Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan shared insights in a CoinDesk interview, explaining why Bitcoin (BTC) stands to gain from escalating Iran conflicts as a hedge against geopolitical risks, detailing the launch of an Avalanche (AVAX) ETF to capitalize on layer-1 growth, and forecasting a bullish crypto market outlook through year-end amid rising institutional adoption.

On the AVAX 4h chart, price action at $9.7 rides a bullish trend with the golden cross on MACD signaling sustained momentum at 0.11, while RSI holds neutral at 58.25 avoiding overbought territory; confluence builds as it tests the upper Bollinger band resistance near $9.78, suggesting potential exhaustion and a pullback to the EMA50 support at $9.33 or even EMA200 at $9.26 before resuming upside, especially if Bitcoin's safe-haven narrative drives correlated flows into altcoins like AVAX amid broader crypto market crash recovery and bitcoin price prediction trends.