HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 17 July 2026 - IX Asia Indexes today announced the 2026 second quarter (Q2) review result of the ixCrypto Index Series and the IX Digital Asset Industry Index Series. The constituent changes will be implemented on the effective date of 24^th July 2026 (Friday). The results of the constituent review and exchange review are as follows: 1. Constituent Review – ixCrypto Index Series1.1. ixCrypto Index ("IXCI") The number of constituents will remain unchanged at 19 with 1 addition and 1 deletion. Additions 1. Gram (prev. Toncoin) Deletions 1. Shiba Inu After the change, the free float adjusted market capitalization coverage is 83.17%* (excluding stablecoins, which have 11.95% of the total crypto universe), while the 90-day-average volume is 64.34%*. The constituents change above and recapping at 40% will take effect on the effective date. The 90-day-average volume coverage for the first time since 2018 has dropped by over 10% compared to last quarter; This is due to Bitcoin and Ethereum's trading volume dropping by over 24% in Q2. There is currently no consistency on different leading crypto-volume-tracking sources (CoinMarketCap & CoinGecko). CoinGecko showed an abnormal trading volume of USDT between 1 April to 9 April, which is approximately 81,164 times the average volume of the remaining period in Q2. Based on the two sources mentioned above, the combined average trading volume of stablecoins within the top 19 rankings was approximately 1.88 to 2.01 times the aggregate volume of the IXCI constituents. * Since the last review, there has been a decrease in the crypto total market capitalization from USD2.62T to USD2.43T (-7.29%)^#, and a decrease in the daily volume from USD108.17B to USD96.89B (-10.43%)^#. Bitcoin remains the largest crypto in the constituent list, with its price decreased by 9.83% since the last review. 1.2 ixCrypto Portfolio Indexes 1.2.1 ixCrypto 5 Equal Weight Index ("IXEW5") and ixCrypto 5 Square Root Index ("IXSR5")Additions No addition Deletions No deletion 1.2.2 ixCrypto 10 Equal Weight Index ("IXEW10") and ixCrypto 10 Square Root Index ("IXSR10").Additions

1. Zcash

Deletions

1. Bitcoin Cash

1.2.3 ixCrypto Altcoin 10 EW Index ("IXAEW10") and ixCrypto Altcoin 10 SR Index ("IXASR10"). Additions

1. Zcash

Deletions

1. Monero

1.3 ixCrypto BTC/ETH Indexes As of the cut-off date on 30^th June 2026, the ixCrypto BTC/ETH 50/50 Index ("IX5050") maintains a 50%/50% weighting for the ixBitcoin Index (IXBI) and ixEthereum Index (IXEI). The ixCrypto BTC/ETH Proportional Index ("IXPI") has a weighting of 84.53% and 15.47% for IXBI and IXEI, respectively. At the upcoming effective date, IX5050 weightings will remain unchanged at 50%/50%. IXPI weightings will be adjusted to 86.12% and 13.88% for IXBI and IXEI, respectively, reflecting the market capitalization proportions of Bitcoin and Ethereum at the cut-off date. 2. Constituent Review- IX Digital Asset Industry Index Series 2.1 ixCrypto Stablecoin Index The number of constituents will remain at 5. Stablecoin comprises 11.95% of the total crypto universe, and ixCrypto Stablecoin Index covers around 97.42% of the 90-day average market capitalization in the stablecoin universe. Additions No addition Deletions No deletion 2.2 ixCrypto Infrastructure Index The number of constituents will decrease from 19 to 17 with 2 additions and 4 deletions. Additions

1. Canton
2. Aster

Deletions

1. Aptos
2. Polygon
3. Arbitrum
4. Cosmos

3. Exchange Review As a result of exchange review, 8 out of 10 Q1 selected exchanges passed the review process, which are as follows: Passed Exchanges

1. Binance
2. Pionex
3. BitMart
4. Bybit
5. CoinW ^(ADDITION)
6. LBank
7. OrangeX ^(ADDITION)
8. Gate.io
9. Coinbase Exchange
10. KuCoin

Removed Exchanges

1. MEXC
2. Crypto.com Exchange

The selected 10 exchanges will be used to generate each of the fair average prices for the IX indexes' constituents. The exchange review covers volume rankings, exchange background checks, founders' background checks, USD/USDT/USDC/USDe/BTC pair coverage, overconcentration rules, exchange API coverage checks, and stability, among other aspects, for an exchange. For more details about our exchange selection criteria, please email info@ix-index.com. More information on the ixCrypto Indexes, including their constituents and constituents' weights, is provided in the Appendices, or refer to the website https://ix-index.com/. *Exclude stable coins and exchange coins that trigger conflict of interest (based on conflict-of-interest rule methodology 3.9, effective on Oct 2, 2020) **The lower estimate of 1.88 times excludes CoinGecko's USDT volume data from 1–9 April 2026 because the reported average was approximately 81,164 times higher than the average recorded during the remaining review period from 10 April to 30 June 2026.The figures were therefore treated...