Stablecoins & Tokenization: How Crypto Will Reinvent Money in the Next Five Years
San Francisco • Mar 16, 2026In this session, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan and Head of Research Ryan Rasmussen break down the size of the opportunity, the advantages that stablecoins offer over legacy banking rails, the impact of recent regulatory breakthroughs, and the types of vehicles that offer exposure to this theme—and, as a bonus, they delve into how tokenization represents the next evolution of this technology.
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.
