Jan Van eck

Chief Executive Officer, Van Eck Associates Vaneck

Search every verified Jan Van eck interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Jan van Eck, CEO of VanEck, has appeared in several media interviews in 2026 discussing the firm's gold ETF, GDX, and his views on the AI sector and cryptocurrency markets. In a June 2026 interview on NYSE Live, van Eck noted that GDX, which launched in 2006, remains one of the firm's largest ETFs with $26 billion in assets under management. He described gold as an important hedge against inflation and said he is "very bullish on gold for the next decade," attributing this to the rise of China and India as economic powers and the potential for the dollar's role to diminish. Van Eck also identified AI as the top long-term market theme, along with India's growth as a consumer market and persistent U.S. budget deficits. In a May 2026 podcast, van Eck expressed caution about memory stocks within the AI ecosystem, stating he is "wary about the memory stocks because in the medium or long term they don't have quite the competitive moat I believe that Nvidia does." He described the memory sector as a "bubble" and a "moment in time." Separately, van Eck characterized the current state of the cryptocurrency market as a "crypto winter" and said he does not believe many crypto projects and software will be "interesting or alive in 5 or 10 years from now," though he noted that blockchain, stablecoins, and Bitcoin remain relevant.