Former US Mint Director Brings Bitcoin to Retirement Investing
Bitcoin users can invest their Bitcoin in a fully compliant IRA retirement account through a new service announced today by BitcoinIRA.com. The Bitcoin IRA enables investors to hold Bitcoin directly as part of a tax-advantaged retirement portfolio. The company’s Chief Strategist is former director of the U.S. Mint Edmund C. Moy. ‘Lower Risk’ with Bitcoin....
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Ed Moy, a former U.S. Mint Director, has recommended cryptocurrency like bitcoin as one of three useful ways to diversify your personal portfolio, according to Newsmax’s finance section. As long as the Internet exists, digital currencies such as bitcoin will have value, and they are beyond the reach of government and banks at present. In addition to investing in digital currencies, he recommends hoarding cash and buying metal bullion coins. Moy, who served as the 38th Director of the U.S. Mint from 2006 to 2011, is a member of the advisory board of Virtual Mint, LLC, which creates....
Bitcoin IRA is the first and only Bitcoin-based Individual Retirement Account in the United States. The digital currency company allows people to invest their conventional IRAs and 401(k)s in Bitcoin. Investing in Bitcoin as part of your retirement plan has been unheard of until now. A majority of the Bitcoin community has been using the digital currency mainly as a trade instrument. Other uses of Bitcoin so far have been as a medium of value transfer and short-term investments. Breaking the trend, Bitcoin IRA is now showing the community that long-term, profitable Bitcoin investments are....
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A Bitcoin IRA is nothing different from a traditional IRA. It is an individual Retirement Account (IRA) in which instead of investing fiat currencies, you invest Bitcoin. An individual Retirement Account (IRS) is an important program, which helps you to secure your future and save tax as well. However, have you ever heard about Bitcoin IRA? A Bitcoin IRA is nothing different from a traditional IRA. It is an individual Retirement Account (IRA) in which instead of investing fiat currencies, you invest Bitcoins. When you have a traditional IRA account you hold currencies, but in case of....
As bitcoin has gained attention as an asset, more people are considering it as an investment for retirement. The Bitcoin IRA came into being last year, a tool that can provide direct ownership in bitcoin. Jason Zweig, the author of The Wall Street Journal’s “The Intelligent Investor,” explored, in a recent article, using bitcoin as a retirement investment and concluded that people should be wary on account of the cryptocurrency’s volatility. Had someone invested $5,000 in bitcoin at the end of 2011, that amount would be worth just under $1.2 million earlier this month when bitcoin reached....