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Bitwise CIO Says AI Boom or Bust Both End Well for Bitcoin

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan says the range of possible macro outcomes is the widest he has seen in his career, and that Bitcoin wins in nearly all of them. In a note titled C

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October 16, 2026
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Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan says the range of possible macro outcomes is the widest he has seen in his career, and that Bitcoin wins in nearly all of them.

In a note titled Choose Your Own Macro Adventure, published on Bitwise’s CIO memos page on Wednesday, Hougan borrows the format of the children’s books where different choices lead to different endings. His argument is that, for Bitcoin, almost every path ends in the same place.

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