Nickel reports on live stress test for crypto investors
London-based Nickel Digital Asset Management writes that it saw its proprietary risk management system (RMS) undergo one of its most significant live stress tests during October’s flash crash.
London-based Nickel Digital Asset Management writes that it saw its proprietary risk management system (RMS) undergo one of its most significant live stress tests during October’s flash crash.

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Investors’ views about crypto are changing – and fast. Pension funds are buying into Bitcoin through exchange-traded products. As are charities and endowments. Investment bank bosses who once poured scorn on digital assets are quietly changing their position.
Bitwise has listed four of its Germany-issued crypto ETPs on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), writing that this expands access to its institutional-grade product suite for Bitcoin and Ethereum investors, and widens its footprint across European markets.
The Janus Henderson Anemoy Treasury Fund (JTRSY) has been assigned an AA+f / S1+ fund credit quality rating from S&P Global Ratings.

Although large institutional asset managers tend to shun digital assets, pension funds have recently challenged the status quo by branching into cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. In this article, Thomas Felber, Crypto Product Director at Jefferies-owned trading platform, Tradu, discusses why pension fund allocations into digital assets are increasing and what this means for the broader world of traditional finance.
Bloomberg has announced the launch of its new Digital Asset Exposure Analytics, designed to provide transparency into the direct and indirect exposure of a broad range of assets including spot currencies, futures, options, and equity tickers for companies with crypto activities, as well as funds holding these assets.

A monthly column on the crypto markets and ETF/ETP flows, brought to you by CoinDesk Indices, Trackinsight and ETF Express.
Peter Curk, CEO, Iconomi, answers the questions in this partner feature on his firm.
Dovile Silenskyte, Director, Digital Assets Research, WisdomTree, writes that as of late November 2024, the total market capitalisation of cryptocurrencies reached an impressive USD3.4 trillion, placing it among the largest asset classes globally.