Hedge fund giant Renaissance Technologies to enter the Bitcoin futures market?
|- One of the largest hedge funds in the world, Renaissance Technologies, is eyeing the Bitcoin futures market.
- The company manages $166,000,000,000 in regulatory assets.
- Renaissance noted that it would limit its trading activities to contracts traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Renaissance Technologies, the firm that manages around $166 billion in regulatory assets, will soon be venturing into Bitcoin futures. In a recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company revealed that it has green-lighted its $10-billion flagship Medallion fund to enter the Bitcoin futures market.
Renaissance Technologies acknowledged the risks associated with Bitcoin investments and described the leading crypto as a relatively new and speculative asset. This was stated due to the asset’s limited history, decentralized system, lack of recognition as a legal tender and its potential to power fraudulent transactions.
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Renaissance Technologies noted that it is limiting crypto trading activities to Bitcoin futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Bitcoin futures on the CME are cash-settled and do not involve the actual exchange of BTC.
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