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Markets

Brazilian Hedge Fund Still Down 56%, Despite 16 Months of Crypto Gains

BLP Asset Management's cryptocurrency trading has been held back by lackluster returns accumulated during 2018’s market rout.

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Finance

Defying Coronavirus Crash, BlockTower Crypto Fund Stretches 30% Total Return to 73%

When coronavirus shutdowns roiled financial markets, BlockTower Capital more than doubled its cryptocurrency hedge fund's previously so-so returns.

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Finance

Pantera Crypto Hedge Funds Are Losing Double Digits, Bitcoin Fund Is Up 10,000% to Date

Pantera Capital’s bitcoin fund is vastly outperforming its more exotic crypto-asset fund counterparts.

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead

Finance

Bequant Launches Crypto Prime Brokerage to Compete for Institutional Money

London-based Bequant becomes one of only a few companies in crypto to offer a full range of prime brokerage services for hedge funds.

Bequant CEO George Zarya

Markets

The Great Monetary Inflation: Paul Tudor Jones' Complete Case for Bitcoin

The story behind the soundbite: why one of the world’s most famous investors is betting on bitcoin as a hedge against a new inflation era.

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Markets

Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin Markets Are Growing Up. Bitcoin Mining Is, Too

There is a notable shift in the style and profile of bitcoin miners, towards more sophisticated structures and financial engineering.

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Markets

Bitcoin Dominance Is Making Investors Rich, Thanks to Crypto Hedge Funds

Crypto hedge funds saw their assets under management double to $2 billion in 2019, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

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Markets

Hedge Fund Pioneer Turns Bullish on Bitcoin Amid 'Unprecedented' Monetary Inflation

Paul Tudor Jones II, a pioneer of the modern hedge fund industry, is ready to bet on bitcoin’s price as an inflation hedge.

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Finance

'Long Bitcoin' It Ain't: Crypto Traders Make Sense of Renaissance Filing

How might Renaissance approach bitcoin as an underlying asset, given the hedge fund’s reputation for using mind-bending math to find profits?

SECOND COMING? News of asset manager Renaissance considering bitcoin futures set off a raft of institutional speculation. (Detail from "Last Judgement" by Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel. Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Investors in Polychain Capital’s Crypto Hedge Fund Saw 1,332% Gains – If They Stomached the Dips

An investor document obtained by CoinDesk charts the dramatic ups and downs of the first four years of Polychain Capital’s cryptocurrency hedge fund.

Polychain Capital founder and CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)