Buffett-Crypto Summit

There are only six days until the creator of the TRON cryptocurrency, Justin Sun, will be having lunch in San Francisco with outspoken crypto-critic Warren Buffett.

Under the terms of the charity auction that Sun won with a $4.6 million bid, he can invite up to seven guests.  He apparently has some slots to fill.

Sun is bringing along cryptocurrency leaders as part of an effort to build a bridge between his industry and traditional investors like Buffett.

Most recently, Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire tweeted that he's "honored" to accept Sun's invitation.

Bitcoinist thinks Allaire is "just the sort of industry leader" Sun needs. "Circle is notably backed by Goldman Sachs, which is just the type of corporation that Buffett will respect." 

In mid-June, Liecoin creator Charlie Lee tweeted his RSVP. And then in early July, Huobi CEO Livio Weng tweeted "Huobi will definitely be there" in response to Sun's tweet saying only Lee, Weng, and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (known as "CZ") had been invited at that point.

In early June, CZ tweeted that while he appreciated the invitation it was "too far" to go.

Sun is promising "more friends to be announced!"  He is also promising that "something HUGE will also be happening" with TRON the week of the lunch.

So, what exactly has Buffett said about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies?

Here's a video clip with excerpts from Berkshire Hathaway annual meetings and CNBC interviews, covering 2013 to this year.

BUFFETT AROUND THE INTERNET

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BERKSHIRE STOCK WATCH

Berkshire Hathaway Class A shares closed at $309,217.50 Friday, up 0.7% over the previous four weeks, and up 3.4% from one year ago.

Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares closed at $205.97, down 0.1% over the previous four weeks, and up 4.3% from one year ago.

The benchmark S&P 500 index closed at 2976.61, up 0.9% over the previous four weeks, and up 6.1% from one year ago.

BERKSHIRE'S TOP STOCK HOLDINGS 

Berkshire's top stock holdings by market value, based on today's closing prices. The number of shares held is as of March 31, 2019, as disclosed in the company's May 15 13F SEC filing.

USG Corporation (USG) was listed in the 13-F filing (39,002,016 shares) but is not included in this table because the stock is no longer trading following the April completion of the company's acquisition by Knauf.

The full list of holdings and current market values is available from CNBC.com's Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio Tracker.

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