High Returns & Low Correlations: Why Financial Advisors Are Turning To Bitcoin and Crypto – Bitwise Asset Management – 12.4.19

Summary:

Now On Demand.

A lot has changed in crypto in the past year: Bitcoin is up more than 100% year-to-date, Fidelity is now offering crypto custody, and many of the largest institutional investors are starting to allocate.

In this hour-long webcast designed exclusively for financial advisors, Bitwise Asset Management’s Matt Hougan examines why crypto matters, the case for crypto in a well-diversified portfolio and how leading financial advisors are incorporating crypto into client portfolios. Matt will discuss whether crypto is truly a non-correlated asset, and examine five catalysts that could drive crypto forward in 2020.

Other topics will include:

• How to explain bitcoin and crypto to clients.
• The best way to invest in today’s market.
• Facebook’s Libra, the impact of central bank digital currencies, and more.

Speaker:

Matt Hougan is one of the world’s leading experts on crypto, ETFs, and financial technology. He is Global Head of Research for Bitwise Asset Management, creator of the world’s first cryptocurrency index fund. Hougan is also Chairman of Inside ETFs, the world’s largest ETF conference. He was previously CEO of ETF.com, where he helped build the world’s first ETF data and analytics system. Hougan is co-author of the CFA Institute’s “Monograph on ETFs,” a crypto columnist for Forbes, and a three-time member of the Barron’s ETF Roundtable.

Hunter Horsley is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bitwise Asset Management. Prior to Bitwise, he was a product manager at Facebook, working on advertiser products including the multibillion-dollar sponsored content ecosystem and ad breaks in videos. Before Facebook, Horlsey was a product manager at Instagram, responsible for multiple advertising products generating several hundred million dollars of revenue. He is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in economics. Recently, Horsley was named a member of Forbes’ 2019 “30 Under 30” list.