Portfolio managers and traders will decide which ICOs to enter and which to avoid, which currencies to buy and sell, and they promise to produce gains on your investment. They take a portion of the profits as management and performance fees in return. Early crypto funds had a huge success and that has spurred other players, including traditional financial experts, to enter the crypto industry. According to a recent report by financial research firm Autonomous Next, there are now more than 100 funds, a big majority of them launched in 2017 and 2018. A total of more than $2 billion is handled by the funds, which is a large sum for a nascent sector that has yet to see the turn of the decade.