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Another Bitcoin bubble?

By Mike Switzer

Published March 26, 2024 at 6:30 AM EDT

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If you’ve been wondering what’s going on with cryptocurrency lately, and Bitcoin in particular, we know that much of it could be tied to the fact that many exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are being assembled right now to invest in crypto, which, of course, increases demand. But could there be more to the story, and could it be another major crypto bubble? Mike Switzer interviews Allen Gillespie, a chartered financial analyst and chief investment officer at FinTrust Capital Advisors in Greenville, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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