On 9 January, Laos and Vietnam officially launched a cross-currency transaction service, connecting their cross-border retail payment systems via QR codes.
Results of the IX Digital Asset Industry Classification System (“DAICS®”) 2024 2H Review

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 January 2025 – Today, IX Asia Indexes announced the 2nd Half 2024 Review of the IX Digital Asset Industry Classification System (“DAICS®“), aiming to provide the professionals worldwide with a transparent and standardized classification scheme to determine sector and exposure of particular digital assets. DAICS® classifies digital assets into 2 main categories: a) Cryptocurrencies and b) Asset Backed Tokens in a 3-tier system for each category. For Cryptocurrencies: Tier 1-Industry/ Tier 2-Sector/ Tier 3-Sub-sector; for Asset Backed Tokens: Tier 1-Asset Type/ Tier 2-Branch/ Tier 3-Sub-branch (Appendix 1). The results are as follows:
a) Cryptocurrencies
i) Structure and definitions
Tier 1: Industry Changes
The industry groups remain unchanged with 5 industries. The industry names and definitions also remain unchanged.
1) Payment (110)
2) Infrastructure (120)
3) Financial services (130),
4) Tech & Data (140) and
5) Media & Entertainment (150).
Tier 2: Sector Changes
The number of sectors remain unchanged with 16 sectors. There is no modification in Sector names as well as the definition of the sectors.
ii) Classification Changes
No Change
iii) Green coins label
There are 9 Greens coins in this review, labelled green in the following table:
Energy Efficient Consensus Mechanism (Pos, PoH, PoA, Hashgraph) | Renewable Energy Use | |
Payment | Ethena USDeG (New)
FDUSDG (New) |
NIL |
Infrastructure (120) | NIL | SOLG
VETG |
Financial Services (130) | LEOG (New)
OKBG (New) |
NIL |
Tech & Data (140) | NIL | NIL |
Media & Entertainment (150) | PEPEG (New)
WIFG (New) IMXG |
NIL |
iii) Coverage of DAICS®
DAICS® coin coverage: top 50 coins by average market capitalization across past 90 days.
DAICS® market capitalization coverage: 89.32%*
The % coverage of market capitalization of the 50th ranked coin: 0.0802%
Member changes within the TOP 50 coins in DAICS®: 5 coins in and 6 coins out.
(For more details about the industry weighting and the 6 changes, please see Appendix 4)
*As of 9th December 2024, based on past 90 days market capitalization ranking including all coins* (exclude Wrapped coins and Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) governance tokens)
Note: G as ‘Green‘ labelling for cryptocurrencies that adhere to the principles of sustainability
* * (For details on Industry & Sector definitions under DAICS®, please refer to Appendix 2 & 3)
b) Asset Backed Tokens (ABT)
i) Structure and definitions
Tier 1: Asset Types Changes
The asset types remain unchanged at 6
1) Culture (205),
2) Real Estate (215),
3) Financials (235),
4) Entertainment (255),
5) Natural Resources (265), and
6) Green Economy (275)
Tier 2: Branch Changes
The branches remain unchanged at 31.
(For details on Asset types and Branches, please refer to Appendix 3).
ii) Classification Changes
Nil
iii) Coverage of DAICS®
IX Asia Indexes has not started to classify any ABT. ABTs will be added to DAICS® in the next stage when a fair amount of popular asset-backed tokens are available in the market. A new ABT registry will be made available to the public. Although there has been an increase in the number of ABTs, ABTs only comprised 0.106% of the total market capitalization of digital assets. A classification summary and definition table are available at Appendix 5 & 6.
For further information regarding the methodology of the DAICS®, please refer to the “IX Digital Asset Industry Classification System”- principle and guiding methodology on the company website https://ix-index.com/daics.html.
All classification changes including the ixCrypto Infrastructure Index and ixCrypto Stablecoin index will take effect on 17th January 2025.
For more details on our DAICS® qualification criteria, please email daics@ix-index.com.
For the diagrams in Appendix 1-3, please refer to https://ix-index.com/daics.html.
