March 6, 2025, Toronto, Canada. 3iQ Corp. (“3iQ”), the global digital asset investment manager founded in 2012, is pleased to announce it has entered a strategic partnership with Swiss based and FINMA licenced digital asset investment manager Criptonite Asset Management (Criptonite), best known for its range of innovative digital asset Actively Managed Certificates (AMCs). The partnership will see 3iQ and Criptonite work together to deliver regulated and institutional grade digital asset investment products to the Swiss and European markets.
This strategic partnership comes at a time when an ever-increasing amount of institutional capital is flowing into the digital asset space, from pension funds to wealth managers. It is a combination that brings together two regulated and highly respected investment managers. Both 3iQ and Criptonite are delivering a combination of passive and active funds via their respective platforms, which this partnership will greatly enhance to deliver robust and well risk managed products.
Pascal St-Jean, President & CEO at 3iQ, said: “Our strongly held conviction that sophisticated investors want compliant and risk managed, institutionally robust digital asset solutions, is finally coming to fruition. This strategic partnership brings together two award winning innovators committed to realising this vision. With 3iQ’s expertise in delivering best-in-class regulated investment solutions and Criptonite’s established platform of digital asset AMCs in Switzerland, we will be able to open this new asset class to institutions and accredited investors in both Switzerland and abroad.”
Florian Rais, Founder and CEO of Criptonite AM said: “I am very excited about this partnership which will enable Criptonite AM, an established FINMA licenced digital asset investment manager, to be at the forefront in providing investors access to innovative, well regulated and risk-managed digital asset AMC and other investment solutions.
“We started Criptonite with the certitude that digital assets will follow the same path to institutionalisation through investable products, as all other asset classes did before it. By partnering with 3iQ we expand our offer of solid platforms to welcome talented hedge fund managers.
“Now that the Swiss market demand for institutional quality digital asset solutions is maturing, we look forward to collaborating with banks, institutions and sophisticated investors to assist them in getting the exposure they desire.”
About 3iQ
Founded in 2012, 3iQ is one of the world's leading alternative digital asset managers, pioneering institutional-grade investments. 3iQ launched the world’s first Digital Assets Managed Account Platform (QMAP),a hedge fund investment solution, offering innovative risk managed investment solutions to gain exposure to digital assets. 3iQ was also the first to launch a Bitcoin ETP listed on a major global stock exchange, the 3iQ Bitcoin ETF(TSX: BTCQ) (TSX: BTCQ.U) and offers other regulated ETPs. In 2024, Monex Group, a leading Japanese financial group, took a majority stake in 3iQ. Since2012, 3iQ has been at the forefront of innovation in digital asset investment management. To learn more about 3iQ, visit 3iq.io.
W: https://www.3iq.io/
L: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3iq-corp/
X: https://x.com/3iq_corp
About Criptonite AM
Criptonite Asset Management SA is a Geneva, Switzerland based investment management company that manages and promotes investment products focused on digital assets. The products managed are for institutional and qualified investors only. Criptonite Asset Management was founded by a seasoned investment manager who spent his whole career advising and managing HNWI assets; it is today surrounded by a team of highly skilled investment professionals. Criptonite is registered with an auto regulated body (So-Fit),in accordance with the Swiss FINMA regulator requirements.
W: https://www.criptoniteam.com/
L: https://www.linkedin.com/company/criptonite-asset-management/
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