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The cryptocurrency hedge funds that survived the 2018 market collapse lost almost half their assets, according to the most comprehensive accounting of its impact on the industr

The median crypto hedge fund delivered a 46% loss in 2018. Quantitative crypto funds, which can take short positions, fared better with a median return of 8%.

Prime Factor Capital is the first crypto hedge fund approved as a full-scope alternative investment fund manager by the UK FCA. The firm will abide by European regulations under which the firm will be allowed to hold more than EUR 100 million in assets under management.

Actively managed cryptocurrency hedge-funds underperformed Bitcoin during the largest digital asset's bull run last year, according to Crypto Fund Research. The funds' average rate of return was 166%, compared with a more than 300% increase in Bitcoin. While the funds as a whole significantly underperformed, a few breakout managers that made long bets and invested in decentralized-finance projects exceeded the average.