Crypto’s Outlook in 2026: The Catalysts Driving the Investment Case for Digital Assets – Hashdex Asset Management – 1.22.26

Summary:

Digital assets had an eventful 2025 that included new all-time highs but also significant volatility. What does this mean for investors in the new year?

Regulatory clarity, institutional adoption, and macroeconomic trends are helping support the case for broad exposure to the emerging crypto asset class. Bitcoin’s growth as a non-sovereign monetary asset, the rise of stablecoins as digital dollars, and the accelerating trend of tokenization are all pushing investors to take a closer look at how crypto can fit within portfolios.

But in the wake of these developments, how should investors evaluate an allocation to crypto?

Join Hashdex Asset Management for an overview of our 2026 Crypto Investment Outlook and the catalysts we believe will strengthen the investment case for digital assets this year. We’ll do a deep dive on how the Nasdaq Crypto Index™, the benchmark powering the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index ETF (NCIQ), can help advisors get their clients exposure to the broad opportunities within this asset class.

We’ll cover:

• How the institutional acceptance of crypto is improving its investment case
• The major themes supporting crypto’s performance this year
• The impact regulatory clarity is having on digital asset adoption
• How crypto can fit within modern portfolios
• How NCIQ offers institutional-grade access to the broader crypto market

Accepted for 1 CFP / IWI / CFA CE Credit

Speakers:

Samir Kerbage serves as Chief Investment Officer of the Hashdex since 2018, overseeing the firm’s global investment strategies, product development, and research. He has been with Hashdex since its inception, leading its crypto asset management initiatives across ETFs, ETPs, and other investment vehicles. Samir has been actively involved in the digital assets space since 2016 and has over 15 years of experience in financial market infrastructure and quantitative trading. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the Military Institute of Engineering (IME).

Gerry O’Shea is the Head of Global Market Insights at Hashdex. He has over two decades of experience in the asset management industry and has been helping investors understand the transformative power of Bitcoin and other public blockchain technologies since 2015. Prior to Hashdex, he ran a marketing business focused on creating compelling, easy-to-comprehend content for early-stage startups, institutional investors, and diversified financial-services firms. Gerry previously worked at Fidelity Investments where he was responsible for its asset management-related public policy priorities and developing the firm’s external perspectives on its Bitcoin initiatives. Before Fidelity, he worked in institutional business development and marketing at a global quantitative investment firm acquired by Franklin Templeton in 2020.