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Recent research from ETF issuer WisdomTree revealed that over seven in 10 (72 per cent) of UK advisers have spoken to their clients about investing in cryptocurrencies, with almost half of clients (45 per cent) intending to step outside of their adviser relationship to allocate to the asset class.

Investment platform eToro has announced that it has added four more assets to its crypto offering.  Cosmos (ATOM), The Graph (GRT), Curve (CRV) and 1inch (1INCH) are all now available on the eToro investment platform, which means eToro’s offering now consists of 36 cryptoassets. 
 

Wealth Adviser's sister title ETF Express features the first in a new series of videos with Asset TV on ETFs, opening with the thematic panel, featuring Allan Lane from Algo-Chain, creator of ETF model portfolios; Hector McNeil of ETF white labelling firm HANetf; Thomas Bailey, ETF editor from Interactive Investor and David Barfoot from thematic ETF issuer Rize ETFs.

TISA Universal Reporting Network (TURN), an industry blockchain solution for the collection and dissemination of fund related data, has launched TURN Solution Partners, a panel made up of ACOLIN, DFIN, FundConnect and Kneip.

Fifty per cent of institutional investors and wealth managers believe that, over the next three years, there will be a ‘dramatic’ increase in the use of blockchain technology within the asset management sector, and a further 44 per cent think there will be a slight increase.

Bitcoin – and its price – may be grabbing the headlines currently, but the underlying case for blockchain technology, and it's associated investment opportunities, should not be missed, says Dr Nils Bulling, Head of Digital Strategy & Innovation at Avaloq…

Icecap, a platform that offers investment-grade diamonds represented by non-fungible blockchain tokens on the Ethereum blockchain, has announced a new option for holders of its diamond-based tokens wherby the diamond can be enjoyed as jewellery while in an investment portfolio. 

Andreas Ruf, CEO of InfiniGold explains his firm’s approach to offering traditional gold products supported by blockchain technology.

Blockchain technology company Currency.com has launched a new feature on its tokenised securities trading platform, which for the first time will enable users to trade and invest in tokenised government bonds using fiat money, bitcoin (BTC) or ethereum (ETH).