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Crypto Fund Research CEO, Josh Gnaizda joins Coindesks' Consenus Distributed May 12, 2020 - CoindeskCEO Josh Gnaizda joins Paul Brodsky of Pantera, Scott Army of Vision Hill, and others for a Crypto Fund Happy Hour as part of Consensus Distributed 2020.   View Video

Crypto Fund Research: Market Intelligence That Helps Investors Navigate Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds and Venture Capital Opportunities April 17, 2020 - CardRatesIn a Nutshell: While traditional hedge funds have a long and storied history, players in the world of crypto are still sorting themselves out. Investing opportunities abound in crypto, but what’s been missing is a means for surfacing the...

Fintech Startup Dsdaq Raises a $1.5M Angel Round Funding led by Efftronics Asia and Draper Dragon Fund April 7, 2020 - Yahoo FinanceDsdaq, a Fintech startup incorporated in Oct, 2019, announced a $1.5 million angel investment from Efftronics Asia, a family investment office in Hong Kong, and DraperDragon, a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm....Draper Dragon was ranked No. 18 worldwide...

Crypto Investment Fund Suffers Hack Exposing Data of 266,000 Users: Report Mar 5, 2020 - CoindeskThe fund does not list its team members on the website and has no presence in LinkedIn. It’s unclear where the fund is registered or physically located. According to Crypto Fund Research, the fund is based in Malta. It offers clients investment in a “top 10 crypto” index calculated by the fund...

With Bitcoin topping $10,000 once again, is now the time to invest? February 16, 2020 - The National "It is somewhere to store and protect your wealth, outside of traditional markets, and in an asset with largely uncorrelated returns," says Richard Galvin, chief executive of Digital Asset Capital Management, whose DAF Liquid Venture fund has just been declared the top-performing crypto fund in...

70 Crypto Funds Close Doors as Institutional Interest Fails to Materialize December 13, 2019, Crowdfund InsiderStill, if you were paying close attention, you might have noticed that the initial action at Bakkt was modest. There were also quiet exits from the space though such reports are not particularly favoured in the crypto press or on crypto twitter, which typically likes to maintain...

Cindicator Launches Crypto Hedge Fund Based on Hybrid Intelligence December 13, 2019, Finance MagnatesCindicator is launching the fund at a time when the crypto hedge fund industry is seeing a tough time. According to a recent report by Crypto Fund Research, as many as 70 crypto hedge funds closed their operations in 2019. This was primarily led by the low institutional turn out for crypto...

70 cryptocurrency hedge funds have closed so far this year, investors weary of Bitcoin December 13, 2019, TNWIf the latest trend continues, it looks like cryptocurrency focused hedge funds could be on the way out. According to specialist researchers, Crypto Fund Research, more than 70 hedge funds specializing in investments into digital asset projects have closed this year...   Read Full...

Crypto Funds Are Closing While the Biggest Investors Stand Aside December 4, 2019 - BloombergIt appears they’ll need to keep waiting a little longer, with nearly 70 crypto-focused hedge funds that mostly cater to pensions, family offices and wealthy individuals closing this year, according to San Francisco-based Crypto Fund Research. The number of new fund launched is less than half the amount...

Teaser Rates Come to Crypto as Binance Starts Lending Business Aug 26 2019 - Bloomberg“They need to keep growing their product offerings as their reach becomes limited by their attempts to launch compliant offerings,” Gnaizda said. “And more specifically, providing lending services based on BNB and Tether allows them to fund the expansion of their margin trading business.”...   Read Full...

Crypto Funds Are Outperforming – You Shouldn’t Be Surprised Aug 24, 2019 - CoinDeskThe CFR Crypto Fund Index tracks more than 40 crypto funds, mostly hedge funds, across a variety of strategies. It shows that even as bitcoin climbed about 1,000 percent between January 2017 and June 2019, crypto funds gained more than 1,400 percent...   Read Full Article

SEC’s Custody & Manipulation Concerns Still Plague Bitcoin ETF Aug 21 2019 - Finance MagnatesIt is true that cryptocurrency hedge funds did suffer from the crypto winter of 2018–and gained a rather bad reputation as a result. Josh Gnaizda, CEO of Crypto Fund Research, said in November of 2018 that “we are seeing some firms now close,” and estimated that 35 of the 633 crypto hedge funds that his...

A Microsoft-backed NYSE operator is gearing up to roll out Bitcoin futures — and it could propel cryptos into the mainstream Aug 20, 2019 - Business Insider"The addition of physically settled Bitcoin futures solves two key problems for institutional investors. First, it offers exposure to Bitcoin on a reputable exchange with few custody concerns. More importantly, it provides true price...

Biggest Crypto Hedge Funds and What They Tell About the Market Aug 16, 2019 - CoinTelegraphBack at the end of 2014, it was reported that its AUM totalled $591.5 million, having plunged from a high at the end of 2017 of around $1 billion. However, data from Crypto Fund Research states that, as of June 2019, it has $967 million of cryptocurrency under management....   Read Full Article