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Fund flow data from Crypto Fund Research reveals that investors withdrew more than $160 million in assets from crypto hedge funds in the third quarter, despite funds outperforming Bitcoin by almost 6%.

Investors pulled $14 million from crypto hedge funds in September, bringing the total net flows from crypto hedge funds in Q3 to $64.4 million USD. Investor net flows are the sum of investor subscriptions and withdrawals. The data comes from the CFR Performance Database which tracks the monthly returns and assets of more than 270 crypto hedge funds. Crypto hedge funds have returned 17.7% YTD through September.

Investor redemptions have typically come in periods in which crypto hedge funds performed poorly or drastically underperformed Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Crypto fund performance, as defined by the CFR Crypto Fund Index, was -5.48% for Q3, while Bitcoin was down -11.28% in the period. Yet while crypto hedge funds outperformed Bitcoin by more than 6% in the third quarter, investors quietly pulled over $160 million in assets from these funds.

Year to date, net investor outflows total $676 million. Meanwhile, crypto funds have returned 17.7% in 2023. While admirable, this falls far short of Bitcoin's 63% YTD return. Crypto fund flows October 2023

"Though crypto funds performed well on a relative basis, fund outflows in the third quarter suggest investors still remain somewhat skittish," said Josh Gnaizda, CEO of Crypto Fund Research. ......................

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