CoinShares to Acquire FCA-Regulated Bastion to Boost Active Crypto Strategies

European digital asset manager CoinShares is set to acquire Bastion Asset Management, a UK-based, FCA-regulated firm known for its systematic crypto investment ￰0￱ Takeaways: CoinShares will acquire Bastion to enhance its actively managed crypto strategy ￰1￱ move brings Bastion’s market-neutral and quantitative expertise in-house to target institutional ￰2￱ acquisition supports CoinShares’ ￰3￱ plans, adding depth to its regulated product ￰4￱ acquisition, announced Wednesday , is part of CoinShares’ push to expand its actively managed offerings and accelerate growth in the US ￰5￱ terms of the deal were not disclosed, and it remains subject to regulatory ￰6￱ to Absorb Bastion Team to Expand Quant Crypto Strategies Bastion specializes in market-neutral and quantitative strategies for institutional ￰7￱ approved, its full team, including CEO Philip Scott and CIO Fred Desobry, will integrate into CoinShares, bolstering its expertise in systematic digital asset investing.

CoinShares, primarily recognized for its passive exchange-traded crypto products, sees the acquisition as key to broadening its platform into a one-stop shop that blends passive exposure with active ￰8￱ move also strengthens CoinShares’ position in the US, where its Investment Advisor license allows it to offer regulated ￰9￱ Bastion’s quantitative strategies in-house, CoinShares plans to launch actively managed crypto funds tailored for institutional investors navigating volatile ￰10￱ is expanding its platform with the acquisition of Bastion Asset Management, a London-based, FCA-regulated alternative investment manager focused on ￰11￱ completed, this acquisition enables CoinShares to bring a market-leading quantitative alpha investment… ￰12￱ — CoinShares (@CoinSharesCo) October 1, 2025 CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti called the acquisition “perfectly aligned” with the firm’s goal of building a comprehensive digital asset investment ￰13￱ co-founder Philip Scott said the deal would help scale its investor base and accelerate the development of alternative ￰14￱ Bastion’s track record and CoinShares’ infrastructure, the combined platform aims to serve a broader range of institutional clients with both yield-generating and market-hedging ￰15￱ to List on Nasdaq via $1.2B SPAC Merger with Vine Hill As reported, CoinShares will go public in the ￰16￱ a $1.2 billion SPAC merger with Vine Hill Capital Investment ￰17￱ deal will create a new entity, Odysseus Holdings Limited, and is expected to close by Q4 ￰18￱ move positions CoinShares among the world’s largest publicly listed crypto asset managers, with $10 billion in ￰19￱ trading on Nasdaq Stockholm and OTCQX, CoinShares sees the ￰20￱ as a gateway to the world’s largest asset management ￰21￱ Jean-Marie Mognetti called the US “the crucible of the digital asset space” and said the transition accelerates their global leadership ￰22￱ ranks fourth globally for crypto ETPs and leads in EMEA with a 34% ￰23￱ firm has more than tripled AUM in two years, driven by new product launches, pricing tailwinds, and strong ￰24￱ 32 products now spanning ETPs, indices, and digital asset equities, CoinShares is betting on ￰25￱ for tokenization and blockchain-based financial ￰26￱ July, CoinShares anno unced its French subsidiary, CoinShares Asset Management , had received authorisation under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) ￰27￱ this latest approval, CoinShares became the first regulated asset management firm in continental Europe to be authorised under ￰28￱ MiCA authorisation adds to CoinShares’ existing regulatory approvals, making it the only asset management firm in continental Europe currently holding all three licences.