Kevin O'Leary: Sports Cards Are Beating My Crypto, S&P, and Private Equity
Summary
Kevin O'Leary discusses his sports card investment outperforming crypto and stocks, his energy infrastructure investments, and his concentrated crypto holdings in Bitcoin and Ethereum. He also speculates on which blockchain will be adopted by the S&P 500 enterprise.
- O'Leary shows a $12.93M Kobe-Jordan card in a Tiffany necklace.
- He says piece unique sports cards have outperformed his crypto, S&P, and private equity.
- He is investing in energy land and data center infrastructure in Alberta and Utah.
- He cut his crypto holdings from 27 to 3: stablecoin, Bitcoin, Ethereum.
- He believes institutions only need Bitcoin and Ethereum.
- He speculates on which blockchain will be adopted by enterprise (S&P 500).
- He discusses his watch collection as an alternative asset.
- He highlights the need for US to accelerate power development for AI competition with China.
Trade Ideas
Piece unique sports cards outperform all.
Piece unique sports cards, such as the Kobe-Jordan dual auto, have outperformed crypto, S&P 500, and private equity because 90% of returns in the hobby come from these scarce, liquid, and culturally coveted top-tier cards.
Institutions only need Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Bitcoin and Ethereum are the only cryptocurrencies that institutions need, capturing 97% of the crypto trade; he holds both as core crypto positions and has cut his holdings from 27 tokens to these three including a stablecoin.
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This CoinDesk video, published May 07, 2026, features Kevin O'Leary discussing piece unique sports cards, BTC, ETH. 2 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.
Speakers: Kevin O'Leary · Tickers: piece unique sports cards, BTC, ETH