Number of crypto hedge funds doubles in four months: Autonomous NEXT data

LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds focused on trading cryptocurrencies more than doubled in the four months to Feb. 15, hitting a record high of 226, showed new data from fintech research house Autonomous NEXT on Thursday.

The firm had recorded just 110 global hedge funds with a similar strategy as of Oct. 18, up from 55 funds at Aug. 29 and just 37 at the start of 2017.

Assets under management hit between $3.5 and $5 billion, according to the firm.