Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise: Allocating To Digital Assets, Bitcoin ETF and The First DeFi Index Fund - E16

Episode • Feb 23, 2021 • 53m

This week on The Encrypted Economy, my guest is Matt Hougan, the CIO of Bitwise Asset Management. Bitwise was founded in 2017 and brought investors the first cryptocurrency index fund. Now they are one of the key players in the push for a Bitcoin ETF, and as of last week they became the provider of the first index based DeFi fund. Matt and Bitwise are leading the charge on rule-based exposure to the digital asset space, and he is a valuable voice to have to walk us through it all. We cover a wide range of topics and, as a bonus, this episode contains an extra section that Matt and I recorded after our original taping focused entirely on Bitwise’s new DeFi Index. It is a loaded episode of The Encrypted Economy that you will not want to miss!

Topics Covered

Matt’s Background
The Battle and Structure for a Bitcoin ETF
Distinguishing DeFi and its Risks
Crypto’s Intersection with Traditional Finance
The SEC’s Perspective on Bitcoin
The Promise of Ethereum
Additional Resources on Crypto and Blockchain
The Shifting Perspectives of Financial Advisors on Crypto
What is Worrying in Crypto?
BONUS CONTENT: Bitwise’sDeFi Index Fund

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