What does this mean for alt-coins?
According to the Pantera Capital website, the firm also has their eyes on other digital currencies outside of Bitcoin [4]. While this isnt the first case of venture capital funds taking notice of alt-coins, it certainly is an interesting distinction to note because alt-coins have largely been neglected by traditional investors (and often companies already in the Bitcoin space). With the spectacular rise of coins like Darkcoin, perhaps the alt-coin economy has caught the attention of large Bitcoin speculators....all the way to the Darkbank

I wonder if Evan will let us know when (or if) hedge funds meet with him to perform their fiduciary due diligence. No hedge fund manager would take on a sizable position made up of other people's money without first vetting the developer. Also, I'm suspecting hedge fund attention will possibly perk up following successful and secure MN launch however the move to open source will likely garner the largest attention.