Goldman Sachs is giving hedge fund clients crypto research from data firm The Block

Goldman Sachs has stared giving its institutional trading clients research reports from crypto news and data firm The Block.

Hedge funds and other clients began receiving the reports Thursday via the investment bank’s Marquee digital platform, according to an email obtained by CNBC. The first report available to Goldman clients was an overview of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols on the Ethereum network.

“In an effort to provide relevant digital assets content and research, GS Digital Assets is now providing exclusive access to select reports from The Block Research,” the bank said. “While these typically require a paid…