focus only on tokens or blockchain-related stocks rather than both.
