HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 12 April 2024 - Today, IX Asia Indexes announced the 2024 1st quarter review of ixCrypto Index ("IXCI"), ixCrypto Portfolio Indexes and ixCrypto Stablecoin Index (IXSCI). The constituent changes will be effective on 19th April, 2024 (Friday). The results of the constituent review and exchange review are as follows:

1. Constituent Review – ixCrypto Index Series

1.1 ixCrypto Index
The number of constituents cryptos will decrease to 23 constituents with 2 additions and 4 deletions.

Additions
Toncoin Internet Computer
Deletions
Monero Hedera Lido DAO VeChain
After the change, the free float adjusted market capitalization coverage is 80.94%*, while the 90-day-average volume is 73.25%* (excluding stable coin which has 6.48% market capitalization coverage). The constituents change above and recapping at 40% will be effective on 19 April 2024 (Friday).

Since the last review, there has been an increase in the crypto total market capitalization from USD1.37tn to USD2.03tn (+48.05%)#, and an increase in the daily volume from USD52bn to USD89bn(+70.97%)#. Bitcoin remains as the largest crypto in the constituent list, with its price has gone up by 65.20% since the last review.

1.2 ixCrypto Portfolio Indexes
There's no constituent change to ixCrypto 5 EW Index ("IXEW5") and ixCrypto 5 SR Index ("IXSR5").

Addition
No addition

Deletion
No deletion

The following constituent changes will be made to ixCrypto 10 EW Index ("IXEW10") and ixCrypto 10 SR Index ("IXSR10").

Addition
Polkadot
Deletion
Polygon
There's no constituent change to ixCrypto Altcoin 10 EW Index ("IXAEW5") and ixCrypto Altcoin 10 SR Index ("IXASR10").

Addition
No addition

Deletion
No deletion

1.3 ixCrypto Stablecoin Index
The number of constituent cryptos will decrease to 3 with no additions and 2 deletions. Stablecoin comprises 6.64% of the total crypto universe, and ixCrypto Stablecoin Index covers around 97.48% of the 90-day average market capitalization in stablecoin universe.

Addition
No addition

Deletions
1. True USD
2. BUSD

2. Exchange Review
As a result of exchange review, the selected 10 exchanges to generate each of the fair average prices for the constituents are as follows:

Selected Exchanges
Binance Upbit Bitrue DigiFinex Coinbase Exchange Huobi Global OKX P2PB2B (New) Gate.io (New) BitMart

For more details about our exchange selection criteria, please email info@ix-index.com

More details about the ixCrypto index, including their constituents, constituents' weight are provided in the Appendices, or refer to the website https://ix-index.com/

*Exclude stable coins and exchange coins (based on conflict of interest rule methodology effective Oct 2, 2020)

#As of 31 March 2024, based on past 90 days average

Appendix 1

ixCrypto Index ("IXCI")
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
Variable/23 in Q1 2024
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 24x7
Website
https://ix-index.com/

Appendix 2

Weightings of the Constituents of ixCrypto Index

Crypto
90-day-average- Market Cap
90-day-average-volume *
Cut-off
Price
Cumulative
Market Coverage before Cap
Weighting (%) After 40% Cap#
1
Bitcoin
$1,369,892,136,469
$17,130,241,883
$69,645.31
51.63%
40.00%
2
Ethereum
$421,201,618,786
$9,389,066,783
$3,507.94
68.87%
33.16%
3
Solana
$86,381,585,800
$2,999,311,846
$194.39
71.52%
6.80%
4
XRP
$34,165,159,479
$1,042,947,263
$0.62
73.07%
2.69%
5
Cardano
$22,931,580,978
$401,576,882
$0.64
74.11%
1.81%
6
Dogecoin
$28,652,694,245
$2,403,795,719
$0.20
74.90%
2.26%
7
Avalanche
$20,003,992,981
$370,817,943
$53.00
75.65%
1.58%
8
TRON
$10,756,642,376
$236,560,785
$0.12
76.18%
0.85%
9
Polkadot
$13,470,870,728
$173,787,689
$9.43
76.71%
1.06%
10
Chainlink
$11,121,452,631
$299,629,003
$18.94
77.22%
0.88%
11
Shiba Inu
$17,597,376,638
$712,109,187
$0.00
77.69%
1.39%
12
Toncoin
$18,244,778,890
$178,324,742
$5.26
78.15%
1.44%
13
Polygon
$9,713,655,454
$280,872,821
$0.98
78.60%
0.76%
14
Bitcoin Cash
$11,753,575,672
$648,865,139
$597.11
78.91%
0.93%
15
Internet Computer
$8,260,958,843
$240,356,456
$17.90
79.21%
0.65%
16
Litecoin
$7,650,079,353
$729,886,796
$102.86
79.49%
0.60%
17
Uniswap
$7,554,174,607
$120,951,795
$12.62
79.76%
0.59%
18
NEAR Protocol
$7,312,370,081
$267,604,886
$6.94
79.98%
0.58%
19
Cosmos
$4,796,249,922
$163,542,832
$12.27
80.18%
0.38%
20
Ethereum Classic
$4,817,832,809
$229,532,049
$32.93
80.38%
0.38%
21
Aptos
$6,606,298,820
$210,896,475
$16.63
80.58%
0.52%
22
Filecoin
$5,005,364,209
$289,518,374
$9.44
80.76%
0.39%
23
Stellar
$4,012,959,227
$91,989,525
$0.14
80.94%
0.30%

As of 31 March 2024
* 90-day-average-volume ranking in total market is shown in the parentheses
# 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.

Appendix 3

Weightings of the Constituents of ixCrypto Portfolio Indexes

Index Constituents
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%
47.78%
10.00%
37.93%
-
-
2
Ethereum
20%
26.49%
10.00%
21.03%
10.00%
32.23%
3
Solana
20%
12.00%
10.00%
9.53%
10.00%
14.60%
4
XRP
20%
7.55%
10.00%
5.99%
10.00%
9.18%
5
Cardano
20%
6.18%
10.00%
4.91%
10.00%
7.52%
6
Dogecoin
-
-
10.00%
5.49%
10.00%
8.41%
7
Avalanche
-
-
10.00%
4.58%
10.00%
7.02%
8
TRON
-
-
10.00%
3.36%
10.00%
5.15%
9
Polkadot
-
-
10.00%
3.76%
10.00%
5.76%
10
Chainlink
-
-
10.00%
3.42%
10.00%
5.24%
11
Polygon
-
-
-
-
10.00%
4.89%

Appendix 4

Weightings of the Constituents of ixCrypto Stablecoin Indexes

Appendix 5

ixCrypto Indexes Dissemination
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Bloomberg Ticker
Reuters Ticker
ixCrypto Index
IXCI
.IXCI
ixBitcoin Index
IXCBI
.IXBI1
ixEthereum Index
IXCEI
.IXEI1

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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 24x7 since 23 June 2022. Real time index data together with ixBitcoin Index and ixEthereum Index can be obtained from IX Asia Indexes Data Services. 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.