These 5 stocks are featured in a new blockchain index - and they're all on a tear

Ticker: OSTK

Market cap: $1.32 billion

Year-to-date stock performance: 190%

Index description:

"Overstock operates the tZERO exchange, which has been at at the forefront of the blockchain revolution for years, working closely with regulators since 2015 – launching the world’s first SEC-compliant ATS for blockchain assets, the first private blockchain bond offering, and the first ever public issuance of a blockchain security."

Ticker: HIT

Market cap: $38 billion

Year-to-date stock performance: 33.5%

Index description:

"Sap sees blockchain as a promising way to simplify complex multi-party processes and create trust among participants. The company is using its expertise in 25 industries and across all lines of business to actively explore blockchain technology and to help clients capitalize on its potential."

Ticker: ACN

Market cap: $111.8 billion

Year-to-date stock performance: 24.8%

Index description:

"Accenture is working closely with leaders from across a broad range of industries, governments, consortia, the academic community, and its key technology alliances to move blockchain technology forward so that, ultimately, it can help improve the way the world lives and works."

Ticker: HIVE

Market cap: $320 million

Year-to-date stock performance: 3,204%

Index description:

"HIVE Blockchain Technologies is building a bridge from the blockchain sector to traditional capital markets. The company has strategically partnered with Genesis Mining Ltd., the world’s leading cryptocurrency mining hashrate provider, to build the next generation of blockchain infrastructure."