Venture capitalist claims Pokémon cards outperform S&P 500 as collectible asset

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  'If The World Suffered an Apocalypse Tomorrow, The Global Currency Would Be Pokémon Cards,' Collector and Venture Capitalist Claims
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• claim:market_performancerumour

  Pokémon cards are said to be beating the S&P 500 by 3,000%

  “"Pokémon cards are beating the S&P 500 by 3,000%," he continued.”source

• claim:collection_sizereported

  Pete Levin says he owns around 500,000 trading cards and manages over $1.6 billion of gaming assets

  “Levin claims to manage more than $1.6 billion of gaming assets and, handily, also happens to be the owner of some 500,000 trading cards.”source

• market:kidult_sharereported

  Adults account for around 30% of global toy sales

  “the so-called "kidult" phenomenon, where adults now make up around 30% of global toy sales”source

• production:cards_printedreported

  10 billion Pokémon cards printed last year

  “despite a staggering 10 billion cards printed last year alone”source

• supply:scarcity_measuresreported

  US retailer Target has begun opening boxes to deter scalpers; some Japanese releases are limited to Japanese residents and facial recognition has been used to limit daily purchases

  “ongoing issues with Pokémon card scarcity, which has prompted U.S. retailer Target to begin slicing open boxes to deter scalpers. In Japan, some releases are being limited to Japanese residents only, while facial recognition ... has been rolled out in some locations”source