HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 16 October 2026 – IX Asia Indexes today announced the 2026 third quarter review of the ixCrypto Index Series. The review results are as follows:
1. Constituent Review – ixCrypto Index Series
1.1. ixCrypto Index (“IXCI”)
The number of constituents remains unchanged at 19.
Additions
1. No addition
Deletions
1. No deletion
After the change, the free float adjusted market capitalization coverage is 83.86%* (excluding stablecoins, which have 11.58% of the total crypto universe), while the 90-day-average volume coverage is 71.12%*. The recapping at 40% will take effect on 23rd October 2026 (Friday).
Since the last review, crypto total market capitalization increased from USD2.43T to USD2.44T (+0.37%)#, while daily volume decreased from USD96.89B to USD73.25B
(-24.40%)#. Bitcoin remains the largest crypto in the constituent list, with its price increasing by 38.94% 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”).
Additions
1. Monero
Deletions
1. Cardano
1.2.3 ixCrypto Altcoin 10 EW Index (“IXAEW10”) and ixCrypto Altcoin 10 SR Index (“IXASR10”).
Additions
- Monero
- Chainlink
Deletions
- Cardano
- Bitcoin Cash
1.3. ixCrypto BTC/ETH Indexes
As of the cut-off date on 30th September 2026, the ixCrypto BTC/ETH 50/50 Index (“IX5050”) maintains a 50%/50% weighting for the ixBitcoin Index (IXBI) and ixEthereum Index (IXEI). The ixCrypto BTC/ETH Proportional Index (“IXPI”) has the previous effective weighting of 86.12% and 13.88% for IXBI and IXEI, respectively.
At the upcoming effective date, IX5050 weightings will remain unchanged at 50%/50%. IXPI weightings will be adjusted to 83.67% and 16.33% for IXBI and IXEI, respectively, reflecting the market capitalization proportions of Bitcoin and Ethereum at the cut-off date.
2. Constituent Review- IX Digital Asset Industry Index Series
2.1 ixCrypto Stablecoin Index
The number of constituents will remain at 5. Stablecoins comprise approximately 11.58% of the total crypto universe, and the ixCrypto Stablecoin Index covers approximately 95.08% of the 90-day average market capitalization within the provided Q3 stablecoin calculation universe.
Additions
No addition
Deletions
No deletion
3. Exchange Review
As a result of the exchange review, 10 exchanges passed the review process, which are as follows:
Passed Exchanges
- Binance
- Pionex
- Billance (ADDITION)
- LBank
- Biconomy (ADDITION)
- CoinW
- Coinbase Exchange
- Bybit
- XT.COM (ADDITION)
- Gate.io
Removed Exchanges
- BitMart
- OrangeX
- KuCoin
The selected 10 exchanges will be used to generate each of the fair average prices for the IX indexes’ constituents. The exchange review covers volume rankings, exchange background checks, founders’ background checks, USD/BTC/USDT/USDC/USDe pair coverage, overconcentration rules, exchange API coverage checks, and stability, among other aspects, for an exchange.
For more details about our exchange selection criteria, please email info@ix-index.com. More information on the ixCrypto Indexes and IX Digital Asset Industry Indexes, including their constituents and constituents’ weights, is provided in the Appendices, or refer to the website https://ix-index.com/.
*Exclude stable coins and exchange coins that trigger conflict of interest (based on conflict-of-interest rule methodology 3.9, effective on Oct 2, 2020)
#As of 30th September 2026, based on the past 90 days average
XXXX (ADDITION) Newly introduced exchanges as of 2026 Q3
4. Changes in Index Advisory Committee Members
IX Asia Indexes is honored to welcome Ms. Jennifer Tan and Prof. Rujing Meng to IX Asia Index Advisory Committee (“the Committee”), effective 1 November 2026. Ms. Tan is Founder and CEO of Porrima Limited, and Prof. Meng is Associate Director of the Asia Case Research Centre (ACRC) at HKU Business School.
Prof. Yuk-fai Fong, will retire after serving on the Committee for over 5 years. Prof. Fong joined the Committee in July 2020 and has made valuable contributions to the development of IX Asia Indexes. IX Asia Indexes and the Committee would like to express their sincere gratitude to Prof. Fong and wish him well in his next endeavours.
An update on the Committee members will be available on follow-up corporate announcement and official webpage https://ix-index.com/committee.html.
