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Crypto Hedge Fund Galois Capital Shuts Down After Losing $40M to FTX
Galois co-founder said the fund has halted all trading as it is no longer viable post-FTX.
By Sam Reynolds
Updated May 9, 2023, 4:08 a.m. Published Feb 20, 2023, 5:57 a.m.
One of the world’s largest crypto-focused quantitative funds, Galois Capital, has called it quits after losing a sizable portion of its capital in the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange, the firm said in a tweet on Monday.
"Thank you all for the kind words. Yes, it is true that our flagship fund is shutting down," Galois Capital tweeted after the Financial Times reported on the fund closing.
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I appreciate the outpouring of support today when the FT article came out. Thank you all for the kind words. Yes, it is true that our flagship fund is shutting down.
— Galois Capital (@Galois_Capital) February 20, 2023
In November, CoinDesk reported that Galois Capital had $40 million stuck at FTX. At the time, Zhou told his investors that it would take a few years to recover “some percentage” of the funds.
“We will work tirelessly to maximize our chances of recovering stuck capital by any means,” he told investors at the time.
The FT reported that Galois has sold its bankruptcy claims for 16 cents on the dollar. In January, CoinDesk reported that FTX claims were going for around 13 cents on the dollar on the bankruptcy marketplace Xclaim.
“This entire tragic saga starting from the [Terra] collapse to the 3AC [Three Arrows Capital] credit crisis to the FTX/Alameda failure has certainly set the crypto space back significantly,” wrote Zhou in a note seen by FT. “However, I, even now, remain hopeful for crypto’s long-term future.”
According to the FT report, Galois will return the remaining money to its investors.
UPDATE (Feb. 20, 2023, 08:51 UTC): Updates headline and lead with confirmation.
UPDATE (Feb. 20, 2023, 12:00 UTC): Adds additional details.
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