A. General Description of Advisory Firm
1. Galaxy Digital Capital Management LP
Galaxy Digital Capital Management LP, “GDCM”) is a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership
formed on November 30, 2017. Our principal office and place of business is at 300 Vesey Street, 13th FL,
New York, New York. GDCM commenced operations in March 2018 as an exempt reporting adviser;
and registered, effective July 2019, as an investment adviser with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Advisers Act”). Galaxy Vision Hill Asset Management LLC (“GVHAM”), a Delaware limited liability
company formed on February 1, 2018, is a relying adviser of GDCM. For purposes of this Brochure,
“Adviser”, “we”, and “us” refer to both GDCM and its relying adviser unless otherwise indicated.
2. Ownership of the Adviser
GDCM and its general partner, Galaxy Digital Capital Management GP LLC (the “Adviser General
Partner”), a Cayman Islands exempted limited liability company, and GVHAM are controlled by Galaxy
Digital LP (“GD LP”), a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership. GD LP is an operating company
and its sole limited partner is Galaxy Digital Holdings LP (“GDH LP”), a Cayman Islands exempted
limited partnership. GDH LP’s general partner is Galaxy Digital Holdings GP LLC, a Cayman Islands
exempted limited liability company. GDH LP has two classes of units representing limited partnership
interests: Class A Units and Class B Units.
Class A Units of GDH LP are held by Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (“GDH Ltd.”), a Cayman Islands
corporation, and its wholly owned subsidiary, GDH Intermediate LLC, organized in Delaware. GDH Ltd.
is a publicly traded company whose shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the
symbol “GLXY.” Class B Units of GDH LP are held by three groups of shareholders: (i) Galaxy Group
Investments LLC (“GGI”), a Delaware limited liability company, owned 100% by Michael Novogratz
and his family members; (ii) employee founders of GDH LP; and (iii) former First Coin Capital Corp.
shareholders. In May 2021 GDH LP announced that, subject to shareholder approval, GDH Ltd. expects to
effect a reorganization and domestication whereby GDH Ltd. shares will be converted into and exchanged for
stock in its successor entity, Galaxy Digital Inc., a Delaware corporation (“GD Inc.”). In January 2022, GDH
Ltd. and GD Inc. publicly filed a registration statement to the SEC for the public offering of shares of GD Inc.
in the United States.
As indicated on Form ADV Part 1A, the principal owner of the Adviser and GDCM’s General Partner,
through the organizational structure described above, is Mr. Novogratz (the “Principal Owner”). The
Principal Owner is not generally involved in the day-to-day operations of the Adviser.
3. Affiliates of the Adviser
The Principal Owner, GD LP, GDH LP and GDH Ltd., through affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively,
“Galaxy Digital”), have interests in certain other entities described in this Brochure (including in Item
10.C), and are seeking to build a full service, institutional-quality merchant banking business in the Digital
Assets
1 (as defined below) space. Currently, Galaxy Digital intends to capitalize on market opportunities
made possible by the ongoing evolution of the cryptocurrency space through three primary business lines:
Global Markets, Asset Management and Digital Infrastructure Solutions. Galaxy Digital may add or
discontinue business lines at any time, and expects its business to continually evolve given the rapidly
developing cryptocurrency space. Certain senior officers of the Adviser also are senior officers of Galaxy
Digital. As discussed below, the Adviser has assumed management of the Galaxy Principal Investments
Portfolio (as defined below), which has previously been managed separately from the Adviser by the
Galaxy Digital principal investments team. The Adviser’s facilities and personnel are provided by an
affiliate, Galaxy Digital Services LLC, a limited liability company organized in Delaware and wholly
owned by GD LP.
B. Description of Advisory Services
This Brochure generally includes information about us and our relationships with our clients and
affiliates. While much of this Brochure applies to all such clients and affiliates, certain information
applies to specific clients or affiliates only.
We are an investment management firm that provides advisory services on a discretionary basis to
privately offered pooled investment vehicles (including funds of funds (i.e., funds that seek to achieve
their investment objective(s) by investing substantially all of their assets in private funds managed by
third party investment managers and/or our affiliates)), which are intended for investment by certain
investors (“investors”) that are accredited investors under Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Managed Accounts (as defined below). Investors in
certain of these vehicles that we manage are also required to be qualified purchasers under Section
2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) or
“knowledgeable employees,” as defined under Rule
3c-5 of the Investment Company Act so as to comply
with the exemption under Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act. Certain investors in pooled
investment vehicles and Managed Account clients are also required to be qualified clients under Rule
205-3 of the Advisers Act. We do not limit our investment advice to only certain types of investments.
