Bitcoin, Blockchain and Crypto: What’s The Difference? – Bitwise Asset Management – 3.9.20

December 20, 2018

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Title: Bitcoin, Blockchain and Crypto: What’s The Difference?

Date: Monday, March 9, 2020

Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Duration: 1 hour

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Summary:

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One of the most common objections we hear from crypto skeptics is this: “I love blockchain but I’m not sure about bitcoin.”

It’s an easy objection to make, but what does it actually mean? What is the difference between blockchain and bitcoin? Where does one start and the other end? And what does a blockchain actually do, anyway?

In this hour-long webcast, Matt Hougan and David Lawant of Bitwise Asset Management will explain in plain English what a blockchain actually is, how it differs from bitcoin, and how to think about the investment opportunities in each space. Pushing past buzzwords, they’ll dig into the fundamentals and provide you with a common-sense framework for analyzing the space.

Key topics include:

When do private blockchains trump public blockchains like bitcoin…and vice-versa?
Why do we need more than one cryptoasset?
What’s the best approach to investing in the bitcoin/crypto/blockchain space?

Speakers:

Matt Hougan Managing Director, Global Head of Research Bitwise Asset Management

Matt Hougan is one of the world’s leading experts on crypto, ETFs, and financial technology. He is Global Head of Research for Bitwise Asset Management, creator of the world’s first cryptocurrency index fund. Hougan is also Chairman of Inside ETFs, the world’s largest ETF conference. He was previously CEO of ETF.com, where he helped build the world’s first ETF data and analytics system. Hougan is co-author of the CFA Institute’s “Monograph on ETFs,” a crypto columnist for Forbes, and a three-time member of the Barron’s ETF Roundtable.

David Lawant Crypto Researcher Bitwise Asset Management

David Lawant is a research analyst at Bitwise Asset Management. Previously, he worked for ten years as an equity research analyst for JP Morgan and Itau BBA, the largest investment bank in Latin America. David was ranked 13 times in the Institutional Investor Ranking among the leading analysts in his space. Previously, he was also a co-founder at Iron Capital, a Brazilian investment boutique, and a partner a Hashdex, a crypto index fund. David holds a BA in Electrical Engineering from Sao Paulo’s University and a Master in Science in Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.