On August 7, the White House released an executive order directing the Labor Department, which regulates retirement investing, to accelerate access to alternative investments in employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) retirement plans, such as 401k’s. Alternative investments were defined to include private market investments, real estate, commodities, infrastructure projects, lifetime income strategies — and notably, „holdings in actively managed investment vehicles that are investing in digital assets.” (Curiously, crypto was the only asset class where „actively managed” was specified versus the „direct or indirect” language used for everything else — a regulatory breadcrumb worth exploring.)
The crypto industry — at least its asset management segment — cheered this latest presidential order granting crypto managers access to a $12 trillion pool of very sticky U.S. investment money. CoinDesk’s coverage included industry reactions like this from Bitwise’s Matt Hougan: „Thi
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