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Institutional Investor’s Introduction to Blockchain and Digital Asset Investing

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Article I: Digital Asset Overview and Methods to Gain Exposure to Digital Assets  

Given the growth of markets for cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-based assets, often referred to as “digital assets,” we see growing interest from traditional investment managers in gaining exposure to this emerging asset class. We have seen development of many new products and service offerings to facilitate institutional investment in digital assets over the past year. With the recent announcement of the first bitcoin-exchange traded fund, this week, we expect continued and expansive growth in this area. This article aims to serve as an introductory guide to digital asset investing for institutional investors by describing at a high level the available service offerings and potential avenues for investment managers to gain exposure to the digital assets space. 

We will first describe service offerings related to digital asset futures and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. We will also discuss a developing range of services referred to as digital asset “prime brokerage” — describing the suite of services typically provided by these prime brokers and comparing them to traditional offerings of prime brokers in the securities space. Finally, we will address decentralized finance, or “DeFi,” which has been discussed in financial circles recently due to the eye-popping returns yielded by investors in certain DeFi assets and other DeFi arrangements. 

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