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2026
Register here to attend the May 9 meeting in person. We hope you are able to attend. But if you can’t attend, you may register here to attend on Zoom. If you attend on Zoom, you will be able to hear the lecture and see the slides, but you will miss out on sharing investment ideas with other investors while eating free donuts and drinking free coffee.
May 9, 2026: (Saturday) @ 9 AM PDT: Crypto In Plain English: The Institutional Case for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Crypto Assets by Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer, Bitwise Asset Management. Crypto can be confusing, a hornet’s nest of buzzwords and breathless promises. It can be hard to separate the real from the hype. But with big-name firms like BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup now building aggressively in the space, now is the time to learn. In this engaging presentation, Matt Hougan — CIO of the $15 billion crypto asset manager Bitwise — breaks it all down in plain English we all can understand, explaining what’s real, what’s not, and how crypto will (and will not) change finance in the years to come. Matt represents a company that offers investments in crypto currencies. Some of their products include ETFs that are invested in these currencies. Join us and learn:
- Why bitcoin has value (and how to value bitcoin)
- What makes bitcoin different from ethereum (and other crypto assets)
- What are stablecoins? What is tokenization?
- How does crypto fit in a portfolio?