In | Out | |
1. | Sui (SUI) | THORChain (THOR) |
2. | Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) | Lido DAO (LDO) |
3. | Ethena USDe (USDeG) | Arweave (AR) |
4. | Aave (AAVE) | The Graph (GRT) |
5. | Fantom (FTM) | Theta Network (THETA) |
6. | – | Maker DAO (MKR) |
Industry | Weighting (%) |
Payment | 70.406% |
Infrastructure | 22.616% |
Financial Services | 4.235% |
Tech & Data | 0.541% |
Media & Entertainment | 2.203% |
*Special Currency Treatment of DAICS® applies
**Based on 9th Dec 2024
G: Green Label
Category | Industry | Sector | Cryptocurrencies | |
Cryptocurrencies | Payment:
Blockchain based money, designed for transactional purposes. This includes daily transactions usage and stablecoins. |
Transaction & Payment | BTC
XRP BCH LTC |
XLM
KAS CRO XMR |
Stablecoin | USDT
USDC DAI |
USDeG
FDUSDG |
||
Infrastructure:
Bedrock blockchain that facilitates the operation of other decentralised applications. This includes the creation and running of dedicated blockchain platforms, achieving interoperability between networks, increasing the amount or speed of transactions etc |
Application Development Protocol & Smart Contract | ETH
SOLG ADA TRX TON AVAX SUI NEAR |
APT
ICP HBAR ETC VETG INJ FTM |
|
Interoperability | DOT
LINK |
ATOM | ||
Scaling & Sharding | POL
STX MNT |
ARB
OP |
||
Supporting System | Nil | |||
Financial services:
Tokens that provide on-chain asset management services, crypto-exchange services, funding, lending and other capital markets related services |
Exchange Tokens | BNB
LEOG |
UNI
OKBG |
|
Lending & Borrowing | AAVE | |||
Staking | Nil | |||
Tech & Data:
Provision of data management and storage, and development of innovative crypto technology |
Storage & Sharing | FIL | RENDER | |
Data Management | Nil | |||
Artificial Intelligence | TAO
FET |
|||
Media & Entertainment:
Recreational and media services. Including content creation and distribution, advertising through crypto-asset incentive mechanisms, gaming and collectibles |
Social Media & Community | DOGE
WIFG |
SHIB
PEPEG |
|
Streaming | NIL | |||
Gaming | IMXG | |||
Metaverse | NIL |
Note: G as ‘Green‘ labelling for cryptocurrencies that adhere to the principles of sustainability
Category | Industry | Sector | Sector definition |
Cryptocurrencies (1) | Payment: (110)
Definition Blockchain based money, designed for transactional purposes. This includes daily transactions usage and stablecoins. |
Transaction & Payment
(11010) |
Cryptocurrencies that are used for store of value, unit of account, medium of exchange |
Stablecoin
(11020) |
Cryptocurrencies where price is pegged to a / a basket of, reference asset | ||
Infrastructure: (120)
Definition Bedrock blockchain that facilitates the operation of other decentralised applications. This includes the creation and running of dedicated blockchain platforms, achieving interoperability between networks, increasing the amount or speed of transactions etc. |
Application Development Protocol & Smart Contract
(12010) |
layer-1 blockchain network that facilitates DApp creation and smart contract execution and smart contract | |
Interoperability
(12020) |
Network that increases inter-connectivity and integration of the fragmented cryptocurrency ecosystem | ||
Scaling & Sharding
(12030) |
Networks that increase the ability to cope with the influx of many transactions at a time and blockchain network that can be split into smaller partitions, to improve scalability and process transactions quicker | ||
Supporting System
(12040) |
Networks/sidechains that improve functionality of layer-1 network | ||
Financial services: (130)
Definition Tokens that provide on-chain asset management services, crypto-exchange services, funding, lending, and other capital markets related services |
Exchange Tokens
(13010) |
Cryptocurrencies that represent the stable coin in the exchange ecosystem and allow users to covert from digital asset on decentralised or centralised system int fiat currencies | |
Lending & Borrowing
(13020) |
Borrowing and lending crypto assets with interest in return and other secondary financial tools derived from primary underlying asset, such as crypto futures and options | ||
Staking
(13030) |
Holding and “staking” of certain amount of cryptocurrency in a wallet to facilitate network operations | ||
Tech & Data: (140)
Definition Provision of data management and storage, and development of innovative crypto technology |
Storage & Sharing
(14010) |
Crypto protocols that provide decentralized storage and/or sharing of data filing and resources. | |
Data Management
(14020) |
Networks/Protocols that facilitate the indexing and querying of data from blockchain(s), enabling efficient data retrieval and management for decentralized applications | ||
Artificial Intelligence
(14030) |
Cryptos/Protocols that facilitate the use of AI powered apps or projects directly using blockchain platform. | ||
Media & Entertainment: (150)
Definition Recreational and media services. Including content creation and distribution, advertising through crypto-asset incentive mechanisms, gaming and collectibles |
Social Media & Community*
(15010) |
Cryptos that provides mast social community and followers without a close secondary industry sector | |
Streaming
(15020) |
Cryptos that provides rights to access decentralised video-streaming sites | ||
Gaming
(15030) |
Cryptos which mainly used in gaming or gaming supporting industry | ||
Metaverse
(15040) |
Cryptos that is commonly used in collective virtual open space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical and digital reality. This includes the use of VR and/or AR and/or 3D. |
Category | Asset Type | Branch | Sub -branch |
Asset-Backed Tokens (2) | Culture: (205)
Definition Real asset relating to sports, art, cultural drama, festive collectibles and design IPs etc. |
Art
(20510) |
This shall be further developed in the future with more digital assets available in the market |
Sports
(20520) |
|||
Festive Collectibles
(20530) |
|||
Design IPs
(20540) |
|||
Drama and Play IPs
(20550) |
|||
Real Estate:(215)
Definition Assets that mainly derived its valuation from property, real estate, and land |
Commercial Property
(21510) |
||
Residential Property
(21520) |
|||
Governmental Property
(21530) |
|||
Residential and Commercial Land
(21540) |
|||
Financials: (235)
Definition Real financial asset including listed company shareholdings on regulated centralised exchanges and private company shareholdings; debt instruments; property trusts and derivatives that settled on regulated exchange (CeFi and DeFi). |
Tokenised Securities (Company Securities, ETF)
(23510) |
||
Tokenised Debts
(23520) |
|||
Tokenised REITs
(23530) |
|||
Entertainment: (255)
