{"id":11097,"date":"2025-02-03T16:31:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=11097"},"modified":"2025-02-03T16:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:31:39","slug":"exclusive-dogecoin-etf-justified-more-meme-coins-etfs-possible-bitwise-cio-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=11097","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Dogecoin ETF Justified, More Meme Coins ETFs Possible, Bitwise CIO Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bitwise Chief Investment Officer <strong>Matthew Hougan<\/strong> on Monday said while meme coin ETFs are not entirely off the table, they are not a \u201cfree-for-all,\u201d highlighting the need for a liquid, globally distributed market with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/sec\/insider-trades\/\">limited insider influence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: <\/strong>Speaking with Benzinga at The Digital Assets Forum in London, Hougan discussed the possibility of these ETFs in the future, while also emphasizing that it wouldn\u2019t be for all assets and that they would have to be among the top and most liquid.<\/p>\n<p>Hougan cited <strong>Dogecoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/doge\/usd\">DOGE<\/a>) as an example of a meme coin that is long-lasting, given its 12-year history, fair launch and active community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo is it an asset that most institutional or professional investors should allocate to? No, definitely not. It has no \u2018fundamental value\u2019 beyond its memetic,\u201d while also noting \u201cIs it an important monetary asset like <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>)? No.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he clarified, \u201cIs it an ephemeral pump and dump scheme? No.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hougan emphasized that the core argument &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/25\/02\/43440361\/exclusive-dogecoin-etf-justified-more-meme-coins-etfs-possible-bitwise-cio-says\" alt=\"EXCLUSIVE:\" dogecoin etf justified more meme coins etfs possible bitwise cio says>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matthew Hougan on Monday said while meme coin ETFs are not entirely off the table, they are not a \u201cfree-for-all,\u201d highlighting the need for a liquid, globally distributed market with limited insider influence. What Happened: Speaking with Benzinga at The Digital Assets Forum in London, Hougan discussed the possibility of these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-11097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}