Hedge funds trusted crypto exchange FTX with billions of dollars. Now, they stand to lose it all.
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Some funds have lost most of their assets and may cease to exist. From a report out overnight in the Financial Times:
Hedge funds have billions of dollars stuck on failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX and could face years of waiting to recover anything at all from a marketplace they once believed to be one of the industry’s most reliable bets.
“I lost my investors’ money after they put faith in me to manage risk and I am truly sorry for that,” tweeted Travis Kling, founder of Ikigai Asset Management, which has a “large majority” of its hedge fund’s assets stuck on FTX. “I have publicly endorsed FTX many times,” he added. “I was wrong.”
Other funds, such as Galois Capital, had half or more of their assets on FTX. It could take years to recover those assets, if they’re recoverable at all.
Crypto exchanges typically hold customers’ money longer than stock brokers. This leaves customers more exposed to problems at the exchange.
To add insult to injury, hackers may be looting what little money FTX has left. A series of abnormal transactions have vacuumed hundreds of millions out of the bankrupt exchange.
Rather than place their trust in FTX, hedge funds should’ve used a service like Coinbase Custody.
Coinbase Custody puts customer assets in segregated cold storage. Its parent company is US-based.
As a public company, Coinbase has to make disclosures FTX would never dream of. And it even has SOC 2 security certification.
An exchange like Coinbase is a real, grown-up company. FTX was an amphetamine-fueled commune in a questionable jurisdiction.
But hey, why not trust them with billions in your investors’ money?
I expect to see a lot of the funds that did business with FTX shut down. It’s hard to trade when all your money’s gone.
Investors big and small should be careful about who they do business with. Stick to companies in reputable jurisdictions with the right controls in place.
It turns out the brave new world of crypto is a lot like the old world: full of scammers. Buyer beware.
After the implosion of FTX, who do you think is next? Leave a comment at the bottom and let me know!
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Note: I have no affiliation with Coinbase.
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