Based in Monaco. Global CIO of Hilbert Group. Board Member. Founder of $3bn Cambridge Strategy Hedge Fund. Co-Founder/CEO Liberty Road Capital.
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Russell Thompson retweeted
Good news if you thought you’d missed the window: the intern got the date wrong.
The correct deposit cutoff is tomorrow, the 13th of November at 16:00 UTC.
You still have time to deposit and join the next cycle 👇
app.syntetika.io/vaults
The next cutoff for both strategies on Syntetika is tomorrow, 12th of November at 16:00 UTC.
• BTC Basis+ (hBTC)
• Enigma ONE (oneUSD)
Submit deposit request before the cutoff to join this cycle.
syntetika.io
Russell Thompson retweeted
You don’t have to wait for the next rally to put your assets to work.
Explore Syntetika’s market-neutral strategies for BTC and USDC.
Latest 30-day average APRs:
→ BTC Hilbert Basis+: 11.4%
→ Enigma ONE USD: 24%
Deposit before the 12th of November at 16:00 UTC to enter the next cycle.
app.syntetika.io/vaults
Russell Thompson retweeted
Our Latest Conversation: A 38-Year Trading Vet Reveals How Institutions Earn Yield on Bitcoin
youtu.be/Q9hGSd69yaA
🎙️ @CryptoKotler - CEO of @Syntetika & @russth - CIO at @HilbertCapital
Russell Thompson retweeted
Institutions expect the trust of traditional finance in digital assets.
Our #CEO Barnali Biswal joined our partners @ZodiaCustody on Zodia Industry Insights to talk about how we deliver it together.
Thank you Greg Vosper and the Zodia team.
$HILB #DigitalAssets #Custody
Russell Thompson retweeted
Behind hBTC is a strategy worth understanding.
Hilbert CIO Russell Thompson explains Basis+, which we bring onchain through Syntetika. Its objective: grow holdings measured in BTC through a delta-neutral approach.
The strategy behind @HilbertCapital's Basis+ last year returned 20%.
Target volatility 7-8%. Target returns 1-1.5% monthly.
This is the main strategy powering @Syntetika's hBTC vault. 🎙️ Russell Thompson - CIO @ Hilbert
Russell Thompson retweeted
The strategy behind @HilbertCapital's Basis+ last year returned 20%.
Target volatility 7-8%. Target returns 1-1.5% monthly.
This is the main strategy powering @Syntetika's hBTC vault. 🎙️ Russell Thompson - CIO @ Hilbert
Russell Thompson retweeted
Yield strategies are now the second-largest tokenized RWA category.
That’s where we’re building. From BTC Hilbert Basis+ to Enigma ONE USD, Syntetika brings fund-backed strategies onchain, with a transparency dashboard to follow the numbers.
Russell Thompson retweeted
Tuesday 8 September, 12:00 CEST: Hilbert Group goes live.
Business presentation + open shareholder Q&A with CEO Barnali Biswal, CIO Russell Thompson and Chairman Jonathan Morris.
New date: moved one day earlier from Wed 9 Sep, which coincides with the state funeral of the King of Norway.
On the agenda: the plan to scale AUM, revenue from the core business and the new verticals, the financial position, and your questions.
Questions in advance: [email protected]
Watch: youtube.com/live/KThUWfBSW6c
$HILB #Bitcoin #DigitalAssets
Russell Thompson retweeted
Weekly Traders Insights 24 August 2026
Bitcoin rallied 23 percent last week, from the 63,000 area to above 77,000. Over the same window the US curve steepened three basis points and rates ended exactly where they started.
Bessent announced 4 billion dollars of buybacks in the long end, which the market called a weak Operation Twist. Thirty year yields fell six basis points and gave it all back. Ten year yields dropped ten and have been sold back to 4.71. Two year yields are higher.
@russth, our CIO, is confident the bottom in Bitcoin is in and the technical picture is strong, but this particular rally is partly built on sand. The test comes at Jackson Hole, where Warsh delivers the keynote on Friday and the inflation measurement question is where the policy content sits.
This week's note covers the buyback, Fed pricing, the Warsh measure, the Bitcoin levels that matter, and a volatility smile that has flipped to the call side.
Full report: hilbert.group/en/wp-content/…
I know a lot of shareholders follow me here.
I want to make it crystal clear, that moving forward Syntetika is an investor in Basis+ and they will report their own APY and that APY is specific to Syntetika's own position and terms.
It has its own fee structure, costs, incentives etc etc. Hilbert report Basis+ performance aggregated across all funds and SMA's in the strategy.
These two numbers can and will be different. Sometimes significantly. Neither number is "wrong". They are just measuring different things.
Be careful substituting one for the other. I would recommend referencing Hilbert's reported Basis+ figures for strategy level performance, and treating Syntetika's APY as reflective of their specific account only.
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Russell Thompson retweeted
Over $9M in deposits in under 72 hours, exceeding our expectations for the launch.
A strong start, on the shortest window any cohort will ever have.
Cohort 2 is open now. Next cutoff will be in 14 days.
Deposit at app.syntetika.io/vaults
Nice article from Kaupr.io
kaupr.io/en/news/nordic-list…
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Russell Thompson retweeted
@Syntetika is live, and the first strategy on the platform is managed by Hilbert Group. BTC Basis+ runs inside a regulated fund; the hBTC vault token mints and redeems at an independently attested NAV.
Full Press Release: hilbert.group/en/hilbert-gro…
Syntetika is live. If you have passive BTC you can now for the first time access our Institutional grade BTC Basis+ product on-chain. Go check it out.
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I think I nailed the Fed in my note two days ago. I watched Warsh's Press Conference and was very impressed with the way he spoke and how articulate he was. But everything started to unravel when the Bloomberg reporter asked him "what are you waiting for?" Exactly.
This market is going to break badly. US Treasuries (my bible) are telling us the Fed is late to the party. The US yield curve has massively steepened post Fed and as I write 30 yrs and 10 yrs are breaking out again. Fed Funds have a 65% chance of a hike 16 September.
But Inflation expectations, break-evens and indicators such as Truflation are showing inflation is well anchored and absolutely not broad based. So what gives?
I think equities and BTC are a buy soon. This Fed will not hike in September.
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A quick take on what to expect from the Fed tonight.
hilbert.group/en/wp-content/…
#fed #fomc #hilbert
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A very enjoyable interview again with @CoherraFintech . Talking about the real reason Bitcoin fell from October 2025. Why I am not worried about Strategy. Why the market is wrong on the Fed. How Bessant and Trump will engage in both monetary and fiscal liquidity stimulation into the Mid Terms and my belief that Clarity passes. Why CLARITY has some systemic risks. And my predictions on the World Cup! Recorded a couple of weeks ago.
Russell Thompson on COHERRA : Crypto risks, opportunities and market blind spots.
youtube.com/watch?v=pFcQwqFs…
#btc #hilbert #liquidity
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