{"id":71323,"date":"2026-02-06T19:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=71323"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:47:11","slug":"bitwise-cio-matt-hougan-says-2022-style-77-crypto-crash-is-unlikely-but-more-downside-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=71323","title":{"rendered":"Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan Says 2022-Style 77% Crypto Crash Is Unlikely, But More Downside Possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) has fallen about 15% over the past week and more than 20% over the past month, prompting questions about what&#8217;s driving the decline and how much further prices could fall.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Six Reasons For Bitcoin Declines<\/h3>\n<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s recent sell-off has rattled investors, but Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan <a href=\"https:\/\/experts.bitwiseinvestments.com\/cio-memos\/why-crypto-is-down-and-when-it-might-bottom\">says<\/a> a deep, prolonged crash like 2022 is unlikely even if volatility persists.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent memo, Hougan said crypto&#8217;s weakness is being driven by several overlapping factors rather than a single catalyst.<\/p>\n<p>He outlined six main pressures: long-term investors selling early to front-run the four-year cycle, retail attention shifting toward AI stocks and precious metals, a major leverage &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50460338\/bitwise-cio-matt-hougan-says-2022-style-crypto-crash-unlikely?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitwise\" cio matt hougan says crypto crash is unlikely but more downside possible>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has fallen about 15% over the past week and more than 20% over the past month, prompting questions about what&#8217;s driving the decline and how much further prices could fall. Six Reasons For Bitcoin Declines Bitcoin&#8217;s recent sell-off has rattled investors, but Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says a deep, prolonged crash like [&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-71323","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\/71323","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=71323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}