Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says a wave of institutional interest in altcoins is coming next year, largely due to potential regulatory clarity and more exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

In a new interview with Bloomberg, Hougan says that institutional money is in the early stages of broadening out to other crypto assets besides just Bitcoin (BTC).

Hougan forecasts that 2025 will be the year that institutional investors will begin to incorporate more diversification in their crypto-investing strategies the same way they do in other asset classes like equities or bonds.

“You’re already seeing it broaden out actually. A lot of people were worried about the Ethereum ETFs for instance, which launched this summer and had tepid inflows.

But over the last month or so, you’ve seen billions of dollars flow into those products.

Again, the things that have happened in crypto in the past keep happening. Historically, most people enter crypto through Bitcoin, and then they discover Ethereum, and then they think about Solana. There’s no reason to assume that the institutions that came into Bitcoin won’t move on to other assets in the future. 

In fact, I think in 2025, you’re going to see an explosion of interest in index space strategies that give diversified exposure to crypto. Of course, [that is] something we’ve been doing at Bitwise since 2017 when we pioneered that concept. I think 2025 is when that becomes a mainstream way to allocate to this space, the same way it is to stocks and bonds and real estate and everything else.”

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A popular crypto analyst thinks that Ethereum (ETH) is on the verge of printing a massive breakout rally also known as a god candle.

Pseudonymous analyst Inmortal tells his 221,100 followers on the social media platform X that Ethereum’s two-hour chart looks similar to Bitcoin’s (BTC) price action over the last two weeks.

The analyst says that while Ethereum struggles to clear resistance at $4,000, he notes that BTC also had trouble breaching $100,000 for weeks before surging to new all-time highs.

“Same price action, but with one difference.

God candle after the breakout.

ETH.”

Based on the trader’s chart, he seems to predict that ETH will surge close to its all-time high of $4,800 after the breakout. At time of writing, ETH is worth $3,892.

The trader also has his radar locked on the memecoin Floki (FLOKI). According to the trader, FLOKI appears to be trading in a symmetrical triangle pattern and is gearing up to shatter the structure’s diagonal resistance en route to new record highs.

“Second leg up – loading.
New ATH – loading.
Price discovery – loading.

FLOKI.”

Based on the trader’s chart, he seems to predict that FLOKI will explode to a new all-time high of $0.00038. At time of writing, FLOKI is worth $0.000219.

Looking at Solana (SOL), the trader sees the Ethereum rival bursting above its diagonal resistance to rally toward $300.

“Something like this.

SOL.”

At time of writing, SOL is worth $222.60.

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A widely followed crypto analyst says that Ethena (ENA), a synthetic dollar protocol built on Ethereum (ETH), looks primed to continue its red-hot streak.

The pseudonymous analyst known as Altcoin Sherpa tells his 234,500 followers on the social media platform X that ENA is worth investing into when it dips in price as it will outpace most of the market.

“I think that this just continues going higher. My average is still pretty high like $0.92 or something but this one still just outperforms most of the market [in my opinion]. Buy any dips that you can.”

ENA, the 56th-ranked crypto asset by market cap, is up more than 8x in the past three months and is trading at $1.18 at time of writing. It’s also up more than 1% in the past day.

Altcoin Sherpa appears less bullish on the smart contract platform Solana (SOL) over the medium term, especially compared to other top crypto assets, noting that he believes it will be outperformed by the top two digital assets by market cap.

“I think SOL underperforms both ETH and Bitcoin in the coming months. I don’t know what happens long term and I still believe it’s the best casino on earth. But I also have to be rational with it.”

SOL is trading at $217.74 at time of writing. The 6th-ranked crypto asset by market cap is down more than 1% in the past 24 hours.

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