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Legendary stock picker Warren Buffett has refused to include cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), in his firm Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK) portfolio, but the holding company, interestingly, has exposure to a firm that pitches the apex cryptocurrency as an inflation hedge.

What happened: According to the latest 13F filing, Berkshire Hathaway holds 433,558 shares of financial services company Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:JEF), worth nearly $34 million.

The New York City-headquartered firm operates in investment banking and capital markets, and asset management businesses.

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Notably, Jefferies holds a sizeable stake in iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (NASDAQ:IBIT), the world’s largest spot exchange-traded Bitcoin fund. Filings with the SEC revealed that Jefferies owned 1,615,731 shares of IBIT, valued at over $85 million.

The investment likely stemmed from its bullish long-term view about the leading digital asset.

Jefferies deemed Bitcoin as a “critical hedge” against fiat debasement and inflation, according to an October 2023 report by CNBC.

The investment bank said Bitcoin’s insurance policy narrative gained traction following the U.S. banking crisis earlier in the year, and it recommended a 10% allocation to the asset for U.S. dollar-based long-term global investors.

This optimism sharply contrasted with Buffett’s dismissive attitude toward Bitcoin. The “Oracle of Omaha” called Bitcoin “probably rat poison squared” during Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting in 2018 and predicted a “bad ending” for the cryptocurrency.

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