Matt Hougan: ‘Crypto Is Not Going Away’

The Long View

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🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Bitwise Asset Management’s CIO weighs in on digital assets’ volatility, return potential, valuation, and what role they can play in a diversified portfolio, as well as why some TradFi holdouts are still skeptical about crypto.

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0:32.7	Hi, and welcome to the Longview. I'm Amy Arnott, portfolio strategist for Morningstar. And I'm
0:38.6	Christine Ben's director of personal finance and retirement planning for Morning Star. Our guest on the podcast
0:44.0	today is Matt Hogan, one of the world's leading experts on crypto, exchange traded funds, and financial
0:50.6	technology. He's the chief investment officer for Bitwise asset management, which offers several
0:56.7	cryptocurrency-related funds and ETFs.
0:59.1	He was previously chief executive officer of ETF.com and inside ETFs.
1:06.2	Hogan is co-author of a comprehensive guide to exchange traded funds and crypto assets, the guide to
1:12.8	Bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrencies for professional investors for the CFA Institute's
1:18.8	Research Foundation. He graduated from Bowden College with a BA in philosophy. Matt, welcome to the Longview.
1:27.1	Thanks for having me. I'm so excited to be here.
1:29.7	Well, it's great to have you. We'd like to start out by talking a little bit about your
1:33.9	background. When did you start learning about cryptocurrency and were you always positive about it
1:40.3	as an investment asset? It's a great question.
1:44.2	You know, it really goes all the way back,
1:46.8	almost to the beginning of Bitcoin in 2009, 2010.
1:51.5	At the time, I was at a company called ETF.com.
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