##  [# Trump's Tariffs, Crypto Reserves, Plus Buffer ETFs](/sections/podcasts/trumps-tariffs-crypto-reserves-plus-buffer-etfs) 

 

# Trump's Tariffs, Crypto Reserves, Plus Buffer ETFs

 

 

Cryptocurrency prices jump on a plan for the US to buy and hold crypto, and new tariffs send markets spinning while buffer ETFs rake in billions.



 

 

 

 

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In this episode of the ETF Pulse video podcast, etf.com Editor-in-Chief Kristin Myers and ETF Store President Nate Geraci discuss Trump’s plan to hold five cryptocurrencies as part of a “strategic reserve,” as well as the ongoing trade war that is causing markets to flirt with correction territory.

The two hosts also discuss buffer ETFs and whether they belong in investor portfolios.



 

 

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