Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Cardano, Litecoin, Binance Coin, Chainlink, Polkadot, Uniswap, Dogecoin, Solana, Terra, Avalanche, and Shia Inu will be the constituents of IC15.
New Delhi | Jagran Business Desk: India’s first index of cryptocurrencies, IC15 has been launched recently by CryptoWire, a crypto super app with a view to empower knowledge on the blockchain ecosystem. It tracks and measures the performance of the top 15 widely traded liquid cryptocurrencies listed on leading crypto exchanges of the world.
What is IC15?
IC15 is a cryptocurrencies index that captures over 80 per cent of market movement and is a fundamental market tracking and assessing tool to base decisions on and enhance transparency. Over the past years, cryptocurrencies have emerged as an asset class in themselves, gaining wider acceptance and drawing people’s interests. The IC15 index is meant for crypto investors.
How will it work?
CryptoWire’s Index Governance Committee comprising domain experts, industry practitioners, and academicians, will maintain, monitor, and administer the index while rebalancing it every quarter, the company’s statement said, adding, the base value of the index is set at 10,000 and the base date is April 1, 2018.
Which cryptocurrencies will be included in the index?
Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Cardano, Litecoin, Binance Coin, Chainlink, Polkadot, Uniswap, Dogecoin, Solana, Terra, Avalanche, and Shia Inu will be the constituents of IC15.
How will it benefit?
Launching IC15, CryptoWire Managing Director Jigish Sonagara said, “this will not only push the ‘learn before earn’ initiative but also serve the industry with yet another powerful intervention. Our approach is to facilitate market development and mitigate risk to a great degree by presenting all possible tools to evaluate possibilities and make decisions.” The index has been designed to provide insights into crypto mining and the true benchmark and a mirror of the underlying crypto market, a barometer of the industry in a sense, with a diversified representation of overall market sentiments, it said.
What does govt has to say on this?
It is to be noted that the government, RBI and SEBI have been cautioning people about the cryptocurrencies that could be a “high risk” area. The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021, was included in the Lok Sabha Bulletin-Part II for introduction in the recently concluded Winter Session but could not be introduced in Parliament by the government.
