The €1M Bitcoin retirement plan reaches 200K: 'It's not too late to invest'
How a blogger who buys €500 of Bitcoin every month since 2017 plans to retire early, and the lessons he learned along the way. Motivations for buying Bitcoin (BTC) are numerous: a hedge against inflation, financial independence or even hopes for a Lamborghini and life in the sun. For “Mr. ERB,” a keen blogger and Bitcoin enthusiast, it’s all about retiring early. ERB keeps a detailed account of his finances on his blog and spoke to Cointelegraph about his Bitcoin retirement plan.He told Cointelegraph that he first “got interested in Bitcoin in summer 2017,” when a coworker briefly brought....
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If approved, retirement savers can allocate 20% of their savings portfolio to Bitcoin without the need to open a crypto exchange account. The United States-based retirement plan provider Fidelity Investments will reportedly allow 401(k) retirement saving account holders to directly invest in Bitcoin (BTC).The new Bitcoin retirement investment plan would go live later this year. It will allow over 23,000 companies associated with Fidelity to administrate their retirement accounts to offer Bitcoin investment options to the customers, reported WSJ.If the proposal to allocate BTC to their....
Nearly half of Gen Z and Millennials are also already invested in digital assets outside of their retirement funds and cited “inflation” as the biggest obstacle to early retirement. Nearly half of Gen Z and Millennials want to see crypto become a part of their 401(k) retirement plans, according to an October survey from United States asset manager Charles Schwab. Asking participants what they would like to see added to their 401(k) retirement products, the firm found that 46% of Gen Z and 45% of Millennials said they "wish" they could invest in cryptocurrencies as part of their retirement....
Less than a week ago, Fidelity Investments announced its decision to add Bitcoin as part of its 401 (k) investment plan. A popular vehicle used by U.S. citizens to invest in equities and other assets as part of their retirement, Fidelity has become the first company in the country to introduce BTC to this offering. […]
On Monday, the San Francisco-based retirement plan provider for small to medium-sized businesses, Forusall, announced the launch of an alternative 401(k) plan that offers in-plan cryptocurrency access. According to the alt 401(k) investment option, Forusall is working with Coinbase Institutional as its retirement plan partner. Forusall and Coinbase’s Institutional Arm Offer Crypto-Infused Alt 401(k) Plan Forusall, the “one-click” retirement provider founded in 2012, has revealed that digital currency investors can now leverage the company’s alt 401(k) investment....
Looks like they completely reversed their decision. Bitcoin continues to gain legitimacy as prominent financial services corporation Fidelity partners with SecondMarket's Bitcoin Investment Trust to allow its clients to put Bitcoins in IRAs. The Bitcoin Investment Trust launched a few weeks ago in late September, and invests exclusively in Bitcoin. Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) provide tax advantages for retirement savings. Barry Silbert, CEO of SecondMarket, says, "If you are a Fidelity client, you can now invest in the Bitcoin Investment Trust through an IRA." This is simply....