When @Bitwise started in 2017, these were the leaders:
* Leading custodians: Xapo, Kingdom Trust
* Leading crypto funds: Metastable, Polychain, Blockchain Capital, Pantera
* Leading exchanges: Poloniex, Bittrex, Bitfinex, BitMEX, Bitstamp, Kraken, GDAX, Coinbase
* Leading assets included: NEO, OmiseGo, NEM, DASH, IOTA, BCH, ETC, BTC, ETH, XRP
Every few years, crypto has a changing of the guard.
Some of the leaders who got us here don't continue. Others do.
2026 is a changing of the guard. A new vintage is beginning.
The crypto community feels it. People are feeling an subconscious sense of loss, nostalgia, uncertainty.
But remember too, there's a rebirth, and great new things around the corner.
~$31,000,000 of Bitwise Solana Staking ETF $BSOL volume traded today.
~$16,000,000 of Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF $BHYP traded today.
Both greater than most other crypto ETFs.
Revenue chains punching above their weight.
"Most people think Hyperliquid is a crypto app targeting the $3 trillion crypto market. It’s a super app targeting the $600 trillion global asset market."
Always a pleasure speaking with @JennSanasie and @CoinDesk at the NYSE, where we covered:
- Bitwise’s bull case for Hyperliquid
- What makes crypto ETFs competitive
- Questions wealth managers ask about crypto
- Near, Bittensor, agentic AI, and more…
In Q1, @Bitwise announced our vault curation capability.
This week client assets / TVL crossed $500,000,000.
Excited to be doing more onchain.
https://t.co/CW4InvG9VY
"Bitwise will be devoting 10% of the Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF ($BHYP) management fee to holding HYPE on the Bitwise balance sheet."
That's it. That's the tweet.
Hyperliquid
The Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF $BITW was just approved on a $1 trillion+ AUM wealth firm.
Access to crypto is hurtling ahead.
By the end of this year, crypto will be obviously mainstream.
Onward —
Bitwise is heading to Miami for @consensus2026!
We’ll be in the mix all week talking about institutional adoption, why staking is more important than ever, and how vaults are fast becoming the default layer for onchain capital.
If you’re attending, come find us or reach out to let us know you’ll be there.
People can help you in many ways throughout life, but there are two things nobody can give you: curiosity and drive. They must be self-supplied.
If you are not interested and curious, all the information in the world can be at your fingertips, but it will be relatively useless. If you are not motivated and driven, whatever connections or opportunities are available to you will be rendered inert.
Now, you won't feel curious and driven about every area of life, and that's fine. But it really pays to find something that lights you up. This is one of the primary quests of life: to find the thing that ignites your curiosity and drive.
There are many recipes for success. There is no single way to win. But nearly all recipes include two ingredients: curiosity and drive.