Definition Ownership of the IPs assets in the area of entertainment in real world such as concert, play, shows, circus, musicals, songs, movies, games, events and programs, and souvenir collectibles that is derived from the above areas. |
Movies
(25510) |
This shall be further developed in the future with more digital assets available in the market Following definition of the United Nations 17 sustainable development goals² |
|
Songs
(25520) |
|||
Concerts
(25530) |
|||
Gaming
(25540) |
|||
All Other Entertainment Events and Collectibles
(25550) |
|||
Natural Resources: (265)
Definition Natural resources asset that derived directly from sea, sky, atmosphere and underground and can be classified as a commodity with standardisation such as precious metals, agricultural, energy and metals. |
Precious Metals
(26510) |
||
Agricultural
(26520) |
|||
Energy
(26530) |
|||
Metals
(26540) |
|||
Green Economy (275)
Definition Ownership of Projects Asset that falls under the definition of the UN 17SDG²s, with over 80% of the income or jobs provided on these 17 initiatives. |
No Poverty & Zero Hunger
(27510) |
||
Good Health and Well-Being
(27520) |
|||
Quality Education
(27530) |
|||
Gender Equality
(27540) |
|||
Clean Water and Sanitation/Affordable and Clean Energy
(27550) |
|||
Decent Work and Economic Growth/ Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure/ Partnerships for the Goals
(27560) |
|||
Reduced inequalities/ Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
(27570) |
|||
Sustainable Cities and Communities/Responsible Consumption and Production
(27580) |
|||
Climate Action
(27590) |
|||
Life Below Water & Life on Land
(27500) |
² United Nations 17 sustainable development goals covering 1) No Poverty 2) Zero Hunger 3) Good Health and Well-Being 4) Quality Education 5) Gender Equality 6) Clean Water and Sanitation 7) Affordable And Clean Energy 8) Decent Work and Economic Growth 9) Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 10) Reduced inequalities 11) Sustainable Cities and Communities 12) Responsible Consumption and Production 13) Climate Action 14) Life Below Water 15) Life on Land 16) Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions and 17) Partnerships for the Goals https://sdgs.un.org/goals
Hashtag: #DAICS
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
About DAICS®
DAICS® covers both cryptocurrencies and asset-backed tokens (“ABT”), to be reviewed semi-annually at the end of June and December. On cryptocurrencies side, it is a three-tier system that groups cryptocurrencies into 5 main industries: 1) Payment, 2) Infrastructure, 3) Financial services, 4) Technology & Data and 5) Media & Entertainment. These industries are further divided into 16 sectors and sub-sectors to be introduced in the future. Under asset-backed tokens, there are 6 asset types: 1) Culture, 2) Real Estate, 3) Financials, 4) Entertainment, 5) Natural Resources, 6) Green Economy. These asset types are further divided into 31 branches and sub-branches to be introduced in the future.
About IX Asia Tokenization Advisory Committee and Working Group
The establishment of the IX Asia Tokenization Advisory Committee (“Advisory Committee”) is to pursue the goal and vision to formulate a standard for global tokenization framework in a compliant and transparent way. The key role of the Advisory Committee is to formulate the guideline and reference for tokenization in terms of infrastructure, business financial stability, sustainability, internal control and classification. The Advisory Committee is comprised of industry recognised leaders from blockchain consultancy, sustainable projects and field in Art industry. The establishment of the Working Group is to identify, evaluate and recommend key directions and founding principles according to their specific industry knowledge and expertise in relating to the creation of the specified token. It will examine and propose improvements to the guidelines and references for tokenization. The working group is formed of a diverse group of market experts representing relevant sectors and markets, to provide input and discuss case studies for creation of tokenization framework, best practices and development of real-world projects. For more information about IX Asia Tokenization Advisory Committee & Working Group, please visit https://ix-index.com/tokenization-committee.html.
Results of the ixCrypto Index Series Quarterly Review (2024 Q4) & IX Digital Asset Industry Index Series Half Yearly Review (2024 2H)

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 January 2025 – Today, IX Asia Indexes announced the 2024 4th quarter review of ixCrypto Index Series and IX Digital Asset Industry Index Series. The constituent changes will be effective on 17th January 2025 (Friday). The results of the constituent review and exchange review are as follows:
1. Constituent Review – ixCrypto Index Series
1.1 ixCrypto Index (“IXCI”)
The number of constituents will remain unchanged at 19 constituents with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
Additions
1. Stellar
2. Sui
Deletions
1. Aptos
2. Polygon
After the change, the free float adjusted market capitalization coverage is 82.62%*, while the 90-day-average volume is 77.39%* (excluding stable coin which has 6.21% of the total crypto universe). The constituents change above and recapping at 40% will be effective on 17 January 2025 (Friday).
Since the last review, there has been an increase in the crypto total market capitalization from USD2.17tn to USD2.89tn (+33.18%)#, and a increase in the daily volume from USD71.42bn to USD152.20bn (+113.11%)#. Bitcoin remains as the largest crypto in the constituent list, with its price has increased by 41.15% since the last review.
1.2 ixCrypto Portfolio Indexes
1.2.1 ixCrypto 5 Equal Weight Index (“IXEW5”) and ixCrypto 5 Square Root Index (“IXSR5”)
Addition
No addition
Deletion
No deletion
1.2.2 ixCrypto 10 Equal Weight Index (“IXEW10”) and ixCrypto 10 Square Root Index (“IXSR10”).
Addition
No addition
Deletion
No deletion
1.2.3 ixCrypto Altcoin 10 EW Index (“IXAEW10”) and ixCrypto Altcoin 10 SR Index (“IXASR10”).
Addition
1. Chainlink
Deletion
1. Polkadot
1.3 ixCrypto BTC/ETH Indexes
As of 31st December 2024, the market capitalization represented by the two indexes IX Bitcoin Index (IXBI) and IX Ethereum Index (IXEI) in ixCrypto BTC/ETH 5050 Index (“IX5050”) was 40.99%/59.01% respectively, a change from 43.69%/56.31% from 30th September 2024.
As of 31st December 2024, the market capitalization represented by the two indexes IXBI and IXEI in ixCrypto BTC/ETH Proportional Index (“IXPI”) was 43.69%/56.31% respectively, a change from 40.99%/59.01% from 30th September 2024.
