Episode Description
Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise Asset Management ($10B AUM), reveals why his "boring" crypto strategy outperformed 96% of fund managers and delivered 12x returns over 7 years.
Matt shares his 80/20 portfolio rule, predicts Bitcoin hitting $200K in 2025, and explains why the trillion-dollar institutional wave is just beginning.
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PARTNERS
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🌱 Bitwise Asset Management is the crypto specialist asset manager with more than $10 billion client assets and more than 30 crypto solutions across ETFs, index funds, alpha strategies, staking, and more.
https://bitwiseinvestments.com/
💧Sui is a first-of-its-kind Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform designed to make digital asset ownership fast, private, secure, and accessible.
🔘 Mantle Network enhances dApp development with Ethereum's security, low fees, and quick transactions through innovative layer-2 technology. Users can stake ETH for mETH, contributing to a transparent, community-driven ecosystem governed by $MNT token holders, fostering innovation and collaboration.
★ Forza! is Coinsilium's Gibraltar-based Bitcoin treasury company. Coinsilium’s shares are traded on the Aquis Stock Exchange (AQUIS:COIN) and on the OTCQB in the US (OTCQB:CINGF).
Find out more at https://www.coinsilium.com/
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DISCLAIMER
The info contained herein is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein shall be construed to be financial, legal, or tax advice. The content of this video is solely the opinions of the speakers who are not a licensed financial advisor or registered investment advisor. Trading cryptocurrencies poses considerable risk of loss. The speakers do not guarantee any particular outcome.
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0:00 Introduction
1:29 Please Subscribe
1:54 Partnerships
2:40 San Francisco’s Unique Advantages
5:25 Time Spent in San Sebastian
5:59 Who is Matthew Hougan?
6:33 Improving Financial Technology Globally
7:14 Why Majors Matter Less
9:41 Self Custody with Trezor
10:35 Discipline and Consistency Win
14:18 What is Crypto?
18:29 Why Should I Do Crypto?
21:29 Filtering Noise in Crypto
23:40 The Myth of Trading Alpha
27:44 Crypto Gains Vs. Traditional
28:44 The Danger Of Certainty
32:12 How I Allocate To Crypto
33:28 Why Index Funds Win
36:38 Crypto’s Version of the S&P
39:36 ETFs Democratize Investing
41:18 ETF vs. Self Custody
44:37 Traditional Investing Works In Crypto
46:39 80/20 Crypto Strategy
50:11 Bitcoin’s Long-Term 10x Potential
54:00 From Speculation To Fundamentals
55:50 What is Bitwise?
56:32 Separating Emotions From Decisions
58:27 Writing Memos While Running
1:00:04 AI Can’t Replace Thinking
1:04:10 Crypto’s Undervalued Importance
1:07:16 Media Perception vs. Reality
1:11:38 Prediction for the Next 12 Months
1:12:29 Crypto Demand Outpaces Supply
1:16:29 Concluding Remarks