Investment Clinic: I’m an ethical investor – but I can’t kick crypto
From Money Clinic with Claer Barrett by Financial Times
March 4, 2025 · 30 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the conflict between ethical investing and cryptocurrency, featuring a guest who is an early bitcoin investor.
Software engineer Stephan has a problem. As an early backer of bitcoin, he has made a lot of paper profit from cryptocurrencies, which now make up about a fifth of his portfolio. But Stephan’s also a big believer in ethical investing, including green investments. Given the energy-intensive nature of bitcoin mining, how could he approach resolving this conflict? Podcast host Claer Barrett, the FT’s consumer editor, is joined by FT columnist and personal finance expert Moira O’Neill, and David Baxter, funds editor at the Investors’ Chronicle. Together, they discuss the true meaning of green investing, and how Stephan might simplify his investments (and save himself some admin…) Disclaimer: the Money Clinic podcast is intended as a general discussion about investing, and is not intended as financial advice or any kind of investment recommendation. Everybody's financial situation is different. You should always do your own research before you make any investment decisions. If you would like to be a guest on a future episode of Money Clinic, email us at money@ft.com or send Claer a DM on social media — she’s @ClaerB on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. Want more? Free links…
People in this episode
Host: Claer Barrett
Guest: Stephan
Topics covered
- ethical investing
- cryptocurrency
- green investments
- bitcoin
- personal finance
Keywords
- ethical investor
- bitcoin
- cryptocurrency
- green investing
- personal finance
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Financial Times, Investors’ Chronicle
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