State Street Galaxy Digital Asset Ecosystem ETF

DECO

Market cap $20.6M

Bitcoin just hit a two-week low this week and there are signs that headwinds are growing. The new Fed chair's policy plans have cast some doubt on the “debasement trade” believers — those who look to gold, silver, and Bitcoin as protection when government spending and deficits weaken the dollar.

The top-performing non-leveraged ETFs of 2026 span a distinct blend of digital assets, next-generation semiconductor technology, and localized international equity plays. For advisors assessing portfolio allocations heading into the second half of the year, these performance figures highlight a sustained risk-on appetite among investors.

Crypto equity ETFs (or blockchain ETFs) were once one of the main ways to access the crypto theme in an ETF wrapper. That changed after the January 2024 approval of spot bitcoin ETPs, which gave investors a simpler and more direct way to express a bitcoin view.

Crypto's explosive 2025 rally has pushed ETFs like BKCH and STCE sharply higher, putting them in focus for investors before the year ends.

For ETF investors, the onslaught of crypto ETF launches has created some short-sighted excitement. The spot bitcoin ETF launch, in particular, contributed to some buzz around rising bitcoin prices that seemed to cloud the long-term growth drivers of the industry.

On this week's episode of ETF Prime, host Nate Geraci sat down with Roxanna Islam, head of sector & industry research at VettaFi. Geraci and Islam discussed new ETF filings from BattleShares, Cambria, iShares, Canary, and others.