

VanEck Digital Transformation ETF
$17.35−0.22 (−1.25%)
- 0.52%
- $385M
- −27.6%
- 0.00%
- 0.8M sh
- $17.55
- low $13.68high $27.16
The ETF.net DAPP Grade
Score 64 out of 100
- 3 of 20
Score 64 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A74 out of 100Rank 6 of 20Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.F10 out of 100Rank 2 of 2Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D31 out of 100Rank 16 of 20Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A76 out of 100Rank 4 of 20Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B58 out of 100Rank 9 of 19Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A83 out of 100Rank 2 of 20
Our read on DAPP
BCrypto exposure without the crypto. DAPP holds the equities of the digital-asset economy (exchanges, miners, infrastructure) and by its own mandate never buys a coin, a coin derivative, or an ICO.
Before fees and expenses, the Fund seeks to follow the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Digital Assets Equity Index, which is designed to represent companies participating in digital-asset economies.
Why people hold it
- A clean split of the trade: you own the businesses built around digital assets, while the fund is barred from holding the assets themselves or derivatives on them.money.usnews.comaaii.com
- 0.52% expense ratio, a shade under the typical global thematic fund, for a rules-based index rather than a manager's hunches.
- One of the more actively traded names in its thematic peer group, which generally means less bid-ask friction on the way in and out.
- Launched in 2021, early to the crypto-equity shelf, and built on VanEck's own MVIS Global Digital Assets Equity Index.
Worth knowing
- Non-diversified by design and concentrated in miners and exchanges, so a single company's stumble can move the whole fund.money.usnews.comaaii.com
- These companies live off digital-asset activity, so the ride tends to track the crypto cycle even though no coins are held.
- Not an income holding: nothing was paid out over the past year, so the whole case rests on share prices.
DAPP Holdings
- Other
- 22
- 62%
- COIN
Sectors
- Financials62.0%
- Technology34.3%
- Consumer Discretionary3.7%
Geography
- United States80.42%
- Australia5.68%
- Cayman Islands4.05%
- Singapore3.96%
- Japan3.69%
- Hong Kong2.20%
DAPP Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | DAPP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +6.3% |
| 1 month | −11.8% |
| 3 months | −5.7% |
| 1 year | −27.6% |
| 3 years | +52.9% |
| 5 years | −4.2% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | DAPP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +6.3% | |
| 2025 | +15.0% | |
| 2024 | +45.1% | |
| 2023 | +285.0% | |
| 2022 | −85.6% | |
| 2021 | −38.4% |
DAPP in the news
DAPP Dividends
- 0.00%
No distributions in the last 12 months.
Distribution history
DAPP Risk
- 67.0%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.89
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −91.9%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 3.89
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DAPP Cost
- The middle half of Crypto Industry Stocks funds
- Median 0.66%
5 of the 20 Crypto Industry Stocks funds charge less.
Other funds in Crypto Industry Stocks
- ASTCESchwab Crypto Thematic ETFExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return −35.3%
- AFDIGFidelity Crypto Industry and Digital Payments ETFExpense ratio 0.39%1 year return −25.3%
- BIBLCiShares Blockchain and Tech ETFExpense ratio 0.47%1 year return −26.3%
- BLEGRFirst Trust Indxx Innovative Transaction & Process ETFExpense ratio 0.65%1 year return +19.4%
- BBKCHGlobal X - Blockchain ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return −37.9%

