Episode
Kevin O’Leary on the asset class that beat everything else in his portfolio
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- CoinDesk Podcast Network
- Published
- Jun 5, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 690
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Summary
Kevin O'Leary joins the mainstage at Consensus wearing a $5.2 million Michael Jordan card around his neck and explains why collectibles have become his best-performing asset class, including a 3am bidding war that cost him nearly $13 million. He then breaks down why 97% of institutional crypto interest is concentrated in just BTC and ETH, why altcoins got slaughtered, and what it will actually take for blockchain to get adopted by the S&P 500. Plus, why he thinks power infrastructure and data centers are a better bet than picking crypto winners. - Timecodes: 00:00 - Kevin O'Leary at Consensus Miami 2026 01:16 - Sports Cards as an Asset Class 03:25 - Tokenization, the Clarity Act, and Why Altcoins Got Slaughtered 05:21 - The S&P 500 Blockchain Thesis: One Chain Will Win 07:53 - Why Power Is More Valuable Than Bitcoin 09:34 - The US vs China AI Race