From the Playground to the Portfolio: How Trading Card Games Transformed into a Mature US$21B Asset Class
In the late 1990s, exchanging a holographic Charizard for a handful of lesser cards was the ultimate schoolyard power move. At the time, parents and educators dismissed these cardboard collectibles as fleeting distractions destined for eventual garage sales. Fast-forward to 2026, and those exact same transactions occur within high-security auction houses and sophisticated digital brokerage […]









