Crypto funds captured only part of April's Bitcoin rally: the CFR Crypto Fund Index returned +1.66% vs Bitcoin's +11.83%.
But year-to-date funds are ahead, down 7.75% vs Bitcoin's 12.80%. Low beta cuts both ways.
a16z crypto just closed its 5th crypto fund at $2.2B, bringing its total to $9.8B raised, even as crypto VC cooled to ~$5B in Q1 from ~$6B a year ago.
The biggest allocators keep committing while smaller managers pull back.
Money left crypto funds again last week: about $1.47B of outflows, a second straight negative week, led by Bitcoin.
And it wasn't just ETFs. CFR's data shows crypto hedge funds saw net outflows in April too (~$2.2B est.), even as the CFR Index rose 1.66%.
CFR Data Point: which crypto fund style has delivered the best risk-adjusted returns since 2017?
Algorithmic/quant funds lead with a Sharpe of ~2.5, versus ~0.7 for passive index/tracker funds, and with roughly half the max drawdown.
Systematic strategies have earned their fee.
Crypto hedge funds returned 24.49% in Feb. The data is still preliminary, as funds continue to report, but as it stands it is the best single month return for crypto funds since 2021
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Investors pull assets from crypto funds even as funds outperform Bitcoin and other benchmarks.
Crypto funds saw over $60 million in net investor withdrawals in Q3. This comes despite crypto funds outperforming Bitcoin by over 6% during the period.
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“Crypto Fund Research estimates that between 100 and 150 crypto hedge funds, or around 25 to 40 per cent of the total number of such specialist funds, have some direct exposure to FTX Group or to FTT…”
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Josh Gnaizda of Crypto Fund Research told DealBook that he expected many crypto-focused funds to “temporarily suspend or limit redemptions until they have clarity on whether these assets can be withdrawn, or will need to be marked to zero.”
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Despite a rough year for crypto assets, crypto funds have raised over $17 billion in new funds in 2022 - easily outpacing the $18 billion in new funds raised last year.
These are the top 25 crypto fund launches in 2022:
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Crypto funds underperformed Bitcoin in the first quarter. They also saw AUM drop for the first time in a year.
2022 Q1 Crypto Fund Report https://t.co/ebRmKeDcEP via @cryptoFResearch
Crypto funds returned 154% in 2021 vs. just under 60% for Bitcoin. Crypto funds continue to outperform Bitcoin, particularly during turbulent market conditions.
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Crypto funds predicted the current Bitcoin ATH just a few months ago.
This summer, with BTC around $30k, 78% of crypto funds we surveyed believed BTC would reach new highs in next 12 months. It took 3.
See this and more in the 2021 Crypto Fund Survey: https://t.co/ou5EGQxxm1
Crypto funds outperformed Bitcoin by more than 30% in Q2, despite posting negative performance. Crypto fund assets under management fell slightly, but remain above $50B. See these insights and more in the Q2 2021 Crypto Fund Report
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