The weight of IXBI & IXEI will be adjusted to 81.60%/18.40% respectively, at effective date 17th January 2025 from 78.19%/21.81% on 18th October 2024 (last effective date).
2. Constituent Review- IX Digital Asset Industry Index Series
2.1 ixCrypto Stablecoin Index
The number of constituents will increase to 5 with 1 addition and no deletion. Stable coin comprises 6.21% of the total crypto universe, and ixCrypto Stablecoin Index covers around 99.26% of the 90-day average market capitalization in stablecoin universe.
Addition
1. Ethena USDe
Deletion
No deletion
2.2 ixCrypto Infrastructure Index
The number of constituents will increase to 23 constituents, with 2 additions and no deletions.
Additions
1.Sui
2. Fantom
Deletion
No deletion
3. Exchange Review
As a result of exchange review, 10 exchanges passed the review process, which are as follows:
Passed Exchanges
1. Binance
2. Bitrue (New)
3. Bybit (New)
4. Upbit
5. Whitebit
6. Coinbase Advanced
7. OKEX
8. Gate.io
9. DigiFinex
10. Bitget
Removed Exchanges
1. P2PB2P
2. Huobi Global
The selected 10 exchanges will be taken to generate each of the fair average prices for the IX indexes’ constituents. The exchange review covers volume rankings, exchange background checking, founders’ background checking, USD/USDT/USDC/BTC pairs coverage, overconcentration rules, exchange API coverage checking and stability etc for an exchange.
After the meeting, IX Asia Indexes announces that the IX Asia Indexes will adopt a revised exchange selection methodology to reduce the number of selected exchanges from 10 to 8. This means each index constituent’s price will be an average of 8 instead of 10. This change has been approved by the IX Asia Indexes Index Advisory Committee and will take effect together with the next quarter’s review effective date in April 2025. The revision aims to raise the data stability and exchanges credit ratings that already have high market volume coverage. This strategic update reinforces our commitment to providing accurate, reliable, and high-quality benchmarks for the digital asset market.
For more details about our exchange selection criteria, please email info@ix-index.com
More details about the ixCrypto index, including their constituents, constituents’ weight are provided in the Appendices, or refer to the website https://ix-index.com/
*Exclude stable coins and exchange coins (based on conflict-of-interest rule methodology effective Oct 2, 2020)
#As of 31 December 2024, based on past 90 days average
Appendix 1
ixCrypto Index (“IXCI”)
Universe | All crypto coins traded in at least two different exchanges around the world |
Selection Criteria | Cryptocurrencies ranking in the top 80% of cumulative full market capitalization (“MC”) coverage and within an acceptable range in accordance with the Volume Buffer Rule in terms of 90-day average trading volume |
Number of Constituents | Variable/19 in Q4 2024 |
Launch Date | 12th December 2018 |
Base Date | 3rd December 2018 |
Base Value | 1,000 |
Reconstitution Rule | If the coverage is below 75% or any of constituents is not within an acceptable range in accordance with the Volume Buffer Rule in terms of 90-day average trading volume, IXCI will be reconstituted to bring MC coverage back and do liquidity screening. |
Reconstitution and Rebalancing Frequency | Quarterly and with a fast entry rule |
Weighting Methodology | Free float adjusted market capitalization weighted with a cap of 40% |
Currency | US Dollar |
Dissemination | Every 5 seconds for 24×7 |
Website | https://ix-index.com/ |
Appendix 2
Crypto | 90-day-average- Market Cap | 90-day-average-volume * | Cut-off
Price |
Cumulative
Market Coverage before Cap |
Weighting (%) After 40% Cap# | |
1 | Bitcoin | $ 1,653,346,686,963 | $55,700,564,812 | 92643.21 | 57.19% | 40.00% |
2 | Ethereum | $ 372,904,493,611 | $28,923,854,773 | 3356.39 | 70.09% | 28.97% |
3 | Solana | $ 92,517,695,642 | $4,696,383,712 | 191.03 | 73.29% | 6.57% |
4 | XRP | $ 73,519,084,861 | $8,093,922,867 | 2.06 | 75.84% | 8.46% |
5 | Dogecoin | $ 40,671,209,916 | $5,987,716,000 | 0.31 | 77.24% | 3.31% |
6 | Cardano | $ 24,222,742,887 | $1,588,004,259 | 0.86 | 78.08% | 2.17% |
7 | TRON | $ 17,918,987,041 | $1,106,336,563 | 0.25 | 78.70% | 1.56% |
8 | Avalanche | $ 14,453,177,241 | $752,645,851 | 35.91 | 79.20% | 1.05% |
9 | Toncoin | $ 14,198,145,889 | $326,520,961 | 5.58 | 79.69% | 1.02% |
10 | Shiba Inu | $ 13,201,346,341 | $1,259,766,322 | 0.00 | 80.15% | 0.89% |
11 | Chainlink | $ 10,523,400,832 | $951,515,621 | 20.58 | 80.51% | 0.94% |
12 | Polkadot | $ 9,415,826,014 | $570,815,666 | 6.70 | 80.84% | 0.74% |
13 | Sui | $ 8,871,169,768 | $1,522,100,374 | 4.18 | 81.15% | 0.88% |
14 | Bitcoin Cash | $ 8,574,389,714 | $566,961,600 | 443.34 | 81.44% | 0.63% |
15 | Stellar | $ 7,631,351,513 | $1,046,598,022 | 0.33 | 81.71% | 0.72% |
16 | Litecoin | $ 6,706,780,617 | $857,128,864 | 99.31 | 81.94% | 0.54% |
17 | NEAR Protocol | $ 6,651,505,963 | $602,999,876 | 5.04 | 82.17% | 0.43% |
18 | Pepe | $ 6,605,970,390 | $2,739,283,209 | 0.00 | 82.40% | 0.55% |
19 | Uniswap | $ 6,444,330,873 | $497,335,285 | 13.32 | 82.62% | 0.57% |
Weightings of the Constituents of ixCrypto Index
As of 31 December 2024
* 90-day-average-volume ranking in total market is shown in the parentheses
# Weighting (%) after 40% Cap is adjusted according to the cut-off price, the arrangement of order may not be the same as 90-day-average-Market Cap
Selection of index constituents is based on the past 90-day-average market capitalization and volume.
