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TThe total crypto market has grown over 600 per cent from $397 billion as of November 3, 2020, and added nearly $1 trillion in just a little over a month's time. The total crypto m-cap stood at $1.9 trillion as of September 26, 2021. 

As such, prudent investors might want to consider diversifying or investing in less risky alternatives while still riding on the trend.

1. Large-Cap Blockchain Companies

2. Public-listed Companies heavily invested in Crypto

3. Listed Crypto Exchanges

4. ETFs

5. Financial Institutions

1. Large-Cap Blockchain Companies:

 $NVIDIA(NVDA.US)$is the leading manufacturer of graphics processing units (GPUs), which are essential components in such important technological arenas as artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and gaming.

 $CME Group(CME.US)$is the world's largest futures and options exchange, offering derivative securities for stocks, indexes, foreign exchange, and more.

Although $IBM Corp(IBM.US)$performance in recent years hasn't been stellar, the company has made some big moves recently to try to jump-start growth. For example, its $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat gives it lots of cross-selling opportunities with its enterprise clients.

Payment processing giant $MasterCard(MA.US)$has grown tremendously for several years as the trend toward a cashless economy has led to increasing volumes of debit and credit card transactions.

2. Public-listed Companies heavily invested in Crypto:

$MicroStrategy(MSTR.US)$MicroStrategy, in many ways, is the premier public company investing in bitcoin. That’s not because they’ve invested the most into it, with a total of $3.1 billion — which is now worth a staggering $5.4 billion.

$Tesla(TSLA.US)$While MicroStrategy may be a flag-bearer for public companies investing in bitcoin, Tesla is arguably the most famous. Tesla’s bitcoin holdings amount to an estimated 43,000, which totals at $1.5 billion in purchase costs.

$Square(SQ.US)$Payments company Square is no stranger to bitcoin, with the company both purchasing bitcoin and making it a part of its business model.

3. Listed Crypto Exchanges:

$Coinbase(COIN.US)$financials are simply incredible. In the second quarter of 2021, the company reported $2.03 billion in revenue and net income of $1.61 billion.

4. ETFs:

On October 19, ProShares launched its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, the nation’s first ETF linked to the $1.1 trillion cryptocurrency. The fund, which trades under the ticker symbol  $ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF(BITO.US)$, offers investors exposure to Bitcoin without having to purchase the highly volatile digital currency.

5. Financial Institutions:

Standard Chartered (LSE: STAN) $STANDARD CHARTERED PLC UNSPON ADS EACH REP 2 ORD SHS(SCBFY.US)$- $380 million and 6 investments

Investments at the bank include blockchain network Ripple, whose XRP token has a capitalization of around $48 billion.



$CIT Group(CIT.US)$  - $279 million and 14 investments

The fourth-largest bank in the US by assets has invested in SETL, whose ledger technology is used to move cash and other assets.

$UBS Group(UBS.US)$ - $66 million and 5 investments

The Swiss banking heavyweight's lineup includes Axoni, whose technology is used to modernize infrastructure in capital markets.

Given surging interest, DBS Private Bank, via its wholly owned trust company, now has a trust solution for four cryptocurrencies to allow its private banking clients to invest, custodise and manage digital assets.

Potentially, we might see more local banks $UOB(U11.SG)$  $HSBC Holdings plc(00005.HK)$   $HSBC Holdings(HSBC.US)$ $OCBC Bank(O39.SG)$in that direction.

To leverage on the potential rewards of these stocks, do consider DLCs:

DBS

 $DBS 5xShortSG220331(DCAW.SG)$ 

 $DBS 5xLongSG230713(DQEW.SG)$ 

OCBC

 $OCBC 5xShortSG221201(DFJW.SG)$ 

 $OCBC 5xLongSG221201(DMUW.SG)$ 

HSBC

 $HSBC 5xLongSG230920(DHSW.SG)$ 

 $HSBC 5xShortSG220225(DYAW.SG)$ 

UOB

$UOB 5xShortSG221201(DEZW.SG)$ 

$UOB 5xLongSG230713(DHBW.SG)$