Most Cryptocurrencies Will Die a Painful Death
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- There are more than 2,000 cryptocurrencies being traded today, and more are being created every day. This week’s guest on Masters in Business, Matt Hougan, global head of research at Bitwise Asset Management, warns that “95 percent of these will die a painful and deserved death.”
But just as Google, YouTube and Twitter emerged from the dot-com ashes, something similar will occur with crypto and blockchain. To capitalize on this, Hougan’s firm is assembling an index of 10 leading crypto coins into a new exchange-traded fund. An early adopter of ETFs, Hougan is a three-time member of the Barron’s ETF Roundtable, and co-author of the CFA Institute’s monograph “A Comprehensive Guide to Exchange-Trade Funds.”
His favorite books are here; a transcript of our conversation is posted here.
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Barry Ritholtz is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He founded Ritholtz Wealth Management and was chief executive and director of equity research at FusionIQ, a quantitative research firm. He is the author of “Bailout Nation.”
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