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EPISODE · Jun 14, 2026 · 33 MIN

The Bitcoin ETF Built to Survive a Drawdown | Mike Willis, Cyber Hornet ETFs

from Behind the Ticker · host Brad Roth

Mike Willis has spent 25 years on Wall Street — Smith Barney, Paine Webber, UBS — before founding Cyber Hornet ETFs to do two things that traditional asset management still hasn't done well: offer a founder-run alternative to the index giants that dominate corporate voting, and build a way for financial advisors to put crypto into client portfolios without the volatility blowing the relationship up.In this episode, Mike breaks down BBB — the Cyber Hornet S&P 500 and Bitcoin 75/25 Strategy ETF — and the methodology behind why 75/25 is the sweet spot, not 50/50 or 60/40. He walks through what the fund actually did during Bitcoin's up year in 2024, its down year in 2025, and the deep drawdown unfolding right now in 2026 — and how the monthly rebalance functions as a built-in buy-low-sell-high mechanism. We also get into the firm's transition from Bitcoin futures to spot, why Coinbase's early custody concentration kept Cyber Hornet in futures longer than competitors, and how the wrapper actually changes the conversation when an advisor is trying to satisfy a client who wants crypto exposure without taking the volatility calls themselves.Mike also covers INDEX, the firm's S&P 500 fund that pioneered shareholder voting input years before the major issuers offered any version of it — and why he wishes he had pushed harder on full pass-through voting when they had the first-mover lead.

Mike Willis has spent 25 years on Wall Street — Smith Barney, Paine Webber, UBS — before founding Cyber Hornet ETFs to do two things that traditional asset management still hasn't done well: offer a founder-run alternative to the index giants that dominate corporate voting, and build a way for financial advisors to put crypto into client portfolios without the volatility blowing the relationship up. In this episode, Mike breaks down BBB — the Cyber Hornet S&P 500 and Bitcoin 75/25 Strateg...

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