Welcome to Industry Focus. The Podcast that dives into a different sector of the stock market each day.

I'm your host Emily Flippin. I'm Jason Moser. I'm Nick Seidphle. I'm Dylan

Lewis. And today we're talking financials. Today we're talking consumer

goods. Wild Card Wednesday. And we're talking energy. And today we're talking tech. Let's dive in.

It's Friday August 27th and we're bringing you a session from our recent member event

Fool Fest.

I'm your usual Friday host, Del Lewis,

but I will not be sticking around long.

Today we're gonna be airing a session

from our July member event,

crypto plus a foolish portfolio.

Crypto investor and fool Germany analyst Byrne Schmidt joined host Kate Herman

to talk through his outlook on crypto, the opportunity, most interesting applications, and how to tell pretenders from

contenders as investment opportunities.

It's a great conversation for beginner and intermediate crypto investors alike in a nice way for us to touch on a space we don't

discuss much in our usual lineup of shows. Hope you enjoy. I am tickled to be

joined today by Bern Schmidt. He heads up our Stock Advisor Germany service.

Byrne, this is going to be an exciting half hour.

I'm really glad to be here with you.

In Byrne's daily work, he's responsible

for finding the best companies to invest in in the German speaking region, but he also has been diving deeply into the crypto space for the past two years.

So you're here with an expert in the field today and

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