Matt Hougan, chief investment officer of Bitwise Asset Management, discusses a milestone Bitwise reached this week -- hitting $100 million in assets under management. He also covered <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">what has been driving interest in Bitwise products</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the two types of customers who have been especially interested in purchasing crypto assets this year and why</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">what this says about the maturation of the industry compared to during the 2017 bubble</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">how conversations with Bitwise customers have changed since then</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">what impact this week's bullish JPMorgan research note about Bitcoin could have on investors and why it was so significant</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">what the significance will be of the integration of bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies by PayPal next year </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">how Microstrategy and Square putting Bitcoin on their balance sheets will pave the way for other corporations to do so</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">how the new Fed policy of targeting an average 2% inflation rate could affect Bitcoin</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">how recent regulatory actions, such as with BitMEX, affect the likelihood of a Bitcoin ETF being approved in the next few years</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">how a company like Bitwise, which interfaces with traditional investors, creates viable investment vehicles around DeFi for its clientele</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">what a Trump win vs. a Biden win could mean for the crypto industry</li> </ul>   Thank you to our sponsor! <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "http://crypto.com/">http://crypto.com</a>   Episode links: Matt Hougan: <a href= "https://twitter.com/Matt_Hougan">https://twitter.com/Matt_Hougan</a> Bitwise: <a href= "https://www.bitwiseinvestments.com/">https://www.bitwiseinvestments.com</a>   Bitwise reaches $100 million in AUM: <a href= "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitwise-surpasses-100-million-in-assets-under-management-due-to-rising-demand-for-crypto-from-hedge-funds-and-financial-advisors-301161317.html?tc=eml_cleartime"> https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitwise-surpasses-100-million-in-assets-under-management-due-to-rising-demand-for-crypto-from-hedge-funds-and-financial-advisors-301161317.html?tc=eml_cleartime</a>   JPMorgan research note on Bitcoin: <a href= "https://fortune.com/2020/10/26/jp-morgan-chase-bitcoin-predictions-analyst-jpm-cryptocurrency/"> https://fortune.com/2020/10/26/jp-morgan-chase-bitcoin-predictions-analyst-jpm-cryptocurrency/</a> <a href= "https://twitter.com/DTAPCAP/status/1319703750450302980?s=20"> https://twitter.com/DTAPCAP/status/1319703750450302980?s=20</a>   Matt's piece on the significance of the OCC letter giving banks the authority to custody crypto assets: <a href= "https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthougan/2020/07/27/the-occs-notice-on-crypto-is-a-really-big-deal/"> https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthougan/2020/07/27/the-occs-notice-on-crypto-is-a-really-big-deal/</a>   Matt's essay on how the Fed's new approach to inflation could affect Bitcoin: <a href= "https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthougan/2020/09/22/this-new-fed-policy-could-be-a-game-changer-for-bitcoin/"> https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthougan/2020/09/22/this-new-fed-policy-could-be-a-game-changer-for-bitcoin/</a>   Matt's post on DeFi: <a href= "https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthougan/2020/07/13/why-ethereum-has-valuethe--opportunity-in-programmable-money--defi/#67e88a364818"> https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthougan/2020/07/13/why-ethereum-has-valuethe--opportunity-in-programmable-money--defi/#67e88a364818</a>   News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/a-binance-decoy-for-us-regulators/

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