Tagged: Matt Hougan

October 8, 2026 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise’s chief investment officer argues that NEAR Protocol’s investment case no longer depends solely on its longer-term ambition to serve autonomous AI agents. In an October 7, 2026 memo and related comments, Matt Hougan described the network as an operating blockchain business whose present activity… Read More

October 7, 2026 @ 2:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has argued that XRP’s pull with certain institutional investors, especially financial advisors, rests on two plain considerations: confidence that the asset will still exist years from now, and a set of uses those advisors already recognize. The comments appear… Read More

September 20, 2026 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan now argues that the Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act is unlikely to halt the cryptocurrency rally that began in early July. In a September 16 memo, he recast the legislative setback as a temporary obstacle rather than… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 9:06 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The current crypto sell-off and some coins poised to deliver value in 2026 comprise the crypto edition of Web3 Thoughts of the Week. Crypto sell-off “Bitcoin is in the red once again – a chart that is becoming all too familiar as a disappointing Q4… Read More

July 28, 2024 @ 4:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Crypto specialist Bitwise Asset Management this week launched Bitwise Ethereum ETF on the New York Stock Exchange. ETHW has a management fee of 0.20%, with the fee set to 0% for the first six months on the first $500 million in assets. The fund invests directly in… Read More