The Adviser and its affiliates also provide management services to accounts that do not invest in
securities, including accounts that only invest in Bitcoin (BTC) or Ether (ETH), as described in further
detail below in Item 10.C. Such services are not provided by the Adviser in its capacity as a registered
investment adviser and are not subject to the Advisers Act. In addition, the Adviser provides management
services to other accounts, including the Crypto Index Fund (as defined below) that, due to their
investment strategy, do not constitute “securities portfolios” and are therefore not included in the
calculation of the Adviser’s regulatory assets under management. Additionally, the Adviser and its
affiliates may in the future provide advisory services on a non-discretionary basis to certain clients.
Our “clients” include private investment funds (collectively referred to herein as the “Funds,” and each,
individually, a “Fund”) and Managed Accounts which pursue the investment strategies described below in
1 “Digital Assets” means cryptographically derived digital assets, referred to as cryptoassets, cryptocurrencies, and/or
blockchain tokens, virtual currencies or digital currencies, such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), or Solana (SOL), as well
as other assets available on public, private or permissioned blockchains and/or ledger systems, including decentralized
application tokens and protocol tokens, and other digital assets that are based on a cryptographic protocol of a computer
network that may be (i) centralized or decentralized, (ii) closed or open-source, and/or (iii) used as a medium of exchange,
store of value, and/or represent ownership in some asset, interest or object, whether real or intangible.
Item 8. Our clients also include special purpose vehicles which the Funds invest in, or alongside, with Fund
investors and third-party investors. The Adviser and the Fund General Partners (as defined below), in their
sole discretion, also provide co-investment opportunities to other funds, private investors, groups or
individuals, including Fund investors (or their affiliates). In addition, subject to the compliance policies of the
Adviser and GD LP, the General Partners’ or the Adviser’s affiliates, principals, officers, and employees make
investments that are also appropriate for the Funds and, at certain times, simultaneously seek to purchase or
sell, including in their individual capacities, the same or similar investments for the Funds. Finally, in addition
to the assets maintained on behalf of clients, the Adviser has assumed the management of a portfolio of
principal investments held and beneficially owned by the Galaxy Related Parties (as defined below) (the
“Galaxy Principal Investments Portfolio”). In addition, in 2023 the Adviser was appointed by FTX Trading
Ltd. and its affiliated debtors and debtors in possession (collectively, “FTX”) to manage certain assets of the
FTX bankruptcy estate. Under the investment management agreement with FTX (as approved by the
bankruptcy court), the Adviser is authorized to sell, transfer and stake certain Digital Assets and other
instruments held by the FTX bankruptcy estate and to enter into certain hedging arrangements with respect to
such assets. Please see Item 6 for details on potential conflicts of interest arising in the context of co-
investments and managing different accounts side-by-side.
We provide our investment advisory services to the Funds in part through special purpose entities established
to be the general partner or managing member of such Funds (the “Fund General Partners”). The Fund
General Partners operate under our supervision and control and are subject to our compliance program.
C. Availability of Customized Services for Individual Clients
Our advisory services are provided to the Funds, pursuant to the terms of the Funds’ relevant offering
documents and based on the specific investment objectives and strategies as disclosed in the offering
documents. The advisory services each Fund receives are tailored to its individual needs, specified
investment objectives and strategies as set forth in each Fund’s offering documents. The Funds may
impose restrictions on investing in certain types of Digital Assets and other instruments in accordance
with achieving their investment objectives and strategies. Otherwise, there are no material restrictions
on the types of investments and/or strategies we may employ for our clients.
We also offer investment advice to a limited number of clients that are separately managed accounts
(“Managed Accounts”). The investment objectives and guidelines of such Managed Accounts are
determined in conjunction with the applicable client.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
We do not currently participate in any Wrap Fee Programs.
E. Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, we manage approximately $3,649,532,477 in regulatory assets under
management on a fully discretionary basis. We do not manage any clients’ assets on a nondiscretionary
basis as of such date.