Episode Details

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan breaks down the 2025 bear market, central banks’ preference for bitcoin over gold, and Solana’s potential to challenge Ethereum's dominance.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer, Matt Hougan joins CoinDesk’s Markets Outlook with Jennifer Sanasie and Andy Baehr. He explains why he believes 2025 was a bear market and where he sees markets going from here. Hougan breaks down why central banks are eyeing bitcoin as a superior self-custody tool to gold, Bitwise’s on-chain yield vaults, and why he's betting on Solana as the challenger to Ethereum's dominance.
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Timecodes:
0:53 - Why Are Markets Down Today?
3:13 - Precious Metals vs. Bitcoin
7:05 - Why the Crypto ETF Genie is Already Out of the Bottle
9:15 - Bitwise’s On-Chain Yield and DeFi Vaults
13:22 -What Central Banks Are Asking Bitwise About Bitcoin
17:44 - How Matt Hougan Thinks BTC Gets to $6.5 Million in 20 Years
19:15 - Beyond BTC and ETH: Matt Hougan’s Case for Altcoins
21:00 - Solana vs. Ethereum: The Battle for Wall Street
24:20 - What Impact Would Trump’s Fed Reserve Chair Nominee, Kevin Warsh, Have on Crypto?

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.