Bitcoin has traditionally been the simplest way to gain exposure to the crypto market. But a new generation of investment funds is taking a different approach — using quantitative models, derivatives, arbitrage, and market-neutral strategies to seek returns without relying entirely on Bitcoin’s direction.
How a Technology-Driven Investment Firm Is Redefining Digital Asset Investing Through Systematic Research, Proprietary Infrastructure, and Institutional Risk Management
The digital asset industry has undergone a profound transformation over the last decade. What began as a largely retail-driven market has evolved into a global financial ecosystem attracting institutional investors, family offices, corporations, and sovereign capital.
Yet despite this evolution, many investment firms continue to rely on approaches that are increasingly vulnerable in today’s markets. Traditional discretionary trading, reactive decision-making, and dependence on directional market exposure have become less effective as markets mature and competition intensifies.
Rising Capital was built on a different premise.
In an era dominated by market noise, geopolitical uncertainty, and erratic asset liquidations, traditional directional strategies have faced unprecedented challenges. Yet, for quantitative, non-directional frameworks built specifically to prioritize risk-adjusted compounding over unhedged beta, structural volatility is not a threat; it is an opportunity.
August 2026 provided another masterclass in the power of systematic execution. While traditional equities struggled to find momentum and digital assets experienced violent whipsaws, The Rising Fund delivered a standout +11.16% monthly return, continuing to dramatically outperform Bitcoin, major crypto funds globally, and every primary global asset class year-to-date (YTD).
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In addition to leveraging deep technological expertise in AI and mathematical computing, Rising Capital was founded as a data-first investment firm, combining quantitative research, systematic execution, proprietary infrastructure, and advanced data science to identify opportunities across digital asset markets.
The firm’s recently launched flagship vehicle, The Rising Fund, represents the culmination of years spent developing trading systems, stress-testing infrastructure, and refining risk management frameworks before opening the platform to external investors.
Outperforming World Markets Across the Board
August proved that process-driven alpha can capitalize on expanding volatility without taking on unhedged tail risk. By executing disciplined, automated non-directional strategies, the Fund achieved exceptional performance across both traditional and alternative benchmarks.
- Digital Asset Benchmark: While Bitcoin surged +25.08% in August, the Fund pursued structural, hedged income rather than unhedged directional speculation. Crucially, on a full-year basis, The Rising Fund stands at +22.09% YTD, completely eclipsing Bitcoin’s -10.20% YTD decline, representing a massive +32.29% relative outperformance in 2026.
- Traditional Equities: The Fund’s monthly return of +11.16% vastly outpaced global equity benchmarks like the S&P 500 (+2.62%), demonstrating true non-correlation during periods of macro re-pricing.
- Precious Metals & Hard Assets: Even against a strong monthly rally in Gold (+9.12%), The Rising Fund’s systematic engines extracted higher net returns without relying on commodity spot appreciation.
Quantitative Models Driving Consistent Performance
The fund’s performance was driven by disciplined portfolio management and systematic execution. As macroeconomic uncertainty increased and market conditions became more challenging, Rising Capital’s quantitative models signaled a reduction in directional exposure. The team proactively lowered portfolio beta and shifted capital toward strategies designed to generate returns independent of market direction.
Through tactical options positioning, including the sale of high-premium call options paired with carefully structured hedges, the fund was able to generate recurring yield while limiting downside exposure during periods of heightened volatility.
At the same time, several of Rising Capital’s proprietary quantitative engines continued to perform efficiently. Market-neutral frameworks such as cross-exchange funding arbitrage and systematic relative-value strategies captured funding differentials and trading inefficiencies across digital asset markets, creating additional sources of return that were largely uncorrelated to the direction of Bitcoin and broader crypto markets.
The combination of active risk management, diversified return streams, and systematic execution enabled the fund to compound capital during a period when many traditional crypto investment strategies struggled to generate positive performance. The results reinforce Rising Capital’s core investment philosophy: preserving capital during difficult market environments while maintaining the ability to consistently identify and capture opportunities across changing market regimes.
Positioning for the Next Phase of Market Evolution
With inflation remaining persistent, global macroeconomic conditions evolving, and traditional markets showing increasing uncertainty, Rising Capital remains focused on maintaining a disciplined and adaptive investment framework.
While many investors remain focused on predicting the next bull market, Rising Capital is focused on navigating the market that exists today. Our quantitative models currently indicate a more cautious macro backdrop, where elevated volatility, uncertain liquidity conditions, and shifting global risk sentiment create an unfavorable environment for aggressive directional exposure. Rather than chasing momentum, we allow systematic signals, volatility measures, and drawdown controls to dictate portfolio positioning, ensuring that risk management remains at the center of every investment decision.
As a result, we are maintaining a tightly controlled risk posture with a strong emphasis on market-neutral and relative-value strategies. By leveraging our proprietary trading infrastructure, AI-assisted research workflows, delta-neutral trading engines, and structured options overlays, we seek to capture opportunities from market inefficiencies rather than market direction. This approach allows us to remain resilient during periods of uncertainty, preserve liquidity, and stay positioned to capitalize on long-term opportunities when broader market conditions become more favorable.
While many investment managers are forced to react to market conditions, Rising Capital’s emphasis on systematic decision-making allows it to proactively adjust risk, identify opportunities, and remain resilient during periods of uncertainty.
Consistency Across Regimes: Full-Cycle Alpha
Our edge has never been calling market direction, it is structural. Across 2026’s macro winter, The Rising Fund has consistently captured only a small fraction of Bitcoin’s steep drawdowns, preserving the core capital base required for mathematical compounding. When markets expand, our automated systems harvest yield efficiently, producing superior risk-adjusted returns across full market cycles.
As the macro environment evolves, our mandate remains steadfast: prioritize systematic discipline over discretionary guessing, protect investor capital, and compound market-independent alpha across every regime.
About Rising Capital
Rising Capital is a quantitative digital asset manager focused on systematic trading, treasury management, and market-neutral investment strategies. The firm develops and deploys data-driven investment frameworks designed to deliver consistent risk-adjusted returns across changing market environments. Through The Rising Fund and its SMA platform, Rising Capital provides investors access to institutional-grade quantitative strategies supported by rigorous research, disciplined execution, and comprehensive risk management.
The firm is led by Ankit Verma, CEO and Chief Investment Officer, a quantitative investment professional and financial engineering specialist with more than 12 years of experience across global investment banks, regulated digital asset institutions, and quantitative hedge funds. He holds a Master of Science in Finance and Risk Engineering from New York University (NYU).
Sankalp Shangari, Chairman of Rising Capital, brings extensive experience as a blockchain entrepreneur, macro-crypto strategist, and global venture builder. He oversees the firm’s macro portfolio risk framework, institutional partnerships, and strategic growth initiatives across key financial hubs including Dubai and Singapore.
Supporting the firm’s operational excellence is Samarth Ahuja, Chief Operating Officer, who oversees operational infrastructure, governance processes, compliance coordination, and multi-jurisdictional corporate operations across Singapore, Dubai, and the British Virgin Islands. Having previously led venture investments and strategic capital allocation initiatives within the Rising ecosystem.
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