Wall Street Giant S&P Just Launched a Top 50 Crypto Index – What Happens Next?

S&P Global, the company behind the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average, has launched its first hybrid benchmark combining cryptocurrencies and crypto-linked equities, a move that shows another step in Wall Street’s gradual embrace of digital ￰2￱ new benchmark, called the S&P Digital Markets 50 Index , will track 50 major components across the crypto economy, including 35 publicly traded companies tied to blockchain and digital asset operations, and 15 cryptocurrencies selected from the existing S&P Cryptocurrency Broad Digital Market Index. S&P Global is excited to announce plans to expand its S&P Dow Jones Indices crypto index offering with the launch of the S&P Digital Markets 50 Index.

Dinari, a leading provider of tokenized ￰3￱ securities has licensed the new index to create a #token tracking the… ￰4￱ — S&P Global (@SPGlobal) October 7, 2025 The index is designed to give investors a single metric to measure performance across both sides of the crypto ecosystem: traditional equity markets and decentralized networks. S&P Partners With Dinari to Bring First Tokenized Crypto-Equity Benchmark On-Chain According to the announcement, the index was developed in collaboration with Dinari, a U. S.-based tokenization firm that provides on-chain access to public ￰5￱ will create a token version of the benchmark on its dShares platform, allowing investors to gain exposure to the index directly via ￰6￱ to S&P Global, the tokenized index will go live by the end of the year.

“Cryptocurrencies and the broader digital asset industry have moved from the margins into a more established role in global markets,” said Cameron Drinkwater, Chief Product and Operations Officer at S&P Dow Jones Indices. “Our expanded index suite gives market participants consistent, rules-based tools to evaluate and gain ￰7￱ North America to Europe to Asia, investors are beginning to treat digital assets as part of their investment toolkit, whether for diversification, growth, or innovation strategies.” S&P said the Digital Markets 50 will follow its standard quarterly rebalancing and governance rules, with no single component allowed to exceed 5% of the index’s ￰8￱ will be subject to minimum market capitalization requirements: $100 million for equities and $300 million for cryptocurrencies, ensuring that the index reflects the largest and most liquid assets in the ￰9￱ to Barron’s, these thresholds currently cover about 276 ￰10￱ final list of 50 components will be published at ￰11￱ creation of the Digital Markets 50 represents the first time S&P has combined equities and cryptocurrencies in a single ￰12￱ firm noted that such a hybrid structure would not be feasible in traditional finance without tokenization infrastructure like Dinari’s, which allows on-chain representation of both digital and regulated ￰13￱ Wroblewska, Chief Business Officer at Dinari, said the collaboration demonstrates how blockchain can modernize trusted benchmarks.

“By making the S&P Digital Markets 50 investible via dShares, we’re not just tokenizing an index; we’re showing how on-chain infrastructure can make financial standards more efficient, accessible, and globally ￰14￱ the first time, investors can access both ￰15￱ and digital assets in a single, transparent product,” she said. S&P’s New Index Reflects Growing Integration of Crypto Into Global Markets The new index adds to S&P’s growing suite of digital asset benchmarks, including the S&P Cryptocurrency Indices and S&P Digital Market Indices, both of which have become standard references for institutional investors tracking crypto market ￰16￱ debut also aligns with a growing trend of crypto integration into mainstream ￰17￱ September, retail brokerage Robinhood was added to the S&P 500 after a year of strong growth driven by both stock and crypto ￰18￱ of @RobinhoodApp jumped 7% in after-hours trading Friday after the retail brokerage was named to the S&P 500. #Robinhood #Microstrategy ￰0￱ — ￰19￱ (@cryptonews) September 6, 2025 Its inclusion reflects increasing recognition of crypto-linked companies in U.

S. indices, alongside earlier additions like Coinbase Global . Crypto-focused firms have also seen sharp market rallies in ￰20￱ shares are up 55% this year, while Bitcoin-holding firm Strategy has gained 24%. Coinbase has just become the first crypto company to be added to the S&P 500 — and it's a significant milestone #Crypto #Adoption #COIN ￰1￱ — ￰21￱ (@cryptonews) May 13, 2025 Circle Internet Group, the issuer of USDC, completed one of the year’s most successful IPOs, showing institutional interest in the sector.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin itself reached a new all-time high earlier this week , buoying confidence in crypto-related equities. S&P Global said the Digital Markets 50 will give investors “a consistent, rules-based tool” to measure the evolving relationship between traditional financial markets and blockchain-based ￰22￱ index’s design reflects a belief that cryptocurrencies and crypto-linked companies now represent two sides of the same emerging economy, one that increasingly influences global capital markets.