Inside Wall Street’s bitcoin playbook with Denny Galindo

About this episode

Denny Galindo discusses how high-net-worth investors can approach bitcoin within their portfolios and the factors driving its adoption.

Denny is a wealth manager and bitcoin research lead at Morgan Stanley, where he bridges traditional finance and bitcoin for high-net-worth investors. He operates inside one of the world’s largest financial institutions while developing frameworks to help advisors understand and allocate to bitcoin. In this episode, Denny joins The Bitcoin Frontier to share how investors should think about bitcoin in a portfolio, the three core investor buckets driving adoption, and his thoughts on determining whether you’re underweight or overweight bitcoin. We dig into bitcoin’s market cycles and seasonal framework, the role of global money supply in driving returns, and practical strategies for gaining exposure in a volatile asset. SUPPORT THE PODCAST: → Subscribe → Leave a review → Share the show with your friends and family → Send us an email: podcast@unchained.com → Learn more about Unchained: https://unchained.com/?utm_source=you... → Book a free call with a bitcoin expert: https://unchained.com/consultation?ut... TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 – Intro & Denny’s role bridging traditional finance and bitcoin 2:00 – From equity research to leading bitcoin insights at Morgan Stanley 4:20 – The three…

People in this episode

Host: Unchained Capital, Inc

Guest: Denny Galindo

Topics covered

• bitcoin
• investing
• portfolio management
• financial institutions
• market cycles

Keywords

• bitcoin
• wealth management
• Morgan Stanley
• investor buckets
• portfolio allocation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Morgan Stanley, Unchained Capital, Inc

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