22. Learning about the ETF Market With Matthew Hougan

In today’s rapidly changing environment it helps to be a forward thinker in order to keep up.

In this episode, Lonnie Ogulnick talks with Mattew Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise Asset Management. He discusses his background in the ETF space and what is happening in the ETF industry.

Matthew discusses:

What brought him into the ETF space

Why he made the move to Bitwise and changed his primary focus of business

What is happening in the regulatory space

Conspiracy theories on the manipulation for the price of gold over the last 10 years

What makes Bitwise different than fidelity for a Bitcoin ETF

And more

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About Our Guest:

Matthew Hougan, CIO, Bitwise Asset Management. Matt Hougan is one of the world’s leading experts on crypto, ETFs, and financial technology. He is the Chief Investment Officer for Bitwise Asset Management, the world’s largest provider of cryptocurrency index funds, with more than $1 billion in assets under management.

He was previously CEO of ETF.com and Inside ETFs, where he helped build the world’s first ETF data and analytics system, the leading ETF media site, and the world’s largest ETF conference.

Hougan is co-author of two publications from the CFA Institute Research Foundation: “A Comprehensive Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds” and “Cryptoassets: The Guide to Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies for Professional Investors.” He is a crypto columnist for Forbes, a three-time member of the Barron’s ETF Roundtable, and a member of the ETFdb’s ETF Hall of Fame.