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Matt Hougan & Sal Ternullo: NEAR Is One Of The Best Positioned Assets In Crypto

October 7, 2026, 8:37 PM
Matt Hougan & Sal Ternullo: NEAR Is One Of The Best Positioned Assets In Crypto
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Fundamentals Finally Matter Again

With 130% dispersion between the best and worst of the top 20 assets over 30 days, Matt Hougan calls that the healthiest signal digital assets has produced in a decade, because it means fundamentals finally drive price. He says the bottom was June, the bull market has started, and the next leg comes from wire house advisors allocating in Q4. Sal Ternullo walks through why Near was mispriced against its intents revenue, the inflation reduction proposal taking emissions from 2.5% to 1.6%, and why the real repricing comes when the AI fee switch flips. They also get into Bitwise's new NRR ETF, 24/7 markets, and why virtual cards won't slow stablecoins down.

Matt Hougan is the Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise. Sal Ternullo is the CEO of SVRN.

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