caroline: i'm joined by peter denious, the global head of vc at aberdeen. he joins us now. to "bloomberg technology." we were hearing how you can gain exposure in cryptocurrency. you are looking at funds that are investing in block chain startups, in ico's, digital currencies. what makes a fund stand out to you? peter: it is early days. we are seeing a tremendous amount of excitement and innovation in cryptocurrencies. it's been pretty slow for the venture capitalists to jump in and invest in the sector. we are seeing some new fund offerings. for us, it is trying to figure out how experienced are these teams in the sector, have they been thought leaders in the sector, do they have any experience either in investing in these offerings or working with the underlying companies that are behind them. caroline: when we talk about exuberance and excitement, i want to show our viewers what we've seen in the bitcoin price alone, now trading at three times where gold prices have been trading. g#btv 2426, you can see this on a graphical basis. the euphoria is there. we were talking ab