The DeFi Pulse Index is a capitalization-weighted index that measures the overall performance of decentralized financial assets. The DeFi Pulse Index is a digital asset index that tracks the performance of tokens in the Decentralized Finance economy. The circulating supply of each token is used to weight the index. The DeFi Pulse Index is designed to keep track of Decentralized Finance initiatives that have a high level of usage and demonstrate a commitment to continuous maintenance and development. The DeFi protocol and its related token must pass a stringent screening mechanism in order to be included in the DeFi Pulse Index. Aave, Balancer, Compound, Cream, Farm, KNC, Loopring, Maker, meta, REN, Sushi, Synthetix, Uniswap, Yearn, Instadapp, Badger, Rari Capital, Vesper are the underlying tokens in the DPI Index. The weighting of constituents is based on circulating supply and it is rebalanced on a monthly basis.