About
Benchmarks the digital asset market can be measured against.
GCI — Global Crypto Index — exists to create transparent, rules-based benchmarks for the digital asset economy, built to the standards that investors, researchers and journalists already expect from established asset classes.
Mission
Measurement before speculation.
Digital assets are widely traded but poorly measured. Coverage is fragmented across venues, supply figures are inconsistent, and headline "market cap" numbers mix stablecoins, locked tokens and illiquid listings into a single figure that few professionals would use as a benchmark.
GCI's response is deliberately conventional: define an eligible universe, screen it for size and liquidity, adjust for free float, weight with caps to avoid concentration, and rebalance on a published schedule. The GCI 50 is the first expression of that framework, with core and sector benchmarks to follow.
We are in prelaunch and say so plainly throughout this site. GCI is not a regulated benchmark administrator, and we make no claim of official status or institutional adoption.
Principles
What we hold ourselves to
Independence
GCI does not issue, market or manage investment products, and does not accept payment for inclusion. Index composition follows the published rules, not commercial relationships.
Transparency
Rules, thresholds, selection results and every methodology change are published with effective dates. A reader should be able to reconstruct a decision from the documentation alone.
Investability
Liquidity screens, venue quality standards and free-float adjustment exist so an index is replicable in practice, not just measurable on paper.
Methodology discipline
Discretion is bounded and recorded. Scheduled reviews govern change; extraordinary events follow pre-defined provisions rather than ad hoc judgement.
Start with the flagship benchmark
GCI 50 Price (USD), constituents, weights and sector allocation.