| 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 | 19 in Q3 2026 |
| 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
(On Bloomberg, Reuters and major information vendors) |
| Website | https://ix-index.com/ |
| Bloomberg Page | IXCI <GO> |
| Crypto | 90-day-average- Market Cap |
90-day-average- Volume |
Cut-off Price |
Cumulative Market Coverage |
Weighting (%) After 40% Cap# | |
| 1 | Bitcoin | $1,433,322,419,246 | $27,700,843,799 | $83,553.85 | 58.85% | 40.00% |
| 2 | Ethereum | $264,142,166,596 | $12,246,382,379 | $2,683.68 | 69.69% | 26.04% |
| 3 | BNB | $87,042,482,284 | $1,359,745,505 | $768.18 | 73.27% | 8.13% |
| 4 | XRP | $77,547,602,977 | $2,622,129,858 | $1.4884 | 76.45% | 7.46% |
| 5 | Solana | $52,626,782,109 | $2,785,398,866 | $117.99 | 78.61% | 5.51% |
| 6 | TRON | $31,573,089,006 | $462,898,079 | $0.3374 | 79.91% | 2.55% |
| 7 | Hyperliquid | $18,056,331,700 | $681,695,943 | $90.87 | 80.65% | 1.81% |
| 8 | Zcash | $13,525,057,754 | $882,197,324 | $1,436.40 | 81.20% | 1.93% |
| 9 | Dogecoin | $12,981,307,257 | $818,755,105 | $0.0945 | 81.74% | 1.17% |
| 10 | Monero | $8,058,315,713 | $107,635,539 | $544.45 | 82.07% | 0.81% |
| 11 | Chainlink | $7,594,375,758 | $353,164,241 | $14.36 | 82.38% | 0.85% |
| 12 | Cardano | $7,198,864,548 | $444,998,716 | $0.2466 | 82.68% | 0.72% |
| 13 | Stellar | $6,359,003,197 | $205,299,555 | $0.2263 | 82.94% | 0.63% |
| 14 | Bitcoin Cash | $4,846,352,862 | $198,458,933 | $305.88 | 83.14% | 0.49% |
| 15 | Gram (prev. Toncoin) | $3,990,280,102 | $75,847,847 | $1.4986 | 83.30% | 0.34% |
| 16 | Litecoin | $3,897,223,315 | $279,850,177 | $67.17 | 83.46% | 0.41% |
| 17 | Hedera | $3,295,190,109 | $83,607,057 | $0.1047 | 83.59% | 0.37% |
| 18 | Avalanche | $3,232,704,303 | $342,337,447 | $10.93 | 83.73% | 0.39% |
| 19 | Sui | $3,166,361,463 | $444,530,770 | $1.16 | 83.86% | 0.39% |
As of 30 September 2026
# 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
| Index Constituent | 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% | 46.98% | 10.00% | 37.38% | – | – |
| 2 | Ethereum | 20.00% | 20.76% | 10.00% | 16.51% | 10.00% | 25.17% |
| 3 | BNB | 20.00% | 11.60% | 10.00% | 9.23% | 10.00% | 14.06% |
| 4 | XRP | 20.00% | 11.11% | 10.00% | 8.84% | 10.00% | 13.47% |
| 5 | Solana | 20.00% | 9.55% | 10.00% | 7.60% | 10.00% | 11.58% |
| 6 | TRON | – | – | 10.00% | 5.16% | 10.00% | 7.87% |
| 7 | Hyperliquid | – | – | 10.00% | 4.36% | 10.00% | 6.64% |
| 8 | Zcash | – | – | 10.00% | 4.49% | 10.00% | 6.85% |
| 9 | Dogecoin | – | – | 10.00% | 3.50% | 10.00% | 5.34% |
| 10 | Monero | – | – | 10.00% | 2.92% | 10.00% | 4.45% |
| 11 | Chainlink | – | – | – | – | 10.00% | 4.56% |
As of 30 September 2026
| Crypto | 90-day-average Crypto Market Cap |
90-day-average Crypto Volume |
Index Level | Weight in BTC/ETH 50/50 | Weight in BTC/ETH Proportional |
| Bitcoin | $1,433,322,419,246 | $27,700,843,799 | 20186.84 | 50.00% | 83.67% |
| Ethereum | $264,142,166,596 | $12,246,382,379 | 23030.95 | 50.00% | 16.33% |
As of 30 September 2026
| Crypto | 90-day-average- Market Cap | 90-day-average-
volume |
Cut-off
Price |
Cumulative
Market Coverage |
Weighting (%) After 40% Cap | |
| 1 | Tether USDt | $183,557,465,503 | $61,192,173,869 | $0.9994 | 7.54% | 40.00% |
| 2 | USDC | $73,356,096,179 | $11,265,240,494 | $1.0000 | 10.55% | 40.00% |
| 3 | Ethena USDe | $4,239,559,682 | $52,919,560 | $0.9996 | 10.72% | 8.10% |
| 4 | World Liberty Financial USD | $4,197,590,809 | $928,436,167 | $0.9991 | 10.89% | 7.31% |
| 5 | PayPal USD | $2,805,654,773 | $74,777,723 | $0.9997 | 11.01% | 4.60% |
As of 30 September 2026
ixCrypto Index is first disseminated every 1-hour in May 2020. In November the same year, the dissemination is upgraded to every 15- second and made available to the world via the Nasdaq Global Index Data Service. In March 2021, ixBitcoin Index (“IXBI”) and ixEthereum Index (“IXEI”) are launched, and together with IXCI, are available to the world via Nasdaq. In April 2022, the index dissemination upgraded to every 5-second interval and made 24×7 since 23 June 2022. On 23 July 2024, a separate direct connection with Bloomberg is established to allow Bloomberg real time subscription with 10 indexes. Today, over 26 real-time indexes are available to customers on the IX Crypto Index API subscription and Bloomberg subscription. For free delayed IXCI, IXBI and IXEI, the indexes are available through Nasdaq Global Index Data Service (GIDS) and most major information vendors.
The vendor tickers are shown below:
| Index Name | Bloomberg Ticker | NASDAQ | Reuters Ticker | |
| Real-time | Delayed | |||
| ixCrypto Index | IXCI | IXCI2 | .IXCI | .IXCI |
| ixBitcoin Index | IXCBI | IXCBI2 | .IXBI | .IXBI1 |
| ixEthereum Index | IXCEI | IXCEI2 | .IXEI | .IXEI1 |
On 7 October 2026, IX Asia indexes announced the discontinuation of all real-time dissemination due to continuous cybersecurity attack.
For further information about ixCrypto Index and other available indexes including IX Crypto spot price index series, please visit company official webpage https://ix-index.com.
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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 products, 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 27001:2022 UKAS certification.
Website: 
https://ix-index.com/
Advisory Committee: https://ix-index.com/committee.htm
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.
