Financial instruments owned - Debt Securities, Trading, and Equity Securities, FV-NI (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Financial Instruments, Owned, at Fair Value	$ 65,492	$ 126,239
WETF Trading Securities [Member]
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Financial Instruments, Owned, at Fair Value	52,616	124,474
Other assets—seed capital (WisdomTree Digital Funds) [Member]
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items]
Financial Instruments, Owned, at Fair Value	$ 12,876	$ 1,765

The aggregate fair value as of the balance sheet date of financial instruments and other positions owned by the entity including: (1) mortgages, mortgage-backed and asset backed securities; (2) US government and agency obligations; (3) state and municipal government obligations; (4) other sovereign government debt; (5) corporate obligations; (6) corporate equities; (7) principal investments; (8) derivative contracts; and (9) physical commodities. Includes both pledged and unpledged holdings.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 940
-SubTopic 320
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481961/940-320-45-2

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