# Fund data `kaal:entity:fund-data` **Status.** derived This node is assembled mechanically from the 5 claims that carry the concept tag `fund-data`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself. ## Every claim under this term 5 claims across 1 works, 2017 to 2017. **2017** - [3002908-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3002908-025) [empirical/evidenced] -- The market for private investment funds that invest in and utilize blockchain technology is close to equally divided between the United States and the European Union, with Russia and China playing significant roles. > The data analysis in this article suggests that the market for private investment funds who invest in- and utilize blockchain technology appears to be near equally divided between the US and the EU with Russia and China playing a significant role. Wulf A. Kaal, Marco Dell'Erba, Blockchain Innovation in Private Investment Funds - A Comparative Analysis of the United States and (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3002908 - [3002908-026](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3002908-026) [empirical/evidenced] -- The size distribution of blockchain using funds differs sharply across regions: in the United States most such funds hold between one and fifty million dollars in AUM, while in Europe funds with more than two hundred million dollars in AUM are the majority. > majority of the private funds have AUM varying in a range comprised between $1 to #50 million AUM with only 2 funds whose AUM are between $101-150 AUM and above to $ 200 million AUM, in Europe the situation is rather different: private funds with an AUM higher than $200 million are the majority Wulf A. Kaal, Marco Dell'Erba, Blockchain Innovation in Private Investment Funds - A Comparative Analysis of the United States and (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3002908 - [3002908-032](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3002908-032) [empirical/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Raw country level counts overstate American leadership: normalizing by population shows roughly 7.5 million people per blockchain fund in the United States against roughly 2.8 million in the United Kingdom, so the distribution across countries is more even than the map suggests. > Although the map suggests that the United States is heavily invested in blockchain, in comparison with other countries we see a more even distribution between countries than the map would suggest. Wulf A. Kaal, Marco Dell'Erba, Blockchain Innovation in Private Investment Funds - A Comparative Analysis of the United States and (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3002908 - [3002908-033](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3002908-033) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The absence of Luxembourg funds from the dataset is most likely an artifact of unavailable public information rather than evidence that Luxembourg funds do not invest in blockchain. > This is likely due to the unavailability of public information connected to Luxembourgian funds investing in blockchain rather than to a lack of Luxembourgian funds, in principle to be excluded. Wulf A. Kaal, Marco Dell'Erba, Blockchain Innovation in Private Investment Funds - A Comparative Analysis of the United States and (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3002908 - [3002908-034](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3002908-034) [empirical/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- The dataset is incomplete by construction: the 120 fund advisers sampled did not answer all questions and the authors were often unable to obtain information on all questions. > The 120 fund advisers in our sample did not answer all questions and often we were unable to obtain available information on all questions. Wulf A. Kaal, Marco Dell'Erba, Blockchain Innovation in Private Investment Funds - A Comparative Analysis of the United States and (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3002908 ## Verify Every claim above resolves to a record carrying a verbatim source quote, the sha256 of the source PDF, and a preformatted citation. Nothing here asks to be taken on trust. curl -s https://wulfkaal.github.io/entities/fund-data.md | sha256sum **Canonical form.** This markdown file is the canonical hashed representation of this entity node. Its sha256 is the content hash.