At Stockspot, our core portfolios are built on proven, diversified investments that help clients grow their wealth steadily over time. Shares, bonds, and gold remain the foundation of our investment philosophy. They work together to balance growth and protection so clients can stay invested through all market conditions.
But we also know some investors want to access the emerging asset class of cryptocurrencies. That’s why we’re now offering Bitcoin and Ethereum as optional themes. Eligible clients can allocate up to 6.2% of their portfolio to each through carefully selected cryptocurrency ETFs.
This change is about giving our clients more choice, while keeping risk in check.
Stockspot Themes are our way of giving experienced investors more flexibility while still anchoring their portfolio in a solid, diversified core. Clients with a balance of over $50,000 can choose individual ETFs or bundles of thematic investments to suit their interests – whether that’s a sector like healthcare, technology, crypto, or a specific strategy they believe in.
Why Bitcoin and Ethereum
Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency and is still the most widely recognised. It’s built on a fixed supply model and uses blockchain technology to record transactions securely. Many people call it “digital gold” but as we’ve explained in our Bitcoin vs Gold article, it behaves more like a high-growth technology asset than a safe haven. Prices are driven by market demand, adoption, sentiment and speculation rather than stability. Large price swings are common, so it should only ever be a small part of a portfolio.
Ethereum is the second largest cryptocurrency and is more than just a digital currency. It’s the backbone for a wide range of decentralised applications and smart contracts. This makes it an important driver of innovation in the broader blockchain ecosystem.
These two cryptocurrencies have the deepest adoption and most established track records, making them the logical starting point for anyone considering crypto in a regulated portfolio setting.
Why we’ve chosen EETH and EBTC
We reviewed the full range of crypto ETFs available in Australia before selecting EETH (Ethereum ETF) and EBTC (Bitcoin ETF) for our clients.
A couple of years ago, crypto ETFs in Australia were tiny and difficult to access. Liquidity was poor which made them unsuitable for a platform like Stockspot. Fast forward to today, and the landscape has changed. There is now over $500 million invested in crypto ETFs locally and around US$200 billion globally. This scale has brought deeper liquidity, tighter trading spreads, and more reliable products. It’s a key reason why we believe the time is right to add Bitcoin and Ethereum as portfolio themes.
While we’ve chosen EBTC and EETH there are also other good options available these days. However some have shorter trading histories, smaller fund sizes, lower liquidity or less established issuers. In other cases, the products have not been tested through different market cycles. A few crypto ETFs have even closed since launch in Australia. This shows why it is important to choose products and issuers with the scale, stability and experience to handle all types of market conditions.
Both EETH and EBTC have the longest track records in the Australian market – not only as listed products, but also in terms of the underlying indices they follow. This gives us confidence in their ability to track the performance of Bitcoin and Ethereum accurately and consistently. EETH and EBTC are issued by GlobalX, one of the most established ETF providers in Australia with over $12 billion in assets under management. GlobalX has a proven history of managing thematic ETFs, including crypto products through different market conditions.
For transparency, Stockspot and GlobalX share a common shareholder in Mirae Asset. However we only choose their products on merit. For many of our recommended ETFs we use other large issuers such as Vanguard, iShares, BetaShares and VanEck.
From a cost perspective, both ETFs have competitive management fees of 0.45% per year. Liquidity is also strong, which helps to keep trading spreads low and ensures smooth execution for investors. EBTC, for example, is among the most actively traded crypto ETFs in Australia.
Custody and security
Custody is particularly important for digital assets because, unlike traditional securities, they cannot be recovered if they are lost or stolen. We cover this in Ways to invest into bitcoin.
We are comfortable with the custody arrangements for these two cryptocurrency ETFs. As the custodians, HSBC and Coinbase are both large, well-established institutions with deep expertise in their respective roles. HSBC is one of the world’s largest banks with decades of experience in asset custody and strict Australian regulatory oversight. Coinbase Custody is one of the most trusted crypto custodians globally, holding more than US$400 billion in digital assets in secure, geographically dispersed cold storage facilities. Their size, track record, and security protocols significantly reduce operational and counterparty risk for the ETFs’ underlying assets.
The case for a small allocation
We believe that cryptocurrencies are best treated as a “satellite” holding alongside your main diversified portfolio.
By capping each theme at 6.2%, clients can benefit from potential growth over time while keeping the impact of big price swings in check. For example, if both Bitcoin and Ethereum halved in value, a combined 12.4% allocation would only reduce the total portfolio by around 6.2%. This helps keep your long-term investment plan on track, even when cryptocurrency markets hit a rough patch.
Balancing innovation with discipline
We’ve looked to give clients access to the best available investment vehicles while ensuring that exposure remains small, measured, and diversified within their broader Stockspot portfolio.
By offering EETH and EBTC, we believe we have found the most suitable combination of issuer strength, cost efficiency, liquidity, and security. Clients get simple, regulated exposure to Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, without the complexity of managing crypto directly.
Our mission at Stockspot remains the same – to help clients grow and protect their wealth over the long term. Bitcoin and Ethereum are now part of the toolkit, but disciplined portfolio construction will always be at the centre of everything we do.
