Amber Group vs CoinShares

How Amber Group vs CoinShares compare on our ratings, asset manager specs, funding, pros and cons.

Feature	Amber Group Visit	CoinShares Visit
Ratings
Our score	3.2/5	4.4/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Track record & size	4.0	4.5
Product range	3.5	4.5
Fees	2.5	4.0
Regulation & custody	3.0	4.5
Transparency	2.5	4.5
Specs
Products	Private funds, Managed accounts	Spot ETFs, ETPs / ETNs, Index funds, Staking products
Clients	Accredited investors, Institutions	Retail, Institutions, Financial advisors
Assets under management	$1B (June 2021)	$7.4 billion (December 2025)
Flagship products	Digital Wealth Management, Institutional Asset Management, Liquidity Solutions, Amber Labs	CoinShares Physical Bitcoin ETP (BITC), CoinShares Ethereum Staking ETP, CoinShares Solana Staking ETP, CoinShares Altcoins ETF (DIME)
Assets covered	Not disclosed	Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Sei
Fees	Not disclosed	0.25% on Physical Bitcoin ETP, 0% management fee on Ethereum Staking ETP, 0.95% gross expense ratio on Altcoins ETF
Regulators	Not disclosed	AMF (France), SEC (United States)
Custodians	Not disclosed	Komainu
Company
Founded	2017	2013
Headquarters	Singapore	Jersey
Investors	China Renaissance, Arena Holdings, Blockchain.com, Coinbase Ventures +7	Not disclosed
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Founded by former Morgan Stanley quantitative traders Raised $100 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation Handled more than $500 billion in cumulative trading volume by June 2021 Backing from Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and Tiger Global	Over $7.4B in gross assets under management at year-end 2025 Publicly listed on Nasdaq under ticker CSHR Holds MiFID, AIFM, and French AMF MiCA regulatory authorizations Zero percent management fee on the CoinShares Ethereum Staking ETP
Cons	No publicly listed retail fee schedule on its site Product minimum investment requirements require contacting sales directly Institutional services carry inherent counterparty risk Retail access is limited compared to conventional brokerage platforms	Suffered balance-sheet losses from the 2022 Terra collapse and FTX bankruptcy Underlying asset returns are exposed to high crypto volatility and market drawdowns US ETF lineup carries higher expense ratios up to 0.95% ETN exchange products expose investors to issuer counterparty risks
Best for	Institutions needing market liquidity, Family offices seeking quant management, Web3 teams seeking infrastructure support	European retail and institutional brokerage accounts, Investors seeking regulated spot crypto exposure, Wealth managers allocating to staking ETPs

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