Wintermute Supports Market Activity Around the ‘U.S. National Digital Asset Stockpile’ Story.

Wintermute Launches CFD on GMUSA Index, Enhancing Access to U.S. Crypto Investment Theme

Wintermute has introduced a new contract for difference (CFD) linked to the GMUSA index, offering traders a streamlined method to capitalize on the evolving narrative of a U.S. strategic digital asset reserve.

The initiative comes from Wintermute Asia, the Singapore-based derivatives arm of the renowned crypto market maker. This CFD is pegged to the GMCI USA Select Index, designed to help traders swiftly react to market movements, particularly those related to discussions around a national cryptocurrency reserve.

The GMUSA index tracks the performance of leading U.S.-based crypto projects, weighted by circulating supply. The index’s top assets include XRP, Solana (SOL), and Dogecoin (DOGE), alongside others such as Cardano (ADA), Avalanche (AVAX), Chainlink (LINK), Uniswap (UNI), Hedera (HBAR), Near Protocol (NEAR), Litecoin (LTC), and Aptos (APT). Since Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential election victory in early November, the index has surged more than 160%.

By serving as a benchmark for investment strategies focused on U.S.-centered blockchain projects, the GMUSA index offers traders an efficient means to gain exposure. The newly launched CFD by Wintermute further simplifies this process, allowing traders to take long (buy) or short (sell) positions on the index without directly owning its components. This approach, commonly used in forex and commodities markets, enables greater flexibility in trading.

“This product is part of a broader strategy to create narrative-based index baskets, making it easier for traders to pivot between emerging market trends without the complexity of managing individual tokens,” Wintermute stated in its official announcement.

The launch coincides with heightened speculation over President Trump’s potential execution of a national digital asset reserve policy. While Bitcoin (BTC) is widely regarded as the primary candidate for such a reserve, figures like Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse have advocated for a more diversified approach that incorporates multiple cryptocurrencies.

“The idea of a U.S. national digital asset stockpile has influenced price movements of various U.S.-focused tokens. The GMUSA index provides structured exposure to this theme, encompassing assets such as XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, AVAX, LINK, SUI, XLM, HBAR, UNI, LTC, NEAR, and APT,” Wintermute noted.

Wintermute has also announced plans to introduce additional narrative-driven indexes, granting market participants more opportunities to hedge risks, express market views, and engage with sector momentum, all while avoiding the complexities of trading individual assets separately.