Ep. 634 How Money Managers are Viewing Crypto in 2025 with Bitwise's Head of Research Ryan Rasmussen

CRYPTO 101

Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman

Business, Investing

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Crypto 101 we take a look into one of our Hedge Fund Summit Interviews from mid December where Brendan Veihman interviews Ryan Rasmussen, Head of Research at Bitwise Asset Management, to discuss the transformative trends in crypto investing. Ryan highlights the unprecedented growth of Bitcoin ETFs, including their impact on adoption and market dynamics, and explores the exciting potential for altcoin ETFs. The conversation delves into crypto as a portfolio diversifier, emphasizing its low correlation and high growth potential. Ryan also explains how regulatory shifts and a shrinking Bitcoin supply are setting the stage for explosive future demand. The episode concludes with insights into Bitwise's innovative products and strategies for bringing crypto to traditional finance.

00:00 Introduction to Ryan Rasmussen and Bitwise Asset Management.

02:10 Impact of Bitcoin ETFs on market adoption and investor behavior.

05:25 Potential for altcoin ETFs and their role in diversifying portfolios.

08:00 Discussion on crypto as a portfolio diversifier with low correlation.

11:35 Regulatory shifts driving demand for crypto investment products.

14:20 Insights into the shrinking Bitcoin supply and its market implications.

18:05 How Bitwise is bridging the gap between crypto and traditional finance.

21:30 Exploration of Bitwise’s innovative investment products.

24:50 Ryan’s predictions for the future of crypto investing.

28:15 Closing thoughts on crypto’s long-term growth and adoption potential.

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0:00.0	Well, ladies and gentlemen, we are joined by Ryan Rasmussen.
0:12.0	He is the head of research at Bitwise Asset Management.
0:16.0	Ryan, welcome and it's great to have you.
0:18.0	Great to be here, Brendan, excited to chat with you. Yeah, this is an exciting one.
0:22.6	We love hearing from the Bitwise team.
0:25.6	We're always seeing you guys on X and in the news and you're making a lot of really good headlines.
0:31.6	I know we just got to talk to your buddy Matt Hogan a few weeks back and it's always a pleasure. But this is the first time
0:39.6	that we have the great pleasure of talking with you. Yeah, well, thank you so much. Appreciate
0:43.9	the kind word. Yeah. Before we get too deep in here, you know, let's just talk about yourself for a
0:50.2	second because you've been working in finance for, you know, really a while now,
0:55.3	but you've transitioned into the crypto space.
0:57.9	And so, you know, we've got to know what stood out to you.
1:00.7	What made you kind of make the transition full time into crypto?
1:04.8	Yeah, it's always fun to talk about the journey that people take into crypto.
1:08.8	I feel it's different, different for everyone.
1:10.5	But, you know, for a long time, I spent time in the traditional asset management space,
1:15.0	worked at a large asset manager.
1:17.4	And there was a point in 2017, 2018, 2019, where I just continued to find myself going
1:23.9	deeper and deeper into crypto in my free time.
1:27.3	And at some point, I kind of realized this was going to be a transformational technology
1:31.3	that was really going to impact the financial industry.
1:35.3	And I decided I wanted to make the leap full time into the crypto, the crypto world.
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