{"id":15462,"date":"2021-07-27T19:20:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T19:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci02893012200025a3"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:33:07","slug":"what-a-bitcoin-etf-means-for-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/what-a-bitcoin-etf-means-for-adoption","title":{"rendered":"What Will A Bitcoin ETF Mean For Adoption?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"BmAvd-77Mls\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Bitcoin ETF w\/ Matt Hougan - Bitcoin Magazine Podcast\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BmAvd-77Mls?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BmAvd-77Mls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch This Episode On YouTube<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen To This Episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcointv.com\/videos\/watch\/2709c754-faf6-4c32-b649-2e19856c2212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BitcoinTV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/bitcoin-magazine-podcast\/id1459884105?i=1000530178923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/1spPIepsfNADnMtkNecEKg?si=ZfMVsRIfSHqF3WNazsGv3A&amp;dl_branch=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9iaXRjb2lubWFnYXppbmUubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M\/episode\/ZDZkMWVmMWQtN2QxMS00MDUyLWI4MmEtODhhMGQyZTg4MDNm?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAYQuIEEahcKEwiA4cbMzoPyAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Libsyn<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/+Rp4qqFG8A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this episode of the \u201cBitcoin Magazine Podcast,\u201d hosts David Zell and Dylan LeClair sat down with Bitwise CIO <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt_Hougan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Hougan<\/a> to talk about the highly-anticipated but yet-to-be-approved U.S. bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). <\/p>\n<p>At the helm of ETF.com for more than a decade, Hougan knows more about exchange-traded funds than just about anyone. Through his years working alongside financial policymakers, Hougan has gained a keen understanding of the regulatory landscape regarding new ETF approvals. In this interview, he broke down the impact that a U.S. bitcoin ETF would have on institutional adoption, the differences between this and existing products like Grayscale\u2019s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and shared his insights on when we may see a bitcoin ETF approved in the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>ETFs may seem boring, but our interview certainly wasn\u2019t. Hougan shared some wild stats and projections on how a bitcoin ETF would put BTC into the hands of untold millions of Americans, notably older generations and middle-class professionals who rely on financial planners to help them prepare for retirement. This was a conversation you won\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Hougan of Bitwise discussed when a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) will be approved in the U.S. and what it will mean for investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2520,"featured_media":15463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[212,1826,179,543],"class_list":{"0":"post-15462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-markets","8":"tag-bitcoin-etf","9":"tag-bitcoin-magazine-podcast","10":"tag-bitwise","11":"tag-video"},"author_data":{"id":2520,"name":"Bitcoin Magazine","nicename":"bitcoin-magazine","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bitcoin-magazine-logo.jpeg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/img_3264.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}