Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon publicly confirmed for the first time that he personally owns a small amount of Bitcoin, speaking at the World Liberty Forum 2026 in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
He said he is still trying to understand Bitcoin’s behavior and continues to view it as a speculative asset, though he acknowledges it could serve as a store of value. Solomon noted that Goldman Sachs has historically been restricted from directly owning or trading crypto assets, but that stance has only recently begun to shift.
The forum was hosted by World Liberty Financial, a DeFi and stablecoin firm backed by Donald Trump and his sons. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs is exploring tokenization and stablecoin use cases, even as it reduced its holdings in spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs by about 40% last quarter.