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reduce crypto beta

Shrink shared market beta across the crypto sleeve using a single short rather than hedging each asset separately.

what it protects

the crypto sleeve as a whole

instrument

short on a liquid reference perp market

conditions
  • a reference perp market is registered
  • the sleeve has priced exposure
collateral

20% initial margin against the short leg

costs
  • one opening fee instead of many
  • residual tracking error
funding exposure

the short leg pays funding in persistently bullish markets

liquidation risk

concentrated in one leg; a sharp rally stresses margin quickly

basis risk

assets with low correlation to the reference remain largely unhedged

worked calculation
connect a wallet for live values
crypto exposure
Σ priced crypto holdings
hedge notional
crypto exposure × protection %

no live values yet — the calculation runs against real balances only.

hedgr paper venue · live

hedges execute at the hedgr paper venue: real prices, sizing, margin, fees, funding and pnl, settled by hedgr.