Monthly Archives: February 2026
Why Bitcoin’s Crash Is the Defining Financial Story of Today:
(HedgeCo.Net) As of February 2, 2026, the global cryptocurrency market is in the midst of a dramatic retracement, marked by sharply falling prices across major digital assets, a surge in investor fear, and broader macroeconomic headwinds reshaping sentiment toward risk […]
Blackstone’s Biggest Hedge Fund Platform Posted a 12% Gain in 2025 — Here’s What It Signals for 2026:
(HedgeCo.Net) Blackstone’s largest hedge fund platform delivered a nearly 12% return in 2025, beating the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index (about 7.1%) and reinforcing a narrative that’s quietly been building across the hedge fund landscape: multi-asset, multi-engine hedge platforms are regaining their “all-weather” credibility—not by […]
Leadership and Tech Transitions Shake Up Citadel:
(HedgeCo.Net) The hedge fund technology stack and executive leadership are undergoing notable transitions at some of the biggest U.S. players, with implications for strategy execution, quant capabilities, and risk infrastructure. Even as hedge fund performance posted robust figures in 2025, […]
Top Investors Shift the Balance: Why Quant Funds Are Now the Preferred Hedge Fund Allocation:
(HedgeCo.Net) For the first time in modern hedge fund history, institutional investors are allocating more capital to quantitative hedge funds than to any other hedge fund strategy. The shift marks a profound change in how the world’s largest asset owners—pensions, endowments, […]
Private Markets Go Mainstream:
(HedgeCo.Net) Financial advisors are pivoting alternatives from boutique to core portfolio building blocks — and asset managers are responding with new, scalable solutions. The landscape of alternative investments continues its fastest transformation in years. Once the exclusive domain of institutional […]
Stablecoins, Regulation, and the Structural Debate Shaking Cryptocurrency
(HedgeCo.Net) While Bitcoin’s recent decline captures headlines, a far larger systemic narrative is emerging: the battle over stablecoins and the role of regulatory frameworks between crypto proponents and traditional financial institutions. At the core of this clash lies a fundamental […]
Stock futures fall as Wall Street awaits the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge:
(CNBC) Stock futures fell as Wall Street weighed the latest earnings results and looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 78 points, or 0.2%. The S&P 500 futures and […]
Snowflake says Frank Slootman is retiring as CEO, stock plunges more than 20%
(CNBC) Snowflake said on Wednesday that billionaire CEO Frank Slootman, who joined the cloud software company in 2019 and took it public the following year, is retiring and will be replaced by former Google ad chief Sridhar Ramaswamy. Shares of […]
Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor nets $700 million in gains on 3-day pop in crypto and MicroStrategy
(CNBC) While the long-term safety of bitcoin may still be up for debate, Michael Saylor’s strategy has been a hugely lucrative one, particularly this week. Shares of MicroStrategy, which derives the vast majority of its value from its bitcoin holdings, […]
Novavax stock falls 20% as vaccine maker misses quarterly estimates, sees sluggish 2024 sales
(CNBC) Shares of Novavax closed more than 20% lower on Wednesday after the vaccine maker reported fourth-quarter revenue and earnings that missed Wall Street’s estimates and said it expects full-year 2024 sales to come in flat or lower than last […]
Alibaba Cloud slashes prices by as much as 55% to fuel AI growth in China
(CNBC) Alibaba ’s cloud business on Thursday said it is cutting prices on a wide range of core cloud products by as much as 55%, in a bid to fuel AI growth in China. The move aims to make “cloud […]
Former New York cop charged with swindling investors in foreign exchange trading fund
(CNBC) A former New York City police officer was indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud after he allegedly lied to investors and lost most of the $4.8 million they put into his foreign exchange-focused investment fund, prosecutors said Wednesday. […]