Coinbase Just Triggered A Major Crypto Turning Point: Bitwise

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says crypto may have just crossed into a new structural era—and he argues that Coinbase is the catalyst. In a November 11 memo titled “The Next Big Disruption From Crypto,” Hougan writes that he “caught a glimpse of the future this week,” identifying a fourth major crypto-driven disruption: capital formation.

Hougan frames the development within his long-running meta thesis that crypto is “going to reinvent the fundamental aspects of finance.” He highlights Bitcoin as “reinventing gold,” stablecoins as “reinventing dollars,” and tokenization as “reinventing trading and settlement.” He stresses that crypto remains early in each cycle but says the endgame is already visible: “I expect that eventually most assets will be tokenized, most dollars will move on stablecoin