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Monday, April 23, 2018 11:15 AM UTC
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R&D is an ongoing phenomenon, about four decades ago, the operating system software was revolutionized and as a result, Microsoft was found in 1975. Two decades ago internet revolution took place, Google is established. Form last two decades, social networking has been the hot potato and umpteen numbers of social networking companies have formed including FB, Hangout, Whatsapp etc.

If your eye swings on the current era of technology, you may wonder what's happening with the latest generation, at Harvard tech entrepreneurs appear to cash in on cryptocurrency.

Bushra Hamid, the 19-year-old Syrian immigrants, joined her hands with her mates to establish Plympton Capital, which is going to a hedge fund meant for digital currencies.

Last week, we mentioned that the leading global hedge fund data whizz, Barclay Hedge launched its latest equal-weighted index, the Cryptocurrency Traders Index, evidencing that participants in the industry plunged almost over 29% in March 2018. It is down by 43% year to date, posted three consecutive monthly losses.

Contrary to this news, Hamid mentions about her aims to launch within six to eight weeks, starting with a whopping $1 million. Plympton, named for a street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, funds are already raised about $700,000 from her kith and kins.

While many techno-savvies have fiddled in cryptocurrencies, funds became interested in the last few years. About 226 have opened so far, most of them within the past year, managing as much as $5 billion in the capital, according to Autonomous Research.

Bitcoin, the bellwether for the entire market, has retreated from last year's heights, sending the crypto fund returns down 48 percent in the first quarter, according to the Eurekahedge Crypto-Currency Hedge Fund Index.

Hamid has been apparently contacting attorney John Lore for assistance in building funds as for the cryptocurrency hedge fund industry, it seems the ideal time to start up the infrastructure to set up a fund.

Currency Strength Index: FxWirePro's hourly BTC spot index has shown 83 (which is bullish), while hourly USD spot index was at 87 (bullish) while articulating at 11:06 GMT. For more details on the index, please refer below weblink:

http://www.fxwirepro.com/currencyindex.

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