How A New Hedge Fund is Paving the Way for Bitcoin
If you’ve ever built a hedge fund, chances are you’re a financial magnate… And you’re probably really smart. 29-year-old South African entrepreneur Richard Craib certainly appears to be both as the creator of San Francisco’s latest hedge fund operation Numerai. Hedge funds have been looking for new ways to enter the world of bitcoin. A former Coinbase employee who has left the guise of the world’s largest bitcoin exchange to create his own financial haven has already birthed revenue exceeding $10 million, while a New York hedge fund has brought in over $5 million. Impressive totals for....
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In July, a hedge fund in Jersey issued a press release announcing that it had become the first regulated fund to deal in bitcoin. The Jersey fund, called Global Advisors Bitcoin Investment Fund (GABI), later said it was seeking $200m in assets under management. In subsequent months, mentions of GABI have been regularly prefaced by its status as the first regulated bitcoin hedge fund by everyone from the BBC to Newsweek. Now another hedge fund is challenging GABI's claim. Crypto Currency Fund, managed by Timothy Enneking, says that it, not GABI, should rightfully be referred to as the....
No longer is bitcoin for the enthusiast, it would seem. With increasing popularity, businesses - and now financial institutions - are looking to get their hands into the pot. Case in point: A San Francisco-based hedge fund is seeking to bring aboard what they call a "Junior Bitcoin Execution Trader", according to a job posting by Glocap that was emailed to a list of subscribers. The hedge fund's (unclear just which one) "seeking a junior trader to assist with bitcoin execution, general fund operations, and reporting." We've seen interest in bitcoin from hedge funds before, but this is the....
The British IT professional has revealed that his attempt to recover his lost fortune has been sponsored by a multi-billion dollar hedge fund that is willing to cover any and all costs associated with the hunt, including all necessary equipment. Hedge Fund To Back Hunt James Howells, a British IT professional who threw out a […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against a cryptocurrency hedge fund founder for fraud. The regulator is seeking an emergency order freezing $25 million in digital assets held by a crypto hedge fund he controls. Crypto Hedge Fund Founder Sued in the US The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued a crypto hedge fund founder in Manhattan federal court. The regulator alleges that Stefan Qin, a 23-year-old Australian, defrauded investors in his $92.4 million cryptocurrency arbitrage fund, according to Tuesday’s court filing. Qin founded New....
Brevan Howard, a European hedge fund management company, has said it will be expanding its crypto business. BH Digital, which is the hedge fund’s recently created unit, is expected to “manage its cryptocurrency and digital assets.” Growing Interest in Crypto From Hedge Funds In addition to creating BH Digital, Brevan Howard, according to a Reuters report, has also said it will be hiring Colleen Sullivan, the current CEO of the digital arm of trading firm CMT, to lead private and venture investments in crypto. The announcement by Brevan Howard, which is reputed....