{"id":52628,"date":"2021-11-09T19:09:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=52628"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:10:21","slug":"apple-ceo-tim-cook-discusses-his-personal-investments-in-cryptocurrencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/apple-ceo-tim-cook-discusses-his-personal-investments-in-cryptocurrencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses his personal investments in cryptocurrencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook said that he personally owns cryptocurrencies, using digital assets to diversify his investment portfolio. He spoke at the DealBook conference.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\\\">\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\\\">\\n<iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" title=\\\"Tim Cook on the Future of the Internet, Crypto, Mental Health and More | DealBook Online Summit\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"281\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HM9r6Q_jFCE?feature=oembed\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" allow=\\\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\\\" referrerpolicy=\\\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\\\" allowfullscreen\\><\/iframe>\\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Cook added that he had been interested in cryptocurrencies for some time and had explored the topic.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In the near term, Apple does not plan to launch cryptocurrency-related services or integrate them as a potential payment option for its goods and services. He also stressed that the company does not intend to invest money in these financial instruments.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\\&#8221;I don\\&#8217;t think people buy Apple shares to gain access to cryptocurrencies,\\&#8221; the head of the company explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Cook noted that &#8216;there are other things that Apple is definitely considering.&#8217; What these words may mean remains unclear. However, in May the company opened <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/apple-opens-vacancy-for-business-development-manager-with-crypto-industry-experience-to-lead-partnerships-in-the-alternative-payments-segment\">a vacancy for a business development manager with five years&#8217; experience in the cryptocurrency industry<\/a>, who would head the partnerships program in the segment of \\&#8221;alternative payments\\&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in February 2021, RBC Capital Markets analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/rbc-capital-markets-apple-should-buy-bitcoin-and-launch-a-crypto-exchange\">urged Apple to follow Tesla<\/a> and profit from growing interest in digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook said that he personally owns cryptocurrencies, using digital assets to diversify his investment portfolio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1112,1156],"class_list":["post-52628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-apple","tag-institutional-investors-and-whales"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52630,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52628\/revisions\/52630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}