Hedgeweek has announced the winners of the Global Digital Assets Awards 2024, which recognise fund performance and service provider excellence in digital assets.

The awards were presented at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today, 27 June, at etc. venues, County Hall, London.

The service provider categories were based on detailed research by our in-house team and a survey of more than 100 global-based digital assets fund managers.

The long-term performance categories were based on annualised returns over 36 or 24 months (as relevant) from 1 Dec 2020 (or 1 Dec 2021) through 30 Nov 2023.

Pre-selection data for the fund manager shortlist was provided by BarclayHedge and based on both annualised returns and risk-relative returns over 12 months from 1 Dec 2022 to 30 Nov 2023.

The winners of Fund of the Year categories were selected by our Investor Advisory Board.

The winners are:

Managers Absolute Performance of the Year - Digital Assets Fund (Trailing 12 Months) – Abraxas Capital Management Ltd. Absolute Performance of the Year - Digital Assets Fund (Trailing 24 Months) – North Rock Digital, LP Absolute Performance of the Year - Digital Assets Fund (Trailing 36 Months) – Axion Global Asset Management Limited (Axion Crypto Energetics Strategy (ACES)) Absolute Performance of the Year - Directional Fund – Alphabeth Capital Absolute Performance of the Year - Fund of Funds/ Multi-Advisor Fund – Bentley Reid Absolute Performance of the Year - Index/Index Tracking Fund – Deutsche Digital Assets Absolute Performance of the Year - Long Bias Fund – Alphabeth Capital Absolute Performance of the Year - Long/Short Fund – Lavaliere Capital Management, LLC. Absolute Performance of the Year - Multistrategy Fund – Axion Global Asset Management Limited (Axion Crypto Energetics Strategy (ACES)) Discretionary Digital Assets Fund of the Year – Alphabeth Capital Performance of the Year - Directional Fund (1+ Years) – Firinne Capital, Firinne Liquid Digital Asset Fund Performance of the Year - Directional Fund (2+ Years) – North Rock Digital, LP Performance of the Year - Directional Fund (3+ Years) – Alphabeth Capital Performance of the Year - Index/Index Tracking Fund (3+ Years) – Deutsche Digital Assets Performance of the Year - Index/Index Tracking Fund (Less than 3 Years) – Hashdex Performance of the Year - Long Bias Fund (1+ Years) – VanEck, VanEck Digital Assets Alpha Fund Performance of the Year - Long Bias Fund (2+ Years) – North Rock Digital, LP Performance of the Year - Long Bias Fund (3+ Years) – Alphabeth Capital Performance of the Year - Market Neutral Fund (Less than 3 Years) – Active Digital Funds Performance of the Year - Market Neutral Fund (3+ Years) – Abraxas Capital Management Ltd. Performance of the Year - Multistrategy Fund (Less than 3 Years) – Alt Tab Capital Ltd (Forerunner Fund) Quantitative Digital Assets Fund of the Year – Deutsche Digital Assets Relative Performance of the Year - Digital Assets Fund (Trailing 12 Months) – Abraxas Capital Management Ltd. Relative Performance of the Year - Digital Assets Fund (Trailing 24 Months) – Digital Asset Funds Management (Opportunities Class) Relative Performance of the Year - Digital Assets Fund (Trailing 36 Months) – Altana Wealth (Altana Specialty Finance) Relative Performance of the Year - Directional Fund – Alphabeth Capital Relative Performance of the Year - Fund of Funds/Multi-Advisor Fund – Bentley Reid Relative Performance of the Year - Index/Index Tracking Fund – Deutsche Digital Assets Relative Performance of the Year - Long Bias Fund – Alphabeth Capital Relative Performance of the Year - Long/Short Fund – Active Digital Funds Relative Performance of the Year - Multistrategy Fund – Nickel Digital Asset Management / Diversified Alpha Fund Best Index Fund/Index Tracking Fund – Hashdex Best Digital Assets Fund – Abraxas Capital Management Ltd. Best Market Neutral Fund – Abraxas Capital Management Ltd. Best Directional Fund – VanEck, VanEck Digital Assets Alpha Fund Best Fund of Funds/Multi-Advisor Fund – Bentley Reid Best Long Bias Fund – North Rock Digital, LP Best Long/Short Fund – Plaintext Capital Management Best Multistrategy Fund – Blockforce Capital Best Systematic Digital Assets Fund – Active Digital Funds

Service Providers Administrator of the Year - Overall – NAV Fund Administration Group Administrator of the Year - Technology – Trident Trust Audit Provider of the Year – PwC Blockchain Technology of the Year – Ripple Custodian of the Year - Overall – Copper.co Custodian of the Year - Innovation – Fireblocks Custodian of the Year - APAC – Cactus Custody Custodian of the Year - EMEA – Komainu Custodian of the Year - US – BitGo Cyber Security Solution of the Year – Ledger Enterprise Solutions Data and Research Solution of the Year – CCData Exchange of the Year – LMAX Digital Exchange of the Year - Innovation – Six Digital Exchange of the Year - Derivatives – Deribit Execution and Trading Solution of the Year – GCEX Executive Search Firm of the Year – Defi Recruitment Index Provider of the Year – CoinDesk Indices Law Firm of the Year - Fund Domicile – Harneys Law Firm of the Year - Overall – Simmons & Simmons Market Making Provider of the Year – B2C2 Most Innovative Solution Provider of the Year – Haruko New Solution Provider of the Year – Quadra Trade Portfolio Management Solution of the Year – 1Token Prime Broker of the Year - Overall – Coinbase Prime Broker of the Year - APAC – LTP Prime Broker of the Year - EMEA – Hidden Road Prime Broker of the Year - US – FalconX Regulatory Advisor of the Year – Kroll Risk Management Solution of the Year – QIS Risk Tax Provider of the Year – Lukka Technology of the Year - Infrastructure – Gemini Technology of the Year - Overall – Elwood Technologies Trading Platform of the Year – TALOS Treasury Management Solution of the Year – ABRA