New York Hedge Fund Brings in Over $5m in Bitcoin Deposits

New York Hedge Fund Brings in Over $5m in Bitcoin Deposits

A hedge fund based in New York by the name of NYSO HEDGE and specializing in "high risk, high return" investments has revealed that it has accepted roughly $5.4 million in bitcoin deposits. This news follows an initial announcement by the fund to begin accepting bitcoin for deposits on the 7th of February - so it's taken just about three days for them to amass that amount from bitcoin holders. "NYSO HEDGE's own Risk management team (due to these circumstances), has deemed bitcoin deposits as safe as wire transfers with careful research and considerations." NYSO applied to get regulatory....


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