Within five years, US hedge funds expect to hold 10.6% of assets in crypto
North American hedge funds are at the vanguard of crypto-curious investors, although EU and U.K. funds are not far behind, expecting to hold 6.8% of their assets in crypto within five years. A new survey of 100 chief financial officers at hedge funds worldwide has indicated that the sector is planning a significant increase in its exposure to crypto assets in the near term.The survey, conducted by Intertrust, suggests that if the respondents’ forecasts were broadly mirrored across the sector, assets in crypto held by global hedge funds could hit $312 billion. United States-based funds were....
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Hedge funds are likely to significantly increase their crypto holdings, a global poll of chief financial officers has indicated. According to an average figure based on their forecasts, the funds will keep more than 7% of assets in cryptocurrency within the next five years. Hedge Fund CFOs Expect Sizable Increase in Crypto Investments The survey, conducted among 100 CFOs around the world, signals that the hedge funds are planning to markedly expand their exposure to cryptocurrencies by 2026. Reuters described the poll results as a major vote of confidence for digital assets, one that....
A global survey of Chief Financial Officers has revealed that hedge funds are planning to hold 7% of their wealth in crypto within the next 5 years. Reuters has described the survey results as a major vote of confidence for cryptocurrency assets within the current market environment. The Hedge Funds Crypto Survey Financial administrator Intertrust […]
The founder of two cryptocurrency hedge funds in New York, Stefan Qin, has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison and three years of supervised release. He is also ordered to forfeit about $55 million. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said that he “engaged in a scheme to steal assets” from his hedge funds and defraud investors.
Crypto Hedge Fund Founder Gets 7.5 Years in Jail
Stefan Qin, the founder of two cryptocurrency hedge funds in New York, has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week.
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Are hedge funds ready to go all-in on cryptocurrencies? Probably not, but some of them are definitely dipping their toes in. The thing is, those toes are enormous. In the article “Mainstream Hedge Funds Pour Billions of Dollars Into Crypto,” the Wall Street Journal does a deep dive into the phenomenon. And we get a closer look into who’s doing what and who isn’t there yet. According to Coinbase’s numbers, “institutional investors as a whole traded $1.14 trillion of cryptocurrencies in 2021, up from $120 billion the year before, and more than twice the $535 billion for individual....
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