# Hougan Puts Top 20 Crypto Year-to-Date Median Return at a 15% Loss

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-11-02T22:53:26.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-02T22:53:26.000Z
Section: Investing

> He placed the group’s average return at a 14% gain; the figures do not establish the exact number of assets that rose or fell.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan put the year-to-date median return for the 20 largest crypto assets at a 15% loss, while the group’s average return was a 14% gain.

The mean adds the 20 returns and divides by 20. For a group of 20, the median is the average of the 10th- and 11th-ranked returns after sorting them.

A negative median means at least 10 of the returns were negative. A positive mean means at least one was positive, but the figures do not establish the exact number of gainers or losers.