Key Takeaways
- • Bitwise's Crypto Category Leaders Strategy rebalanced as of September 30, 2026 (4:00pm ET), adding Zcash (ZEC) and Hyperliquid (HYPE) and removing Arbitrum (ARB).
- • The post-rebalance portfolio holds eight assets: Bitcoin and Ethereum at 35.00% each, with Zcash, Uniswap, Chainlink, Lido DAO, Aave and Hyperliquid at 5.00% each.
- • Bitcoin and Ethereum together account for 70% of the strategy's weight, with the remaining 30% spread across six category-specific tokens.
- • The rebalance was the scheduled September 2026 review of the Bitwise Quantitative Strategies lineup.
Summary
Bitwise Asset Management published the results of its September 2026 rebalance for the Bitwise Crypto Category Leaders Strategy, a quantitative crypto index product, with the rebalance reflected as of 4:00pm ET on September 30, 2026. The rebalance was marked as executed, with two additions and one deletion to the constituent list.
Zcash (ZEC), classified by Bitwise as a privacy asset, and Hyperliquid (HYPE), classified as a decentralized perpetual futures platform, enter the strategy, each at a 5.00% weight. Arbitrum (ARB) exits the strategy in the same rebalance.
The resulting allocation is concentrated in the two largest networks. Bitcoin, categorized as a monetary asset, and Ethereum, categorized as a smart contract platform (Layer 1), each carry a 35.00% weight. The remaining six positions are each weighted at 5.00%: Zcash (privacy asset), Uniswap (UNI, decentralized exchange), Chainlink (LINK, oracle), Lido DAO (LDO, decentralized staking), Aave (AAVE, decentralized lending) and Hyperliquid (HYPE, decentralized perpetual futures).
The publisher's related notices indicate that Bitwise's other crypto products, including the Crypto Equity Indexes and Crypto Asset Indexes, are reviewed on the same monthly schedule, and that the next regularly scheduled rebalance for these products is also set for September 2026.
Zcash (ZEC), classified by Bitwise as a privacy asset, and Hyperliquid (HYPE), classified as a decentralized perpetual futures platform, enter the strategy, each at a 5.00% weight. Arbitrum (ARB) exits the strategy in the same rebalance.
The resulting allocation is concentrated in the two largest networks. Bitcoin, categorized as a monetary asset, and Ethereum, categorized as a smart contract platform (Layer 1), each carry a 35.00% weight. The remaining six positions are each weighted at 5.00%: Zcash (privacy asset), Uniswap (UNI, decentralized exchange), Chainlink (LINK, oracle), Lido DAO (LDO, decentralized staking), Aave (AAVE, decentralized lending) and Hyperliquid (HYPE, decentralized perpetual futures).
The publisher's related notices indicate that Bitwise's other crypto products, including the Crypto Equity Indexes and Crypto Asset Indexes, are reviewed on the same monthly schedule, and that the next regularly scheduled rebalance for these products is also set for September 2026.
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