Fidelity’s New 401(k) Product Lets Workers Add Up to 20% in Bitcoin to Their ...
The multinational financial services corporation based in Boston, Fidelity Investments, has revealed the firm is allowing people to add bitcoin into their 401(k) plan as long as the employer allows it. According to Fidelity’s head of workplace retirement offerings, the company has seen “growing interest from plan sponsors” that wanted to add bitcoin to retirement plans. Fidelity Is Giving Workers the Ability to Add Bitcoin to Their 401(k) Plan Fidelity Investments, the largest 401(k) plan provider in the United States, is now allowing people to add bitcoin....
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A bill has been introduced in Argentina to allow workers to receive their salaries in cryptocurrency. He explained the idea is that workers “can strengthen their autonomy and conserve the purchasing power of their remuneration.” Argentina’s national deputy for the Mendoza province, José Luis Ramón, tweeted that he has introduced a bill allowing workers to get paid in bitcoin. He wrote, as translated by Google: I presented a bill so that independent workers … have the option of receiving their full or partial salary in cryptocurrencies. He added:....
But there is more good news, as Bitwage also announced additional payment outputs. Local currency payouts are coming to the US, Europe, India, Vietnam, and Argentina. Bitwage continues to make a name for itself in the payroll business. The company has announced the launch of their new “My Employment” feature. This new offering lets users create a payment-verified professional profile, and creates a reputation system for Bitwage users. This should help freelancers and other remote workers increase their [international] client base. For a lot of people, the Bitwage service is a solution to a....
Young workers between 18 and 45 are the target audience for a new Bitcoin investment product quietly launched last month by Porvenir, the largest pension fund administrator in Colombia. Related Reading: XRP Signals Imminent Breakout — Is A 10% Rally Coming? The fund says it designed the offering specifically for people who want to diversify their retirement savings but have never had a regulated, simple way to do it. A Low Bar To Entry The minimum investment is COP100,000 — roughly $25. That figure alone separates this product from most institutional crypto offerings, which typically carry....
A recent report states that freelancing is experiencing a boom in Argentina, and also comments on how Argentinians are among workers in the region that most actively use cryptocurrencies to receive part of their paycheck. The report further states that workers accepting their paychecks in crypto favor traditional cryptocurrencies such as ether and bitcoin, which together amount to almost 90% of the payments made in crypto.
Freelancing and Crypto Becoming More Popular in Argentina
Freelancing seems to be experiencing a boom in Argentina, and with it, crypto, as a way of collecting....