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2026-08-12•1 min read

Bitwise Cuts 14% of Workforce as Retail Shifts Away From Crypto ETFs

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"Retail speculators have abandoned spot funds for prediction markets, leaving smaller asset managers to starve on meager market share."

Bitwise Cuts 14% of Workforce as Retail Shifts Away From Crypto ETFs
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Executive Summary

  • •Bitwise manages about $9 billion across 70 products, holding roughly 2.3billioninitsspotBitcoinBTC fund.
  • •Bitcoin $BTC has fallen close to half from its October 2025 record to around $64,000.
  • •The wider sector is contracting, with Coinbase and FalconX enacting double-digit cuts while exchanges like BitMEX and BitMart shut down entirely.

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Bitwise slashes 14% of its workforce as the 10-month crypto slump hits ETF issuers. The San Francisco firm dropped from around 180 to about 155 employees. Bitwise manages about $9 billion across 70 products, holding roughly $2.3 billion in its spot Bitcoin $BTC fund. Bitcoin $BTC has fallen close to half from its October 2025 record to around $64,000. The wider sector is contracting, with Coinbase and FalconX enacting double-digit cuts while exchanges like BitMEX and BitMart shut down entirely.
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Primary Impact

Mid-to-small tier crypto ETF issuers and centralized exchanges facing severe liquidity crunches as retail volume evaporates.

Strategic Shift

Retail speculative capital is rotating away from traditional spot crypto assets into prediction markets and traditional equities.

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Further consolidation among smaller ETF providers and crypto brokerages as management fees fail to cover operational overhead.

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