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Mar 2025
34m 30s

Crypto's New Backer

The Motley Fool
About this episode

BlackRock wants to buy ports; Trump wants to buy crypto.


(00:21) Asit Sharma and Mary Long discuss:

- How investors can prepare for potential “disturbance.”

- BlackRock’s latest acquisition.

- The reasons for and against a national “strategic reserve” of cryptocurrency.


Then, (14:50), Ricky Mulvey and Mary go to a crypto conference in downtown Denver.


Tickers mentioned: BLK, CKHUY, BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, ADA


Host: Mary Long

Guests: Asit Sharma, Ricky Mulvey

Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl

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