Crypto 101: Bitcoin, Blockchain and Crypto
San Francisco • Jul 14, 2022Investors can no longer ignore questions about crypto and its potential role in portfolios. In this presentation, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan examines 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? Watch this video for a clear, straightforward, jargon-free explanation of what crypto is, why it matters, and where it's going.
Bitwise Asset Management is a global asset manager specializing in crypto and onchain finance with a nine-year track record and more than $14 billion in client assets. The firm’s suite of over 70 investment products—spanning ETFs, option income strategies, model portfolios, DeFi vaults, tokenized funds, and staking—helps investors access opportunities across the financial frontier. Bitwise serves more than 5,500 private wealth teams, RIAs, family offices, and institutional investors, as well as 21 banks and broker-dealers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York and London.
