CoinShares Renames WGMI as "Bitcoin Mining and Digital Power ETF," Reflecting the Convergence of Bitcoin Mining and AI Infrastructure
Rhea-AI Summary
CoinShares (Nasdaq: CSHR) announced that its US-listed ETF WGMI has been renamed the CoinShares Bitcoin Mining and Digital Power ETF, keeping ticker WGMI on Nasdaq. On August 11, 2026, the Fund changed its strategy and will invest at least 80% of net assets in “Bitcoin Mining and Digital Power Companies.”
This category now covers firms materially involved in bitcoin mining, hyperscale data centers, AI and data-center semiconductors and components, power and energy infrastructure essential to data centers, and high-performance or quantum computing supporting AI. The Fund will not invest directly in bitcoin or via derivatives or bitcoin-holding vehicles. Existing adviser, sub-adviser, portfolio managers, and ETF structure, including daily liquidity and transparency, remain unchanged.
Positive
- Broadened mandate to AI and digital power via new 80% allocation to Bitcoin Mining and Digital Power Companies
- No direct bitcoin exposure, avoiding direct token or derivative holdings while keeping thematic linkage
- Key roles unchanged: CoinShares Asset Management (US) as adviser and existing portfolio managers retained
- US-domiciled ETF structure with daily liquidity and transparent holdings maintained
Negative
- Strategy change on August 11, 2026 means prior performance may not reflect the updated investment approach
- Concentrated sector risks tied to bitcoin mining, digital assets, AI, and related technologies
- New ETF with limited operating history, adding uncertainty for investors evaluating long-term performance
Key Figures
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 06 | Research report | Neutral | -0.4% | Hybrid Finance report highlighted tokenised real-world asset growth and DeFi deposit decline. |
| Jul 30 | Buyback authorisation | Positive | +6.2% | Company reaffirmed quarterly reporting and sought shareholder approval for share repurchase authority. |
| Jul 27 | Conference participation | Neutral | +0.7% | CEO announced participation in a Canaccord Genuity growth conference fireside chat. |
| Jul 21 | UCITS platform launch | Positive | +3.4% | CoinShares launched a regulated European UCITS platform and inaugural bitcoin mining ETF. |
| Jul 01 | Shareholder letter | Positive | +0.5% | Management highlighted transparency, profitability, capital allocation, and US market expansion. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Three positive announcements aligned with positive reactions, while two neutral events diverged from the observed price direction.
Key Terms
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Strategy update positions WGMI to capture the build-out of the energy and compute backbone behind bitcoin and artificial intelligence, anchored in the listed bitcoin miners that already operate it.
JERSEY, Channel Islands — August 18, 2026 — CoinShares PLC (Nasdaq: CSHR) (“CoinShares” or the “Company”), a leading global asset manager specializing in digital assets, today announced that US-listed mining ETF, WGMI, issued by CoinShares ETF Trust, has been renamed the CoinShares Bitcoin Mining and Digital Power ETF (NASDAQ: WGMI) (the “Fund”), formerly the CoinShares Bitcoin Miners ETF. The ticker is unchanged.
The strategy update broadens the Fund's investment universe to reflect a structural shift underway across the listed mining sector: bitcoin miners are increasingly the operators of the gigawatt-scale, grid-connected, low-latency compute infrastructure that AI and high-performance computing depend on.
WGMI will now invest at least
Why now
Three forces are converging on the same set of companies:
- Post-halving mining economics. The April 2024 halving cut block subsidies in half; the next halving in 2028 will halve them again. Publicly listed bitcoin miners have responded by monetizing existing power capacity, infrastructure, and ASIC-trained operations teams to host AI and HPC workloads alongside, and in some cases instead of, mining.
- AI's energy and siting bottleneck. Hyperscalers face multi-year lead times for transformers, substations, and grid interconnections. Listed miners already hold permitted, energized sites at a scale measured in gigawatts, a footprint the rest of the market is racing to build.
- A clarifying US regulatory backdrop. US digital-asset policy has converged decisively over the past twelve months: the CLARITY Act, which delineates SEC/CFTC jurisdiction and defines most blockchain-native assets as digital commodities, passed the US House in July 2025. The Senate version of the legislation is expected to be voted on by mid-August 2026. Also, in March 2026, the SEC and CFTC issued a joint token taxonomy that formally referenced bitcoin as a digital commodity. Together, these regulatory developments materially reduce ambiguity in the United States around bitcoin and the listed companies whose business models are built around it.
WGMI's strategy update is designed to keep investors aligned with this convergence rather than constrained by a definition of "miner" that has narrowed as the industry has diversified.
Jean-Marie Mognetti, President and CEO of CoinShares commented:
"The line between a bitcoin miner and a digital infrastructure operator has been disappearing for two years, and the market has been waiting for someone to say so out loud. Listed miners have spent a decade building exactly what AI now needs at scale: energized sites, custom power agreements, immersion cooling, and engineering teams who know how to run dense compute 24/7. Renaming WGMI as the Bitcoin Mining and Digital Power ETF is not a pivot away from mining. It is a recognition that many of the most strategic mining companies in the world are now also among the most strategic compute infrastructure operators."
Calvin Tintle, Head of U.S Sales of CoinShares Asset Management (US) added:
"Advisors have been asking us for a single ticker that captures both the bitcoin mining narrative and the AI compute build-out without direct token exposure. WGMI is designed to give them that exposure in one wrapper. We are seeing demand from thematic, infrastructure, and crypto-native allocators who, until today, had to combine multiple products to express what is fundamentally one thematic allocation."
What stays the same
- Ticker: WGMI, listed on Nasdaq.
- Adviser: Actively managed by CoinShares Asset Management (US) LLC, with Vident Asset Management as sub-adviser.
- Portfolio managers: Bill Cannon, Rafael Zayas, CFA, and Austin Wen, CFA, continue in their roles.
- Structure: Daily liquidity, transparent ETF wrapper, US-domiciled.
On August 11 2026, WGMI changed the investment strategy of the fund. Any performance prior to this change may have been affected by this change.
About CoinShares
CoinShares PLC (“CoinShares”) is a leading global asset manager specialising in digital assets, that delivers a broad range of financial services across investment management, trading and securities to a wide array of clients that includes corporations, financial institutions and individuals. Focusing on crypto since 2013, the firm is headquartered in Jersey, with offices in France, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the United States. CoinShares’ affiliated entities are regulated in Jersey by the Jersey Financial Services Commission, in France by the Autorité des marchés financiers, and in the US by the Securities and Exchange Commission, National Futures Association and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. CoinShares PLC is publicly listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker CSHR.
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Evolving Asset Risk. This is a new ETF with limited operating history. Digital assets are a new technological innovation with a limited history. There is no assurance that usage of digital assets will continue to grow. A contraction in use of digital assets may result in increased volatility or a reduction in the price of the Exchange Traded Products, which could adversely impact the value of the Fund. The Fund provides exposure to companies involved in bitcoin mining operations and doesn’t invest directly in bitcoin. It invests at least
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