For the calculation methodology of the index, please refer to the “ixCrypto Index Methodology Paper” on our website
Appendix 3
Weightings of the Constituents of ixCrypto Portfolio Indexes
Index Constituents | ixCrypto 5 EW Index | ixCrypto 5 SR Index | ixCrypto 10 EW Index | ixCrypto 10 SR Index | ixCrypto Altcoin 10 EW Index | ixCrypto
Altcoin 10 SR Index |
|
1 | Bitcoin | 20.00% | 47.50% | 10.00% | 38.42% | – | – |
2 | Ethereum | 20.00% | 22.30% | 10.00% | 18.04% | 10.00% | 27.82% |
3 | Solana | 20.00% | 10.62% | 10.00% | 8.59% | 10.00% | 13.25% |
4 | XRP | 20.00% | 12.05% | 10.00% | 9.75% | 10.00% | 15.04% |
5 | Dogecoin | 20.00% | 7.53% | 10.00% | 6.10% | 10.00% | 9.41% |
6 | Cardano | – | – | 10.00% | 4.93% | 10.00% | 7.61% |
7 | TRON | – | – | 10.00% | 4.19% | 10.00% | 6.46% |
8 | Avalanche | – | – | 10.00% | 3.44% | 10.00% | 5.31% |
9 | Toncoin | – | – | 10.00% | 3.38% | 10.00% | 5.22% |
10 | Shiba Inu | – | – | 10.00% | 3.16% | 10.00% | 4.88% |
11 | Chainlink | – | – | – | – | 10.00% | 5.00% |
Appendix 4
Weightings of the Constituents of ixCrypto BTC/ETH 50/50 Index
and ixCrypto BTC/ETH Proportional Index
90-day-average Crypto Market Cap | 90-day-average Crypto Volume | Index Level | Cumulative Market Cap Coverage | Weight in BTC/ETH 50/50 | Weight in BTC/ETH Proportional | |
IXBI | $1,653,346,686,963 | $55,700,564,812 | $22373.87 | 57.19% | 50.00% | 81.60% |
IXEI | $ 372,904,493,611 | $28,923,854,773 | $ 28838.88 | 70.09% | 50.00% | 18.40% |
Appendix 5
Weightings of the Constituents of ixCrypto Infrastructure Index
Crypto | 90-day-average- Market Cap | 90-day-average-volume * | Cut-off Price | Cumulative
Market Coverage before Cap |
Weighting (%) After 40% Cap# | |
1 | Ethereum | $ 372,904,493,611.13 | $28,923,854,773 | $3,356.39 | 12.90% | 40.00% |
2 | Solana | $ 92,517,695,641.63 | $4,696,383,712 | $191.03 | 16.10% | 21.06% |
3 | Cardano | $ 24,222,742,887.03 | $1,588,004,259 | $0.86 | 16.94% | 6.94% |
4 | TRON | $ 17,918,987,041.10 | $1,106,336,563 | $0.25 | 17.56% | 5.01% |
5 | Avalanche | $ 14,453,177,241.43 | $752,645,851 | $35.91 | 18.06% | 3.38% |
6 | Toncoin | $ 14,198,145,888.78 | $326,520,961 | $5.58 | 18.55% | 3.27% |
7 | Chainlink | $ 10,523,400,831.52 | $951,515,621 | $20.58 | 18.91% | 3.02% |
8 | Polkadot | $ 9,415,826,014.13 | $570,815,666 | $6.70 | 19.24% | 2.36% |
9 | Sui | $ 8,871,169,768.28 | $1,522,100,374 | $4.18 | 19.55% | 2.81% |
10 | NEAR Protocol | $ 6,651,505,962.99 | $602,999,876 | $5.04 | 19.78% | 1.35% |
11 | Aptos | $ 5,775,300,789.13 | $455,906,191 | $8.87 | 19.98% | 1.14% |
12 | Hedera | $ 5,570,631,325.54 | $862,787,795 | $0.28 | 20.17% | 2.44% |
13 | Internet Computer | $ 4,687,766,472.02 | $191,472,147 | $10.03 | 20.33% | 1.10% |
14 | Ethereum Classic | $ 3,722,758,894.98 | $398,857,535 | $25.41 | 20.46% | 0.88% |
15 | VeChain | $ 2,922,926,364.19 | $127,235,272 | $0.04 | 20.56% | 0.82% |
16 | Stacks | $ 2,906,816,986.95 | $213,096,487 | $1.49 | 20.66% | 0.52% |
17 | Arbitrum | $ 2,903,723,109.63 | $534,575,605 | $0.73 | 20.76% | 0.71% |
18 | Mantle | $ 2,810,706,862.04 | $119,998,236 | $1.20 | 20.86% | 0.93% |
19 | Cosmos | $ 2,435,639,693.81 | $273,561,507 | $6.34 | 20.94% | 0.57% |
20 | Optimism | $ 2,425,343,124.03 | $367,872,059 | $1.82 | 21.03% | 0.57% |
21 | Fantom | $ 2,414,473,266.10 | $416,274,281 | $0.73 | 21.11% | 0.47% |
22 | Injective | $2,345,116,959.18 | $187,573,289 | $20.04 | 21.19% | 0.45% |
23 | Polygon | $1,046,202,224.40 | $18,988,005 | $0.46 | 21.23% | 0.20% |
As of 31 December 2024
* 90-day-average-volume ranking in total market is shown in the parentheses
# Weighting (%) after 40% Cap is adjusted according to the cut-off price, the arrangement of order may not be the same as 90-day-average-Market Cap
Selection of index constituents is based on the past 90-day-average market capitalization and volume.
