The Advent of Bitcoin Hedge Funds

23 Sep. 2020

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Those who are familiar with the financial markets and its operations, may surely know what hedge funds are. In a hedge fund, financial investment is done in alternative financial strategies like stocks, bonds etc to mitigate any future risk arising due to unforeseen market fluctuations. Now, one may argue that mutual funds also serve the same purpose. Well, the answer is yes but only partially. Learn more about the difference between Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds here.

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What are Bitcoin Hedge Funds or Crypto Hedge Funds?

On similar lines as that of hedge funds, Crypto Hedge Funds invest the cryptocurrency of investors, leveraging multiple strategies, in various financial investments with the aim of generating returns for investors while also managing and hedging risks against the investment. In some of our previous blogs, we saw how Decentralized Finance and its services like Crypto loans, Crypto Derivative Trading, Yield Farming etc have garnered much attention and interest from crypto investors. Crypto Hedge Funds is another such area which is gaining immense popularity in the crypto space in recent years.

Currently, the main focus area of crypto hedge funds are Bitcoin and Ethereum. Infact, Bitcoin is already running in the race, with Bitcoin hedge funds witnessing substantial investments from investors. According to a survey, the % of crypto hedge funds managing assets of over $20 million increased to $44 million last year, clearly indicating the rise in their stakes. Below is a graph depicting the growth in the volume of Bitcoin hedge funds in the last couple of years.

Crypto Bitcoin Hedge Funds graph

Types of Crypto Hedge Funds/Bitcoin Hedge Funds

The investment company has multiple options to choose from to invest in crypto hedge funds. These are strategies that can be applied to any cryptocurrency like Bitcoin or Ethereum. Bitcoin Hedge Funds also follow the below strategies.

Forex Trading

In Forex Trading, a trader, based on his experience, research and analysis and the latest market news and trends, decides whether it is the correct time to buy or sell cryptos. If the trader decides to invest in Bitcoin Hedge Funds, he gathers all the trading signals for Bitcoin from the market like news, events etc to determine the feasibility of buying or selling.

FoF (Fund of Funds)

As the name suggests, Fund of Funds, abbreviated as FoF, is investing in a portfolio of other funds instead of investing in stocks or bonds. Hence, it is also known as multi-manager investment.

Quant models or Quantitative

In this type of Bitcoin Hedge Funds, quantitative models are developed to do a thorough study of how the funds should be invested in order to beat the risk. There have been proven records that show how quant models are used to tackle highly volatile cryptos like Bitcoin.. According to the annual PwC–Elwood Crypto Hedge Fund Report, the most common crypto or bitcoin hedge fund strategy is quantitative totalling up to 48% of the entire volume.

Crypto Bitcoin Hedge Funds types

Multi-Strategy

True to its name, multi-strategy funds means investing in multiple strategies like long and short equity, convertible bonds, arbitrage trading etc. By investing in multiple and diverse strategies, it is possible to mitigate the risks associated with crypto fluctuations and single strategy investments. Multi-strategy bitcoin hedge funds account to almost 17-18% of the total volume of crypto hedge funds.

Arbitrage

Simply put, the arbitrage method of Bitcoin hedge funds or any other crypto hedge funds is the strategy of earning profits due to the price difference of an asset in different markets.

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What the future holds for Bitcoin Hedge Funds?

While the crypto trading space was limited to private traders and investors before, the emergence of the crypto hedge funds and bitcoin hedge funds has attracted other professional investors as well. The overall growth and the increased interest in this field is very promising.

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