Dangerous bet on shitcoins - ICO fund Mike Novograts lost 83% of the cost

The Pantera ICO fund, in which Mike Novogratz's cryptocurrency bank Galaxy Digital invested, is suffering heavy losses due toBetting on little-known altcoins and tokens.

According to the financial report for the third quarter of 2019, Galaxy Digital invested $ 17.4 million in Pantera ICO, but at the moment, the real value of investments is estimated at less than $ 2.9 million.

Source: Galaxy Digital

The fund placed its bets on various unknown ICO coins, but the so-called “altcoin season” that many investors were counting on in recent months did not come.

At the same time, Galaxy Digital's earlier investments in bitcoin are now valued at $ 106.5 million, increasing the cost primarily due to the rising price of the leading cryptocurrency, the report emphasizes.

Earlier, The Block analyst Larry Chermak found that 89% of ICO projects are unprofitable.

The popularity of this form of raising capital has fallen markedly compared to last year. In the first quarter, ICO projects raised just $ 118 million - 58 times less than in 2018.

Contributing to the drop in investor interest in the sectorcontribution and outright fraud cases, starting from relatively small projects like REcoin ($ 2.8 million) or Eastern Metal Securities ($ 11 million), ending with a $ 2.9 billion scam by OneCoin.

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Recall that in August Galaxy Digital increased its investment in the DeFi cryptocurrency lending platform. According to the report, the return on investment was about 80%.