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New Rule Seeks to Open $8T Retirement Market to Crypto
The US Department of Labor proposed a safe harbor rule enabling 401(k) fiduciaries to consider alternative investments, including crypto-linked funds, implementing Trump's August 2025 executive directive to broaden retirement plan access. The rule applies to a market of $10.1 trillion across roughly 721,000 eligible plans, where currently only 4% of defined contribution plans offer alternatives and a mere 0.1% of assets are allocated to them. Open questions include actual saver adoption rates and whether expanded 401(k) access would cannibalize demand for existing equity-based bitcoin products.
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