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Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes said increasing US debt will force the Federal Reserve into “stealth QE,” injecting liquidity that could reignite Bitcoin’s next rally. Bitcoin’s recent dip below $100,000, its lowest level since June, has sparked concerns among crypto investors. Still, two well-known market figures offer an optimistic view of where Bitcoin may be headed. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan said the latest downturn reflects peak retail capitulation rather than the start of a deeper collapse. “Crypto retail is in max desperation,” he told CNBC’s Crypto World on Tuesday. “We’ve seen leverage blowouts... the market for sort of crypto native retail is just more depressed than I’ve ever seen it.” Hougan said there are more and more signs that the sell-off is nearing exhaustion. “When I go out and speak to institutions or financial advisers, they’re still excited to allocate to an asset class that if you pan back and look over the course of a year, is still delivering very strong returns,” he...

Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said Solana has good odds of winning a larger share of the stablecoin and tokenization market. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan says his bullish outlook on layer-1 blockchain Solana stems from two main factors that set it apart from competitors like Ethereum. “I love investments that give me two ways to win,” Hougan said in an X post on Thursday, explaining that Solana (SOL) is making a “bet” the stablecoin and tokenization infrastructure market will grow, and that it will “win an increasing share of that market,” which “seem like good bets to me.” “I think people dramatically underestimate how much and how quickly these technologies will remake markets. It’s easy for me to imagine this market growing by 10x or more,” Hougan added.   Read more

Bitwise’s Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan says Solana’s staking ETFs yield generation is a significant drawcard for institutional investors. Solana staking exchange-traded funds have a promising future on traditional stock exchanges after Bitwise’s fund debut on the New York Stock Exchange surpassed $56 million in first-day trading volume. Matt Hougan, Bitwise chief investment officer, described the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) as “the missing part of the puzzle” in conversation with Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction daily show, as the product attracted millions of dollars in investment on the NYSE. Hougan said the product also helps decentralize and secure the Solana network. The $BSOL ETF launched $222 million in assets, amounting to over 1.1 million SOL tokens.  Read more

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

Bitwise’s Hunter Horsley was stung by criticism from Ethereum Maxis about the firm’s support of Solana, as ETH helped inspire Bitwise in 2016 In the lead-up to this weeks surprise listing of its Solana Staking ETF on the New York Stock Exchange, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley caused a stir by telling Cointelegraph that Solanas shorter validator exit queue gave it the edge over Ethereum in the staking ETF race. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Houghan went much further on a podcast, praising Solanas speed, throughput and finality as extraordinarily attractive. He labelled it the new Wall Street. The glowing endorsements were controversial among Ethereum fans, some of who seemed to believe Bitwise was betraying ETHs cypherpunk values by championing other projects. Horsley was stung by the criticisms, not least because Ethereum was part of the inspiration for creating Bitwise in the first place. He replied he felt terrible to see these posts. We care a lot about Ethereum. Feedback received re recent commentary ...

A strong first-day haul positions Bitwise’s Solana fund as a test case for US appetite toward staking-based crypto ETFs after new SEC clarity. Investor appetite for staking-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States appears strong, with Bitwise’s new Solana product seeing substantial inflows on its first day of trading. The Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL), which began trading on Tuesday, has already attracted roughly $222.8 million in assets, according to Bloomberg Intelligence senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. Balchunas characterized the size as significant for a newly launched crypto ETF, indicating increasing institutional engagement and confidence in staking strategies. Read more

Bitcoin investor sentiment slumps to a yearly low, but Bitwise says fear may signal a prime accumulation phase for BTC. Key takeaways: Bitwise analysts argue that selling pressure has likely peaked, and that dips may be good buying opportunities. Smaller BTC holders are accumulating even as miners increase exchange deposits. Read more

Bitwise’s chief investment officer praised DeFi platforms for their resilience during the weekend fallout, calling the market’s recovery a sign of strength. The crypto market faced its biggest leveraged wipeout in history last weekend, but the turbulence won’t leave a lasting mark, according to Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan. In a Tuesday blog post, Hougan described the sharp drop as “a blip” and not a big deal. He added that crypto “got a passing grade” in its handling of the sell-off. “Many DeFi platforms performed flawlessly: Uniswap, Hyperliquid, Aave and others reported no losses,” he wrote, while noting that Binance and some other exchanges faced issues. “Taken together, crypto did as well or better than traditional markets would have done in the same situation,” he said. Read more