Bitwise, the biggest player in the crypto sector, has changed its funding method.
In response, Bitwise added altcoins $HYPE and $XLM It has been added to the world’s largest crypto index fund, the Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF (BITW), but DOT and AVAX have been removed.
With this move, Bitwise highlighted the recent shift in institutional investors’ preferences for digital assets.
As part of the latest changes, Hyperliquid ($HYPE) and Stella ($XLM) was added to the index, while Polkadot and Avalanche were removed from the portfolio.
Without a doubt, the most notable addition to Bitwise’s portfolio was Hyperliquid. Hyperliquid achieved strong performance in the first half of 2026, achieving $1.34 trillion in trading volume and $320 million in protocol revenue.
$HYPE It increased in value by around 165% during the same period, making it one of the best-performing projects and entering the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.
After rebalancing, $HYPE Despite the changes, Bitcoin remains by far the ETF’s largest asset, with a weight of 77.54%, while it currently accounts for about 0.95% of the fund’s weight.
Ethereum remains in second place with a portfolio weight of 13.04%, while XRP has 4.21%, Solana 2.78%, $HYPE 0.95%, Cardano 0.39%, Stellar 0.38%, Chainlink 0.34%, Litecoin 0.21%, Sui 0.17%.
Finally, two projects were removed from the index: Polkadot and Avalanche. Bitwise explained that both crypto assets do not meet the required criteria in terms of market capitalization and index weighting.
*This is not investment advice.
