{"id":22165,"date":"2025-04-15T13:16:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=22165"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:16:34","slug":"bitcoin-poised-to-rise-if-macro-obstacles-clear-bitwises-matt-hougan-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=22165","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Poised To Rise If Macro Obstacles Clear, Bitwise&#8217;s Matt Hougan Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) is acting like an asset eager to climb higher if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/25\/04\/44730016\/bitcoin-will-decouple-with-stocks-in-case-of-a-tariff-fueled-recession-says-analyst-lower-interest-rates-and-massive-money-printing\">macroeconomic obstacles were to ease<\/a>, according to <strong>Matt Hougan<\/strong>, Chief Investment Officer at <strong>Bitwise Asset Management<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: <\/strong>Despite significant market turbulence, Bitcoin has demonstrated resilience, trading flat over the past month amid global economic challenges, signaling a maturing asset increasingly viewed as a hedge against macro uncertainties.<\/p>\n<p>Hougan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/experts.bitwiseinvestments.com\/cio-memos\/bitcoins-remarkable-resilience\">analysis<\/a> on Tuesday highlights Bitcoin&#8217;s stability, noting that it traded at $84,379 at the time of publishing his analysis, nearly unchanged from $84,317 a month prior, a mere 0.07% return over 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>This steadiness comes amid major events, including the U.S. establishing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/03\/44491124\/strategic-bitcoin-reserve-eliminates-last-threat-says-bitwises-matt-hougan\">Bitcoin strategic reserve<\/a> and President <strong>Donald Trump&#8217;<\/strong>s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/04\/44794011\/bitcoin-reclaims-momentum-as-100k-calls-resurface-and-tariff-relief-lifts-market-mood\">global tariffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bitcoin is acting like an asset that wants to go higher, if only macro obstacles would get out of the way,&#8221; Hougan wrote, emphasizing its potential for growth once external pressures subside. <\/p>\n<p>He expressed frustration at the market&#8217;s lack of movement, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/04\/44812049\/bitcoin-poised-to-rise-if-macro-obstacles-clear-bitwises-matt-hougan-says\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" poised to rise if macro obstacles clear bitwise matt hougan says>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is acting like an asset eager to climb higher if macroeconomic obstacles were to ease, according to Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management. What Happened: Despite significant market turbulence, Bitcoin has demonstrated resilience, trading flat over the past month amid global economic challenges, signaling a maturing asset increasingly viewed [&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-22165","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\/22165","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=22165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}