Key Highlights: All 10 constituents of the Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index registered double-digit gains in Q3, led by Chainlink surging 97.6%, Ether advancing 69.1%, and Bitcoin rising 42.3%. Despite the asset rebound, digital asset-adjacent equities lagged, with shares of Riot Platforms, Hut 8, and Galaxy Digital dropping significantly during the third quarter. Bitwise ...
Key Highlights: Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan posits that sustained exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows could gradually exhaust available bitcoin supply, supporting long-term valuation growth. A multi-year path toward a $1 million bitcoin price requires capturing roughly 17% of an estimated $121 trillion combined gold-and-bitcoin store-of-value market over a decade. Hougan identifies investor behavior, particularly ...
Key Highlights Traditional exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors exhibit fundamentally different expectations compared to retail crypto app users, leaving meme-driven tokens like Dogecoin struggling for ETF traction. Bitwise’s Solana staking ETF (ticker: BBSOL) has accumulated approximately $1.3 billion in net assets, driven by structural utility, staking rewards, and on-chain growth narratives. Market performance signals that sustained ...
Key Highlights: The NEAR Intents cross-chain transaction protocol surpassed $31 billion in cumulative volume, driving market momentum alongside AI-agent and user adoption. Bitwise expanded institutional access by launching the first U.S. spot NEAR investment product (ticker: NRR) on the NYSE Arca. Despite a recent $3.8 million security exploit on the NEAR Intents infrastructure, all funds ...
Key Highlights: Bitwise Chief Executive Officer Hunter Horsley points to expanding institutional participation and platform growth as signals of sustained cryptocurrency sector development. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded products (ETPs) have significantly broadened access for traditional financial market investors. Horsley projects that Bitcoin could reach a new all-time high next year, potentially signaling the start ...
Key Highlights: Large-scale $XRP whale outflows from Binance reached approximately 1.38 billion tokens over a 30-day cumulative window, marking a seven-month high according to CryptoQuant data. U.S. $XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) logged $3.14 million in net inflows on Oct. 6, driven by a $10.55 million influx into Bitwise’s fund despite opposing outflows from competing issuers. ...
Key Highlights: Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan emphasized that NEAR Protocol’s ($NEAR) existing product-market fit, driven by Intents and cross-chain functionality, provides clear fundamental valuation criteria beyond its long-term artificial intelligence strategy. Bitwise has launched NRR, a spot $NEAR exchange-traded product on NYSE Arca featuring in-house staking rewards that accrue directly to net asset ...
Key Highlights: Veteran trader Peter Brandt identified a potential cup-and-handle pattern on the daily XRP chart, marking horizontal resistance at $1.6572. The short-term daily analysis complements Brandt’s September 21 monthly chart forecast projecting an advance toward $5.40. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan highlighted institutional interest in XRP, noting its established utility in cross-currency transfers ...
Key Highlights: Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan emphasized that durability and clear, real-world financial use cases drive financial advisor interest in XRP. XRPL saw expansions in stablecoin supply and tokenization throughout 2026, while Ripple secured conditional approval for a national trust bank from the OCC in late 2025. Spot XRP ETF net assets reached ...
Key Highlights XRP’s network value-to-transactions (NVT) ratio dropped 69.28% to 36.97, pointing to a potential surge in onchain network usage relative to its market capitalization. Long liquidations have recently outpaced short liquidations on Binance, highlighting vulnerability among bullish derivative traders following downward price movements. U.S. spot XRP ETFs recorded $121.4 million in September inflows, though ...
Key Highlights The cryptocurrency market remained notably resilient and rallied after the U.S. Senate killed the proposed CLARITY Act. Bitcoin climbed roughly 8% and Ether advanced about 7% over a two-week span following the legislative development. Altcoins experienced significant momentum, with NEAR surging nearly 104% and Uniswap gaining close to 49%. Crypto Markets Post Strong ...
Key Highlights: The GENIUS Act prohibits issuers from paying yield tied solely to holding, using, or retaining payment stablecoins, but third-party incentives remain an opportunity. Coinbase and Kraken retain licensing and brokerage advantages under the existing state-based system. SEC relief allows qualifying tokenized-stock venues to test automated market makers and liquidity pools for five years, ...