The bubble of cryptocurrency hedge funds has finally started to give way and is crumbling under its own weight. The world of cryptocurrencies saw a huge boom in 2017 with cryptocurrencies here and there hitting new all time highs in their pricing. There were many trends which emerged last year with the increase of the inception of cryptocurrency hedge funds being one of them. Last year saw 150 cryptocurrency hedge funds come into existence with the rise of Bitcoin’s value that really brought the cryptocurrency world into the mainstream.Since almost hitting the $20k mark, the price of Bitcoin is now barely half of what it was and it is seeing its lowest value since November of last year. Due to this sharp decline in the value of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, there is more reason for investors to be highly skeptical about making the decision to invest in cryptocurrency hedge funds.With so many cryptocurrency hedge funds around, the ability for these funds to raise a significant amount of capital from external sources has suddenly seen a downturn and at least 9 cryptocurrency hedge funds are reported to have shut down in light of recent conditions in the cryptocurrency world. Some of the biggest cryptocurrency hedge funds like Crowd Crypto Fund and Alpha Protocol have also seen the brunt of this change in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The former went as far as deleting their social media profile presence and even deleting their website while Alpha Protocol made the announcement that it will be refunding the investors considering how bad things are going right now.The reason why there are so many cryptocurrency hedge funds and still quite a few seeing inception in 2018 is to do with the fact that the cryptocurrency hedge funds enjoyed plenty of success last year. Some of the cryptocurrency hedge funds even saw 1000% profits being made. That probably led to so many eager investors lining up to invest because of the FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) on a lucrative opportunity to make fortunes and retire early. After three months into the new year, at least 9 of the cryptocurrency hedge funds have been seen shuttering down with a decline of 23 percent in the returns.Lex Sokolin is the global director of Autonomous Research LLP’s fintech strategy. According to him, by the end of 2018, we are very likely to see a tenth of all the cryptocurrency hedge funds which have sprung into existence in recent years close down. It is estimated that at the current state of affairs, barely fifty of the cryptocurrency hedge funds might actually be able to raise enough capital funding to remain a sustainable option when it comes to profiting the institutional investors who have staked a claim in them. All of the rest are not going to make it.is a Bitcoin pioneer, a social economist and digital currency trader. His work in this field is legendary. In 2011, at the dawn of the crypto era, he founded BitInstant, the first and largest Bitcoin company. In 2013, he founded the Bitcoin Foundation and serve as its vice chairman. Since then, Charlie has advised more than a dozen digital currency companies, launched and managed numerous partnerships between crypto and non-crypto companies, and is the go-to guy for some of the world’s wealthiest entrepreneurs. In short, he is the ultimate insider at the epicenter of the crypto universe.is a premier advisory firm providing expert research, education and advice in the world of cryptoassets. The company is unique in that it combines the unparalleled expertise of crypto pioneer Charlie Shrem with the unparalleled market knowledge of three Wall Street experts with more than a century of combined financial industry experience. Together, they have managed and traded more than $1 billion in assets. In a world of "instant experts," who have little knowledge or trading experience, the Crypto.IQ team offers the proven depth, insight and knowledge to help their clients achieve success.

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