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Bitwise CIO: New Deal for Crypto Regulation Under David Sacks Will Significantly Reduce Fraud and Bad Behavior in the Industry

Matt Hougan, chief investment officer of Bitwise, said in a post that fraud and bad actors in the crypto industry will decrease significantly in the next four years as David Sacks, the AI and cryptocurrency "czar" appointed by Trump, pushes forward with sound regulatory policies. Hougan believes that the previous law enforcement-oriented regulatory approach has instead increased investor risk. Previously, Sacks said that the Digital Asset Working Group will work to develop market structure norms...

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2025-01-24 10:35:06
Bitwise CIO: US plan to build a strategic bitcoin reserve has not yet been priced by the market

Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise, said in a social media post that "the U.S. plan to build a strategic reserve of bitcoin has not been priced by the market. It's not even close."

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2025-01-20 23:18:40
Bitwise CIO: Bitcoin is still in its early stages

Matt Hougan, chief information officer at Bitwise, said: "I think bitcoin is still in its early stages. I think bitcoin will remain a challenger asset until it reaches the same size as the gold market. It's still maturing."

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2024-11-24 06:41:31
Bitwise CIO: US election changes the rules of the crypto game, and the future will welcome the wave of institutional capital

"Every year, we survey hundreds of financial advisors and ask them what is holding them back from investing in cryptocurrencies," Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise, said in an X post. "Every year, they tell us that" regulatory issues "are the number one reason. This is one of the reasons why this election is a game changer for cryptocurrencies. We will see a wave of institutional capital in the coming months."

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2024-11-18 23:36:59
Bitwise CIO: Regulatory clarity after US election more important for counterfeit products

Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise, said, "The regulatory environments for Bitcoin are improving, whether it's a Trump or Harris win. This is positive news for Bitcoin, especially for other cryptocurrencies. Of course, in the short term, the crypto market is leaning more towards a Trump win than a Harris win, but in reality, institutions are entering the space, adoption is on the rise, and ETF inflows are underway...

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2024-10-31 00:35:01
Bitwise CIO: Ethereum's downturn is not a matter of life and death, and reverse bets may have potential

Matt Hougan, chief investment officer of Bitwise, recently wrote that despite the recent poor performance of Ethereum, ETH/BTC fell to a three-year low, and faced regulatory risks, increased competition from new chains such as Solana, and issues such as token economics, the foundation of Ethereum remains strong. Currently, Ethereum dominates in areas such as stablecoins, decentralized finance (DeFi), and prediction markets, with the most active developers and users, and its market capitalization...

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2024-09-18 01:06:27
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer: Bitcoin ETF Adoption at Record Speed

Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise, recently said that the adoption of spot bitcoin ETFs by investment advisors is far faster than any other ETF in history. Hougan pointed out that while the inflow of $1.50 billion is not huge compared to the total 4.60 billion, it is still a significant achievement.

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2024-09-10 06:35:36
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer: Spot Ethereum ETF Will Have Greater Impact on ETH Price

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan said that the US Spot Ethereum ETF will have a difficult start after listing, but the impact on the asset's price is likely to be greater than the impact of the Spot Bitcoin ETF on BTC, and the Spot Ethereum ETF will have a greater impact on the ETH price for three reasons: 1. The multitude of Ethereum use cases has resulted in Ethereum's inflation rate actually approaching zero, as the amount of new ETH generated each day is relatively small compared...

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2024-07-18 11:28:46
Bitwise CIO: Spot Ethereum ETF Will Attract Net Inflows of $15 billion in 18 Months

Matt Hougan, chief information officer at Bitwise, said the U.S. spot Ethereum ETF could attract net inflows worth $15 billion in the first 18 months after listing. Hougan compared the relative market capitalization of Ethereum to Bitcoin, and he expects investors to allocate by the market capitalization of the Bitcoin spot ETF and the Ethereum spot ETF ($1.20 trillion and $405 billion). This would give about 75% weighting to the Bitcoin spot ETF and about 25% weighting to the Ethereum spot ETF....

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2024-06-25 22:24:00