{"id":687026,"date":"2025-08-25T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T08:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bitcoin-401ks-thrill-crypto-investors-but-carry-serious-risks\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T11:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T08:00:31","slug":"bitcoin-401ks-thrill-crypto-investors-but-carry-serious-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bitcoin-401ks-thrill-crypto-investors-but-carry-serious-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin 401(k)s thrill crypto investors but carry serious risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMDEvMDE5NDgyOWItODg2Zi03MDQ3LWEwNjUtYzI0NWVhZjgwYTFh.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\">\n                    <\/p>\n<p>US investors can now include Bitcoin in their 401(k) plans, but some observers are concerned about the risks they pose to their retirement.<\/p>\n<p><p>US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 7, allowing crypto in 401(k) retirement plans. The crypto industry has called the move a win for adoption, but investment professionals warn it comes with significant risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/08\/democratizing-access-to-alternative-assets-for-401k-investors\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"null\">order<\/a> \u201cDemocratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors\u201d directed US financial regulators to expand access to crypto and private companies in 401(k) plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 401(k) employee-sponsored investment scheme is one of the most popular retirement plans in the US. As of 2024, 401(k) plans <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ici.org\/system\/files\/2025-07\/per31-05.pdf\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"null\">held<\/a> $8.9 trillion in assets. As such, it would represent a huge source of demand for cryptocurrencies and could send prices skyrocketing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 7, allowing crypto in 401(k) retirement plans. The crypto industry has called the move a win for adoption, but investment professionals warn&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":687027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=1200\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-01\/0194829b-886f-7047-a065-c245eaf80a1a","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[80178,74355,1570,73711,73428],"class_list":["post-687026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-bitcoin-investment-trust","tag-adoption","tag-features","tag-investments","tag-pensions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}