For the calculation methodology of the index, please refer to the “ixCrypto Index Methodology Paper” on our website.
Appendix 6
Weightings of the Constituents of ixCrypto Stablecoin Indexes
Crypto | 90-day-average- Market Cap | 90-day-average- volume |
Cut-off Price |
Cumulative Market Coverage before Cap |
Weighting (%) After 40% Cap | |
1 | Tether USDT | $128,448,943,914 | $122,344,000,567 | $1.00 | 4.44% | 40.00% |
2 | USDC | $38,123,748,722 | $9,087,285,469 | $1.00 | 5.76% | 40.00% |
3 | Dai | $5,364,795,644 | $127,138,381 | $1.00 | 5.95% | 7.99% |
4 | Ethena USDe | $3,831,640,493 | $111,784,914 | $1.00 | 6.08% | 8.73% |
5 | First Digital USD | $2,344,937,137 | $6,974,820,760 | $1.00 | 6.16% | 3.28% |
As of 31 December 2024
Appendix 7
ixCrypto Indexes Dissemination
Real time indexes are disseminated every 5-second interval for 24×7 since 23 June 2022. The real-time indexes are available for viewing on the IX Crypto Index official webpage. For IXCI, IXBI and IXEI, the indexes are also available through Nasdaq Global Index Data Service (GIDS) with the tickers “IXCI”, “IXBI” and “IXEI”, with dissemination interval kept at 15-second unchanged.
The vendor tickers are shown below:
Index Name | Bloomberg Ticker | Reuters Ticker |
ixCrypto Index | IXCI | .IXCI |
ixBitcoin Index | IXCBI | .IXBI1 |
ixEthereum Index | IXCEI | .IXEI1 |
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About IX Asia Indexes and IX Asia Index Advisory Committee
IX Capital International Limited is an award-winning index and investment advisory company. The index business arm- IX Asia Indexes, providing real-time digital asset and innovative indexes, disseminated 24×7 globally and built on robust infrastructure. Since the launch of the first crypto benchmark index (“IXCI”) launched in Hong Kong in December 2018, the ixCrypto index series expand into 29 indexes designed for exchange futures product, mark to market and fund managers’ portfolio construction purposes. To ensure the professionality and impartiality of the index methodologies and operations, IX Asia Indexes has established its index advisory committee with representation from different industries, including fund management, exchanges, brokerage, financial blockchain experts, crypto service providers, etc. The committee will meet quarterly a year to discuss matters relating to the IX Asia Indexes, including to review and to comment the data sources, methodologies, and operations of IX Asia Indexes, to provide guidance to the future development of new IX Asia Indexes and to handle other issues and decisions on an as-needed basis.
IX Asia Indexes was awarded the Fintech Award (wealth investment and management) 2019 and 2021 organised by ETNet. It as well won an award for Startup of the Year and Basic Technology (Big Data) from Hong Kong Fintech Impetus Awards 2022 by Metro Broadcast and KPMG. It also won Asia Pacific Enterprise Achievement Award 2024 by Echolade. IX Asia Indexes completed its IOSCO compliance statement and obtained ISO/IEC 27001:2013 UKAS certification.
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About IX Crypto Indexes
The ixCrypto index (“IXCI”) is the first crypto index launched in Hong Kong. It was launched on 12 December 2018. It is denominated in USD with a base value of 1000 and a base date on 3 December 2018. Designed to be easy to understand while providing a good representation of the crypto market, ixCrypto index aims to cover the top 80% of the cumulative free-float adjusted market capitalization in the crypto universe and, at the same time, the crypto currencies should fall within the top liquid cryptos ranked by trading volume in the 90 days preceding the review date. The index is to be reviewed quarterly and with a fast entry rule. Real time indexes are disseminated every 5-second for 24×7 since 23 June 2022. Real time index data together with ixBitcoin Index and ixEthereum Index can be obtained from IX Asia Indexes Data Services and Bloomberg terminal on IXCI <GO>. For IXCI, IXBI and IXEI, the indexes are also available through Nasdaq Global Index Data Service (GIDS) with the tickers “IXCI”, “IXBI”, “IXEI”, with dissemination interval kept at 15-second unchanged.
Finex Launched ‘Get X2’ Trading Competition to Celebrate the New Year
Finex, an Indonesian broker with over a decade of success, launched a trading marathon campaign to start the New Year with 100% rebates and other attractive rewards.
JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 January 2025 – On December 24, Finex started a month-long promotion, offering an engaging trading experience with gifts and a generous 100% rebate. Titled “Get X2”, the promo allows participants to exchange traded lots for valuable gifts and raffle tickets, receiving weekly rebates for every traded lot. Collected tickets will enable participants to join the live draw and compete for the grand prize.

The promotion is only available exclusively to verified Finex traders with the Finex Trading application and MetaTrader 5 trading platform. Any existing or new trader automatically becomes a participant. To enjoy the full Get X2 experience, traders must activate rebates.
