According to @CryptoMichNL, MN Fund outperformed Bitcoin BTC by 34.49% over its first seven months while keeping risk management as the primary driver for decision-making. Source: Michal van de Poppe on X, Jan 19, 2026; MN Fund on X, Jan 19, 2026. He states that managing external capital requires prioritizing risk and confirms MN Fund will continue to follow a risk-first approach. Source: Michal van de Poppe on X, Jan 19, 2026. MN Fund adds that many crypto protocols fell more than 70% last year, yet the fund still beat BTC by 34.49% over the measured period. Source: MN Fund on X, Jan 19, 2026. For BTC-benchmarked traders, this track record indicates delivered alpha versus BTC in the challenging market conditions cited by the manager and underscores the practical value of risk-first crypto strategies. Source: Michal van de Poppe on X, Jan 19, 2026; MN Fund on X, Jan 19, 2026.

According to Michaël van de Poppe, MN Fund returned +9.82% in December 2025 and +10.13% since inception in July 2025, highlighting resilient performance during a difficult quarter (source: Michaël van de Poppe on X, Jan 5, 2026; MN Fund performance update cited in the thread). Over the same period, Bitcoin corrected by roughly 18%, resulting in a +34.49% return versus BTC for the fund in 2025, indicating strong benchmark outperformance (source: Michaël van de Poppe on X, Jan 5, 2026; MN Fund performance update). Q4 2025 acted as a stress test with thinning liquidity and elevated volatility, yet the fund continued to generate returns while many assets revisited October lows (source: Michaël van de Poppe on X, Jan 5, 2026; MN Fund performance update). A flash crash on October 10 marked the fund’s largest positive trading day, underscoring the robustness of its disciplined volatility strategy (source: Michaël van de Poppe on X, Jan 5, 2026; MN Fund performance update). Looking to 2026, the fund stated that macro headwinds turning into tailwinds and rising market volatility and volume could support continued outperformance versus BTC (source: Michaël van de Poppe on X, Jan 5, 2026; MN Fund performance update).