Matt Hougan
CIO of Bitwise
aka Matt Hogan, @Matt_Hougan
“You're absolutely right that we're moving from an era dominated by the Fed and quantitative easing policies to an era where it's more the treasury and it's more the debt that are primary drivers in that space. That's certainly what we've seen over the last few weeks.”
“What we've seen recently is the macro factor has come back in force with the steps that Besson has been taking on the treasury side, and it's now front page headlines ... if you look at a chart of the historical correlation of bitcoin and gold, the two times it's been highest are right now when you have Besant interfering in the treasury market, or at least hinting that he's going to do that in a major way.”
“I think we pay too much attention to the Fed in the current market environment. They're not the big dog. ... I think this is a fiscally driven environment where that is the defining aspect of what's going to determine what happens in the market. So I'd agree with Bob. If they raise, I think that would be an opportunity.”
Matt Hougan
One-line summary: CIO of Bitwise; tracked here for debasement / fiscal-dominance color on the Treasury-buyback chain (crypto product itself is out of SCOPE).
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On treasury-buyback-twist-to-hard-asset-debasement, fiscal-operation-twist:
"You're absolutely right that we're moving from an era dominated by the Fed and quantitative easing policies to an era where it's more the treasury and it's more the debt that are primary drivers in that space. That's certainly what we've seen over the last few weeks." — 2026-09-03-forward-guidance-fiscal-dominance-is-breaking-the-60-40-portfolio (2026-09-02)
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On treasury-buyback-twist-to-hard-asset-debasement:
"What we've seen recently is the macro factor has come back in force with the steps that Besson has been taking on the treasury side, and it's now front page headlines ... if you look at a chart of the historical correlation of bitcoin and gold, the two times it's been highest are right now when you have Besant interfering in the treasury market, or at least hinting that he's going to do that in a major way." — 2026-09-03-forward-guidance-fiscal-dominance-is-breaking-the-60-40-portfolio (2026-09-02)
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On warsh-higher-for-longer-to-brokerage-nii-rerate, treasury-buyback-twist-to-hard-asset-debasement:
"I think we pay too much attention to the Fed in the current market environment. They're not the big dog. ... I think this is a fiscally driven environment where that is the defining aspect of what's going to determine what happens in the market. So I'd agree with Bob. If they raise, I think that would be an opportunity." — 2026-09-03-forward-guidance-fiscal-dominance-is-breaking-the-60-40-portfolio (2026-09-02)
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