Crypto Basics for Advisors: Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Crypto – Bitwise – 8.31.22

Overview:
Title: Crypto Basics for Advisors: Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Crypto
Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Time: 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Duration: 1 hour

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Summary:

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Advisors can no longer ignore questions about crypto and its potential role in portfolios. With increased institutional adoption, improved market conditions, and regulatory clarity beginning to take shape, investors are beginning to ask long-term questions and consider the mainstream adoption of crypto.

In this hour-long webinar, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan and Director of Research David Lawant will review the basics of crypto from a professional investor’s point of view: What’s a blockchain? What made bitcoin groundbreaking? And why are there thousands of crypto assets? Join this webinar to get a clear, straightforward, jargon-free explanation of what crypto is, why it matters, and where it’s going.

Topics include:

  • What crypto is, what it’s not, and the technological breakthroughs it has facilitated
  • Why is there more than one crypto asset?
  • The long-term fundamentals of crypto, including increased institutional adoption
  • Stablecoins—and whether crypto should be categorized as commodities or securities
  • What’s next on the regulatory horizon
  • How crypto fits into a portfolio

Speakers:
Matt Hougan Matt Hougan Chief Investment Officer 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. 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. Matt is co-author of two publications for 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, a member of the ETFdb’s ETF Hall of Fame, and the eighth person to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from ETF.com for contributions to the ETF industry.

Hougan sits on the board of directors for Equbot, creator of the first AI-driven ETFs (in partnership with IBM Watson), and is a strategic advisor to multiple crypto- and financial advisor-related startups, including Blockworks, Stratifi, Advisor Circle, and Exchange.
David Lawant David Lawant Director of Research Bitwise Asset Management

David Lawant is the Director of Research at Bitwise Asset Management. Previously, he worked for over ten years as an equity research analyst for JP Morgan and the largest investment bank in Latin America. David was ranked 13 times in the Institutional Investor Ranking among the leading analysts in his space. David holds a BA in Electrical Engineering from Sao Paulo’s University and a Master of Science in Management degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was also a co-author of the guide to Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency for Investment Professionals published by the CFA Research Institute.