Agung Wisnuaji, CEO of Finex, said: “With Get X2, we are creating a place for our traders to feel the joy of year-end holidays and financial gains. The double benefit concept perfectly reflects this idea and rhymes with the festive New Year period—the time of celebrations and gifts”.
The active trading phase of the Finex – Get X2 promo ends on January 30. During this period, traders will trade lots to unlock digital and physical gifts, including subscriptions to trading services, Finex merchandise, gold, and high-tech devices.
January 31 will mark the promo’s finale, featuring the live raffle which requires participants to stake their collected tickets for a chance to win the grand prize – a BYD M6 car.
Derivative transactions involve high risks and high returns. By joining the Promo, you confirm that you have read and agreed to its terms and conditions.
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Finex is a regulated Forex broker based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Finex provides competitive conditions for trading Forex currencies, commodities, and indices. Established in 2012, Finex is supervised by BAPPEBTI (Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency), an Indonesian regulatory body, which ensures the protection of traders’ funds by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia.
Trend Micro and Intel Innovate to Weed Out Covert Threats
Harnessing the power of software and hardware security to drive stronger ransomware detection for businesses
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 January 2025 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today announced a new collaboration with Intel ® (NASDAQ:INTC) designed to help joint enterprise customers protect critical systems from stealthy threats, including fileless malware and advanced ransomware.
When Trend’s proactive security platform and Intel’s technology are used together, the integrated solution can better determine if encryption behavior is legitimate—such as a user backing up files or malicious—ensuring the appropriate action is taken to protect critical systems.
Carla Rodriguez, Intel VP: “Threat actors are increasingly targeting endpoints with sophisticated attacks that evade traditional software-based security. Trend Micro’s integration of Intel® Threat Detection Technology provides a hardware-accelerated detection layer to uncover stealthy threats. This technology, deployed across a billion PCs, is the only AI-based silicon security solution of its kind. Our mutual customers will benefit from enhanced protection with Trend Micro’s AI-powered Trend Vision One™ – Endpoint solutions on Intel AI PCs.”
Protecting critical assets across endpoints, email, networks, and cloud workloads is increasingly challenging as malicious actors favor covert threats such as fileless malware, which was reportedly present in 40% of attacks in 2023. These can be used to deploy ransomware, steal sensitive data, and cause significant financial and reputational damage.
Fileless attacks are particularly dangerous as they rely on in-memory execution, reside in the registry, or abuse legitimate tools like PowerShell and Windows Management Instrumentation.
That’s why Trend and Intel are teaming up by combining the AI-powered Trend Vision One. This collaboration provides organizations with powerful tools to detect and respond to ransomware and fileless attacks before they can cause damage.
Rachel Jin, chief enterprise platform officer at Trend Micro: “Proactive security has long been desired but just recently feasible. Through our work with Intel, we’re redefining what’s possible in cybersecurity—empowering enterprises to proactively safeguard their systems, data, and operations against an increasingly complex threat landscape.”
How AMS works:
- Intel® TDT offloads advanced memory scanning (AMS) workloads from CPU to GPU
- This enables Trend endpoint security solutions to scan more deeply and more often to uncover fileless attacks before they can launch malicious payloads.
- Using fewer CPU resources enhances threat detection and response without affecting performance, slowing down PCs, or reducing battery life.
Trend Vision One™ – Endpoint Security leverages AMS to improve memory scanning capacity by 7 to 10X[1]. This means that organizations can scan more and detect more threats.
CPU-based threat detection:
Advanced ransomware is increasingly capable of evading EDR detection thanks to packing and obfuscation techniques and VM cloaking. EDR solutions are too often playing catchup with behavior-based approaches, which take time to get up to speed.
Intel® TDT augments Trend’s behavioral analysis, runtime machine learning, and expert rules by providing critical visibility into the hardware layer, increasing ransomware detection efficacy by 24% over software alone.
It does this by:
- Using CPU telemetry and Intel® AI, offloading Intel AI and memory scanning from the CPU to the integrated GPU to provide a detection assist to Trend’s ransomware defenses which won’t disrupt the user experience.
- Integrating Intel TDT source code directly into the Trend Micro agent to deliver deeper insights from CPU telemetry. This enables instant discovery of zero-day attacks and new, fast-moving variants.
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Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend Micro’s AI-powered cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints. As a leader in cloud and enterprise cybersecurity, Trend’s platform delivers a powerful range of advanced threat defense techniques optimized for environments like AWS, Microsoft, and Google, and central visibility for better, faster detection and response. With 7,000 employees across 70 countries, Trend Micro enables organizations to simplify and secure their connected world. www.TrendMicro.com
The Best of Both Worlds: Enjoy Authentic, World-Class Deli Meats this Chinese New Year
The “Enjoy the Authentic Joy from Europe” campaign brings the irresistible flavours of renowned deli meats to Hong Kong for Chinese New Year.
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 January 2025 – Food plays an essential role in bringing people together during moments of celebration, and this is especially true for the upcoming Chinese New Year. While it may seem that European deli meats and the Chinese New Year are worlds apart, both share a rich cultural significance and have a remarkable ability to connect generations.

Across the globe, European deli meats like Mortadella Bologna PGI, Salamini Italiani alla Cacciatora PDO, and Zampone and Cotechino Modena PGI are staples in festive meals and family gatherings, born from centuries-old culinary traditions. Similarly, Chinese New Year is a time for family reunions, honouring customs, and celebrating with delicious foods that symbolise good fortune, unity, and prosperity.
