Why Institutions Are Buying HYPE (And What Comes Next) - Bitwise Head of Research
About this episode
Ryan Rasmussen discusses the appeal of HYPE as a significant investment opportunity in the current digital asset landscape.
Ryan Rasmussen joins us to explain how HYPE is the most obvious buy. Ryan Rasmussen is Head of Research at Bitwise, a digital assets manager. The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world. Timestamps 00:00 Largest HYPE ETF Launched 01:14 Why Only Two Issuers 02:37 200 Eyes On Crypto 03:52 Dollar In Dollar Out 04:38 In-House Staking Advantage 07:21 Allocator Lightbulb Moment 08:26 HYPE Is A Buyback 08:55 5% Beats S&P Buyback 12:52 S&P 500 Licensed To HL 13:51 Bear Case Regulatory Risk 14:52 Genius Act Unlocked Everything 19:22 Triple Demand Driver Explained 22:13 Circle USDC Deal Impact 26:25 Comparing HL To NYSE 27:07 TAM Is Insanely Massive 33:27 Stablecoins Hit $5T Scenario Guest Socials: Ryan Rasmussen: https://x.com/RasterlyRock Bitwise X: https://x.com/Bitwise Bitwise Website: https://bitwiseinvestments.com/ Partners: Better than Banks. Transparent capital efficiency earning the highest yields in DeFi. Learn more here: https://infinifi.xyz/ --- APYX - Enhanced Digital Credit Yield, Onchain | On Track to Become the Largest Holder of STRC. https://apyx.fi/ --- Dinari - Over 230 1:1 backed tokenized…
People in this episode
Hosts: Robbie, Andy
Guest: Ryan Rasmussen
Topics covered
- digital assets
- institutional investment
- HYPE ETF
- crypto market
- financial regulation
- stablecoins
Keywords
- HYPE ETF
- Bitwise
- crypto
- institutional investment
- digital assets
- S&P 500
- stablecoins
Sponsors
APYX, Dinari, Relay, Zama
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bitwise, S&P 500, Circle, HL, NYSE
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