{"id":72992,"date":"2026-02-18T15:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=72992"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:46:31","slug":"2027-could-be-an-amazing-year-for-crypto-bitwises-matt-hougan-says-and-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=72992","title":{"rendered":"2027 Could Be An &#8216;Amazing Year&#8217; For Crypto, Bitwise&#8217;s Matt Hougan Says\u2014And 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Matt Hougan,<\/strong> Chief Investment Officer of Bitwise Asset Management, says the crypto market is currently experiencing a classic bear phase, similar to prior &#8220;crypto winters&#8221; in 2018 and 2022.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Still A Traditional 4-Year Cycle?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Hougan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W9lzFOq8sGQ\">argues<\/a> that crypto continues to follow its traditional four-year cycle, even if the original catalysts, such as Bitcoin halving&#8217;s and major blowups, are less dominant today.<\/p>\n<p>In his view, the cycle persists because market participants believe in it and trade, accordingly, making it reflexive.<\/p>\n<p>While institutions continued accumulating <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) and <strong>Ethereum<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ETH\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ETH-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) into late 2025, retail investors and many altcoins had already entered deep drawdowns, with numerous tokens down 70% or more. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50690509\/2027-could-be-an-amazing-year-for-crypto-bitwises-matt-hougan-says-and-2026?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"2027\" could be an year for crypto bitwise matt hougan says>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer of Bitwise Asset Management, says the crypto market is currently experiencing a classic bear phase, similar to prior &#8220;crypto winters&#8221; in 2018 and 2022. Still A Traditional 4-Year Cycle? Hougan argues that crypto continues to follow its traditional four-year cycle, even if the original catalysts, such as Bitcoin halving&#8217;s and [&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-72992","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\/72992","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=72992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}