{"id":17237,"date":"2024-09-24T17:14:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/influential-financiers-embrace-bitcoin-says-bitwise-cio\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T17:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:14:51","slug":"influential-financiers-embrace-bitcoin-says-bitwise-cio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/influential-financiers-embrace-bitcoin-says-bitwise-cio\/","title":{"rendered":"Influential Financiers Embrace Bitcoin, Says Bitwise CIO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leading figures in the financial sector have begun investing in cryptocurrency, setting a trend others are likely to follow. This assertion was <a href=\"https:\/\/experts.bitwiseinvestments.com\/cio-memos\/almost-every-hand-went-up\">made<\/a> by Bitwise&#8217;s Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Matt Hougan.<\/p>\n<p>The expert shared an illustrative experiment conducted to analyze the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each time Hougan speaks at the summit of top US financial advisors, <span data-descr=\"an exclusive conference for leading financial advisors. The event gathers the most successful professionals in wealth management to exchange best practices, innovative strategies, and discuss industry trends.\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Barron\u2019s Advisor 100<\/span>, he asks attendees to raise their hands if they own bitcoin or other crypto assets.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, about 10-20% responded to the request, and at the last event, the figure was similar. On September 20, 2024, no less than 70% of the advisors in the room raised their hands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThere is a very complex technical word that economists use to describe this kind of phenomenon: \u2018Wow\u2019,\u201d noted the Bitwise CIO.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, few raised their hands when asked how many had bitcoin in client accounts. Many work for broker-dealers who do not yet allow the purchase of bitcoin ETFs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cBut that will come. Working at Bitwise for seven years, I\u2019ve learned one thing: advisors almost always allocate funds to their personal accounts first. Client adoption usually follows in 6-12 months,\u201d Hougan added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The expert noted that today, many bullish signals could be highlighted: a rate cut by the <span data-descr=\"Federal Reserve System of the United States\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Fed<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/morgan-stanley-to-offer-bitcoin-etfs-to-clients\">Morgan Stanley offering bitcoin ETFs to clients<\/a>, or the approval of these funds&#8217; options by the <span data-descr=\"Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States\" class=\"old_tooltip\">SEC<\/span>, but \u201cthe hand-raising in Palm Beach is one of the strongest signs.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Hougan stated that Ethereum has recently been criticized for negative price dynamics, but ultimately this will seem foolish.<\/p>\n<p>In September, he supported the launch of meme coin ETFs.<\/p>\n<p>Back in August, a top manager at Bitwise <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitwise-cio-political-stance-on-cryptocurrency-is-irrelevant\">concluded<\/a> that the crypto industry is \u201cnot optimistic enough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading figures in the financial sector have begun investing in cryptocurrency, setting a trend others are likely to follow. This assertion was made by Bitwise&#8217;s Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Matt Hougan. The expert shared an illustrative experiment conducted to analyze the situation.\u00a0 Each time Hougan speaks at the summit of top US financial advisors, Barron\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[949,1138],"class_list":["post-17237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitwise","tag-opinions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"9","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}