{"id":73363,"date":"2026-02-20T21:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73363"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:01:36","slug":"bitcoin-gets-a-boost-this-veteran-contrarian-investor-goes-long-as-everybody-goes-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=73363","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Gets A Boost: This Veteran Contrarian Investor Goes Long As Everybody Goes Short"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Even as <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>) has logged its worst start to a year ever, seasoned finance veterans are strategically positioning for future upside.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitcoin\u2019s Unexpected Advocate<\/h2>\n<p>Prominent crypto investor <strong>Lark Davis<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LarkDavis\/status\/2024464458727264291\">highlighted<\/a> comments by <strong>Hugh Hendry<\/strong>, founder of Eclectica Asset Management, who is incorporating Bitcoin into what he describes as a &#8220;barbell strategy&#8221; alongside bets on interest rate cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Hendry built his reputation as a contrarian investor who challenged mainstream economic thinking. <\/p>\n<p>In 2008, as the global financial crisis unfolded, his fund returned 31.2% while markets were roiled by the collapse of mortgage-backed debt.<\/p>\n<p>He has also demonstrated conviction in real assets, including &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50763621\/bitcoin-gets-a-boost-this-veteran-contrarian-investor-goes-long-as-everybody-goes-short?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" gets a boost: this veteran contrarian investor goes long as everybody short>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has logged its worst start to a year ever, seasoned finance veterans are strategically positioning for future upside. Bitcoin\u2019s Unexpected Advocate Prominent crypto investor Lark Davis highlighted comments by Hugh Hendry, founder of Eclectica Asset Management, who is incorporating Bitcoin into what he describes as a &#8220;barbell strategy&#8221; alongside bets [&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-73363","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\/73363","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=73363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}