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Wave Digital Assets LLC

Los Angeles, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 305726

Filed as WAVE DIGITAL ASSETS LLC

Wave Digital Assets LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Los Angeles, CA, registered since 2021, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 21, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$91,862,975
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Wave Digital Assets LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Wave Digital Assets LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

What does Wave Digital Assets LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 21, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Wave Digital Assets LLC located?

Wave Digital Assets LLC's principal office is in Los Angeles, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Wave Digital Assets LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Wave Digital Assets LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 305726.

How much does Wave Digital Assets LLC manage?

Wave Digital Assets LLC reports $91,862,975 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 21, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Wave Digital Assets LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Wave Digital Assets LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,043,292,575 in the October 2021 data and $91,862,975 in the October 2026 data, down 91%. Total employees: 25 in October 2021 and 33 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Wave Digital Assets LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (18); high net worth individuals (2); charitable organizations (1).

Which custodians does Wave Digital Assets LLC use?

Wave Digital Assets LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Aplo SAS, Balance Custody, Bitgo, Inc., Coinbase and Copper Custody as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Wave Digital Assets LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/305726

What changed in Wave Digital Assets LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

Asset-based fee: 0.1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
For its discretionary management services, each Client that is subject to a management fee pays to the Adviser an annual management fee (the “Management Fee”), generally ranging from 0.1% to 2.0%, payable monthly or quarterly in arrears.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 21, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$91,862,975

$91,862,975 as of October 2026, filing dated August 21, 2026.

Discretionary: $91,862,975.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
High net worth individuals
Clients 2 Assets $8,089,158 (9%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 18 Assets $64,664,241 (70%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1 Assets $265,663 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $18,843,913 (21%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 33. Performing investment advisory functions: 20.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Aplo SASBalance CustodyBitgo, Inc.CoinbaseCopper Custody

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CA

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$1.04B 2021 $1.21B 2022 $233M 2023 $336M 2024 $352M 2025 $91.9M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$91,862,97533August 21, 2026
October 2025$351,570,47539May 9, 2025
October 2024$335,844,19037September 5, 2024
October 2023$233,382,40636September 7, 2023
October 2022$1,212,431,12735September 6, 2022
October 2021$1,043,292,57525September 15, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,043,292,575 in the October 2021 data and $91,862,975 in the October 2026 data, down 91%.

Total employees: 25 in October 2021 and 33 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. September 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 26 to 20.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $351,570,475 to $91,862,975 (-74%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
medium.com/wave-digital-assetswavegp.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Wave Digital Assets LLC (CRD 305726): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/wave-digital-assets-llc-los-angeles-ca-305726