Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. The decentralized finance sector may offer a once-in-a-generation investment opportunity, according to Bitwise investment chief Matt Hougan. ​ "Investing in DeFi today is like investing in the internet in 2002," Hougan said Monday on X. "Everyone wrote off the internet after the dotcom crash, but the underlying growth didn’t stop. Turns out, 2002 was the best year ever to buy leading internet names. Same ...

Key Points Growing institutional adoption is bringing new investor groups into Ethereum. Popular stablecoins like USDC and Ethena are actually Ethereum-based tokens. Ethereum's extreme volatility means it could hit $4,500 quickly but also drop back below it just as fast. 10 stocks we like better than Ethereum › After reaching a fresh all-time high on Aug. 24, Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) hit a rough patch. The second largest cryptocurrency retreated as much as 14.1% from the new peak in less than two w ...