Crypto Biz: The 3AC saga takes another bizarre twist
Once the most revered hedge fund in crypto, Three Arrows Capital has gone bust. As it turns out, its holdings of Deribit shares may be much smaller than reported. About eight months ago, I vouched pretty strongly for Su Zhu to be included in the prestigious Cointelegraph Top 100. My reasoning was pretty straightforward: Zhu was not only an influential figure on social media, but he ran arguably the most revered hedge fund in crypto — Three Arrows Capital, also known as 3AC. Then, the bear market of 2022 exposed 3AC as a house of cards run by founders who believed their own hype — and made....
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