Both culinary traditions emphasise the importance of food in fostering community bonds and honouring heritage. Additionally, a central ingredient that both European deli meats and Chinese New Year dishes have in common is pork.
In Chinese culture, pork symbolises strength, wealth, and good fortune. It’s the most commonly used meat in festive meals, with iconic dishes like pork-filled dumplings representing the hope for financial prosperity. As one of the twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac, the pig is a symbol of good luck and abundance. Its forward movement while rooting for food is seen as a sign of progress in life, reflecting hopes for a prosperous year ahead.
Due to its positive associations and rich cultural symbolism, pork is an integral part of Chinese New Year meals.
Celebrating Authentic Deli Meats
As pork plays a central role in both Eastern and Western traditions, people worldwide seek to plate up the most high-quality products for their loved ones – no matter if it’s pork-based Chinese dishes or a spread of rich deli meats.
The esteemed deli meats are recognised with labels that are strictly upheld by the consortia in their regions of origin. These are the PDO (Protected Denomination of Origin) or PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) certifications from the European Union – they assure consumers of the product’s authenticity, premium quality, and nutritional benefits.
Mortadella Bologna PGI is a timeless classic, made from finely ground pork and precious throat lardons infused with aromatic herbs and natural spices. Its soft, smooth texture and mildly sweet aroma create a refined taste. A true representation of artisanal craftsmanship, this deli meat offers an unparalleled experience for the discerning palate.
Known for its exceptional quality, Salamini Italiani alla Cacciatora PDO is crafted from minced pork, and expertly spiced to create a sweet and delicate flavour. Its firm texture and irresistible flavour make it a standout among its peers, offering a taste that reflects the finest traditions of European charcuterie.
Zampone and Cotechino Modena PGI are iconic delicacies of savoury pork encased respectively in pig’s trotter and pig’s skin, delivering a robust yet refined flavour. Made using recipes originating in the 16th century, they offer an authentic, flavourful experience that brings European heritage to life.
As pork continues to unite different culinary traditions, these exceptional European deli meats, certified with PDO and PGI labels, stand as a testament of quality and craftsmanship for all cultures to enjoy.
City’Super’s Celebration of Two Cultures
To celebrate this Chinese-European cultural fusion, City’Super will feature these renowned deli meats across six stores in Hong Kong from January 10 to 26, 2025.
This comes as a part of the “Enjoy the Authentic Joy from Europe” campaign, co-financed by the European Union and supported by three esteemed non-profit consortias: Consorzio Italiano Tutela Mortadella Bologna, Consorzio Cacciatore Italiano, and Consorzio Zampone e Cotechino Modena IGP. The campaign will showcase how the deli meats perfectly complement the festive spirit of Chinese New Year.
Join us at City’Super and experience firsthand how these authentic European deli meats can add a unique touch to your Chinese New Year feasts.
Interested consumers can also check out the campaign’s website https://www.enjoytheauthenticjoy.co/ and social media accounts – Instagram and Facebook – for the latest news and updates with more announcements to follow soon.

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Chinachem Group Attains International Recognition for Sustainable Development Efforts
Achieves GRESB Five-Star Rating
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 January 2025 – Dedicated to achieving a sustainable, zero-carbon future by prioritising environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors across its businesses, Chinachem Group (“Chinachem”) has been recognised as a Global Sector Leader for 2024 in the prestigious Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), achieving the highest possible five-star rating in both the Development Benchmark and Standing Investment Benchmark categories.

Having received a four-star rating from GRESB in 2023, Chinachem has taken it up a notch by achieving the five-star rating for the first time. This recognition marks a milestone for the Group, highlighting the significant progress it has made in governance, risk management, stakeholder engagement and the green performance of its properties.
Over half of all annual carbon emissions globally are generated by the built environment, making it a major contributor to climate change. Chinachem has addressed this challenge by implementing an ambitious Carbon Reduction Roadmap – CCG 3050+ – which commits it to reducing carbon intensity by 51.8% by 2030, compared with the 2020 baseline. As of this year, Chinachem has already achieved a 33% reduction in carbon intensity.
Chinachem has been an industry pioneer in introducing green building technologies in Hong Kong. It has promoted the adoption of a smart site safety system, and is the first private developer in the city to adopt Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) technology for a private residential development, helping to reduce construction waste, noise and carbon emissions.
Lee Garden Eight, a joint venture commercial property project by Chinachem and Hysan Development at Caroline Hill Road, Causeway Bay, is the first private construction project in the city to extensively adopt the Multi-trade integrated Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (“MiMEP”) technology. This innovative approach not only reduces on-site construction waste and carbon emissions but also shortens construction time and reduces the need for mechanical and electrical manpower.
In addition, Chinachem has partnered with CLPe to build and operate the first Net Zero Carbon Chiller in Hong Kong at the NINA MALLs to enhance energy efficiency. It also encourages its tenants to contribute to a sustainable future by offering partial management fee waivers to promote their participation in carbon reduction initiatives.
Chinachem Sustainability Conference in November 2024 attracted over 5,000 participants in-person and online. With the theme “Integrating Sustainability Solutions towards a Resilient Future”, the Conference brought together stakeholders from government, business, academia and research, and provided constructive recommendations for the interim review of Hong Kong’s Climate Action Plan 2050.
GRESB is a leading sustainability assessment and benchmark organisation for the global real estate industry. Each year, it evaluates companies’ sustainability performances and examines their progress toward achieving global sustainability goals. A total of 2,223 real estate portfolios participated in the GRESB assessment in 2024.
To learn more about Chinachem’s sustainable development initiatives, please visit this webpage.
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