Ryan Rasmussen is the Senior Crypto Analyst at Bitwise.

In this episode, we discuss 10 crypto predictions for 2024, recently published by the team at Bitwise. Today’s show is a special end of year episode to gather alpha on what we can expect in the crypto markets next year, based on the insights of one of the largest crypto asset managers in the world, as well as a leading candidate to get a Bitcoin spot ETF approved in January!

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
4:28 - The story of Bitwise
7:26 - Why is the Bitcoin spot ETF a big deal?
9:26 - Top concerns for Bitwise clients before buying crypto
12:01 - Prediction 1, BTC sets new all-time-high price
14:33 - Prediction 2, Spot BTC ETFs approved
17:02 - Timeline once spot BTC ETF is approved
18:41 - Prediction 3, Coinbase revenue doubles
24:54 - Prediction 4, Stablecoins beat Visa
31:24 - Prediction 5, JP Morgan tokenizes a fund on-chain
35:00 - Prediction 6, Ethereum revenue doubles to $ 5B
36:20 - Prediction 7, Taylor Swift launches an NFT
40:32 - Prediction 8, AI assistants use crypto for payments
41:55 - Prediction 9, $ 100M staked in prediction markets
44:20 - Prediction 10, Ethereum upgrade leads to fees below $ 0.01
47:45 - Bonus, 1 in 4 financial advisors allocate to crypto in 2024
50:38 - Funny new Bitwise ad
51:45 - Closing

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► Ryan on Twitter: twitter.com/RasterlyRock
► Bitwise Blog Post on 10 Crypto Predictions for 2024: bitwiseinvestments.com/crypto-market-insights/the-year-ahead-10-crypto-predictions-for-2024

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