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Bletchley Park Asset Management Challenges faced by Crypto currency Hedge Funds October 2018

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Page 1: 3 Lewis Fellas Bletchley Park - Challenges faced by Crypto

Bletchley Park Asset ManagementChallenges faced by Crypto currency Hedge FundsOctober 2018

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Confidential Information 222This communication is intended for information purposes only and is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to purchase any security or investment product offered by Bletchley Park Asset Management Jersey Limited

Cryptocurrency Market SizeCrypto assets continue to gain traction

Great potential for exponential growth compared to the global financial assets economy

Crypto$200bn

$285tnGlobal Financial Assets

Global Equity Market

$7.3tn

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Confidential Information 333This communication is intended for information purposes only and is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to purchase any security or investment product offered by Bletchley Park Asset Management Jersey Limited

Major Security Concerns

$4bn+LOST IN EXCHANGE RELATED HACKS

78% HACKS THROUGH

EXCHANGES

Market ChallengesPoor security, lack of liquidity and high volatility create a challenging market

Source: Hackernoon, Economist, Reuters, Banks.com, Bitcoinity.org, CNBC.com

Thin Liquidity for Execution

$846mnAVG DAILY BITCOIN SPOT VOLUME YTD

$1.8tnAVG DAILY FX

VOLUME

Volatile Market Performance

62%BITCOIN 252 DAY

ROLLING VOL

-55%2018 YTDBITCOIN PERFORMANCE

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Confidential Information 444This communication is intended for information purposes only and is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to purchase any security or investment product offered by Bletchley Park Asset Management Jersey Limited

Client Onboarding

Ticket sizeLarge number of smaller allocations due to high volatility

Subscriptions in CryptoProvenance of coins

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Confidential Information 555This communication is intended for information purposes only and is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to purchase any security or investment product offered by Bletchley Park Asset Management Jersey Limited

Operations

ReportingAbsence of Prime Broker for reconciliation

Counterparty riskLack of Transparency

No Procedural Standards

API, Reports & time convention

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Confidential Information 666This communication is intended for information purposes only and is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to purchase any security or investment product offered by Bletchley Park Asset Management Jersey Limited

Valuation

Reference rateExchanges, Liquidity & Timing

Integration with FIAT Portfolio rebalancing & timing of bank wire

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Confidential Information 777This communication is intended for information purposes only and is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to purchase any security or investment product offered by Bletchley Park Asset Management Jersey Limited

Regulatory

Limited global coordination

Differing appraisal of Crypto currencies US – Commodities

Japan – Recognized as currency

Most regulators are undecided

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Confidential Information 888This communication is intended for information purposes only and is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to purchase any security or investment product offered by Bletchley Park Asset Management Jersey Limited

Tax

Varying Global ClassificationLimited transparency on regulatory status of tokens creates undefined tax liability

Off-exchange transactionsMay facilitate asset ownership change at a non-representative prices

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Confidential Information 999This communication is intended for information purposes only and is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to purchase any security or investment product offered by Bletchley Park Asset Management Jersey Limited

The Future

Streamlined Subscription processUse of Blockchain to provide secure KYC without paper

Blockchain Inter-operabilityReal time position balances secured by blockchain security

Real time client reportingReal time position data and P&L available to Investors (Blessing and a curse!)