Trump Expected to Sign Executive Order Allowing Retirement Accounts to Invest in Cryptocurrency and Alternative Assets

Trump Allows Executive Order to Open $9T U.S. Retirement Market to Bitcoin and Crypto

President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing an executive order that could unlock the massive $9 trillion U.S. retirement market for crypto, gold, and private equity investments. This sweeping change would mark a historic turning point in mainstream crypto adoption and offer millions of Americans unprecedented control over how they invest for their future.

Sources close to the matter have told the Financial Times that Trump’s administration is finalizing an order directing federal agencies to remove existing restrictions that limit alternative assets from professionally managed retirement portfolios. Currently, most U.S. retirement accounts are restricted to traditional securities like mutual funds and index-tracking ETFs. Crypto investments, technically allowed in self-directed IRAs, remain off-limits in most 401(k) plans due to Department of Labor (DOL) guidance labeling them as too risky.

However, Trump’s new policy shift would reverse Biden-era DOL policies and create a regulatory path for managed retirement plans to include Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, and potentially tokenized securities.

Source: www.cryptoninjas.net