August 2026
27Aug

80% of Americans Say U.S. Faces Retirement Crisis Amid Affordability Pressures and Debt; Americans Wary of AI Financial Advice and Crypto in Retirement Plans

As affordability pressures squeeze household budgets, Americans increasingly fear they will not be financially secure in retirement, while also expressing caution about artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency in retirement planning, according to new research from the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS). The new report, Retirement Insecurity 2026: Americans' Views of Retirement, finds that 80 percent of Americans say the nation faces a retirement crisis, up sharply from 67 percent in 2020. Additionally, more than six in ten Americans (61 percent)...

August 27, 2026
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21Aug

US. CalPERS trims Strategy stake as Bitcoin exposure dips to $35.5M

CalPERS’ position in Strategy, a company known for its significant Bitcoin treasury, reflects a cautious but continued interest in cryptocurrency-related equities. The decline in both share count and value aligns with broader market fluctuations and the company’s stock performance. Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, has become a proxy for Bitcoin investment due to its substantial holdings of the cryptocurrency. For CalPERS, this stake represents a small fraction of its overall portfolio, but it signals a measured approach to digital assets. The pension...

August 21, 2026
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February 2026
19Feb

South Korean National Pension Service Crypto Holdings Plunge 28% in Q4 2025 Amid Market Turmoil

The National Pension Service of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, reported a significant 28% decline in its cryptocurrency-related stock portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2025. This substantial decrease marks the first downward movement for the fund’s digital asset investments since mid-2023, reflecting broader market turbulence that began in October. Consequently, the value of these holdings dropped from approximately 880 billion won to 640 billion won ($437.86 million), according to recent regulatory filings. South Korean National Pension Service...

February 19, 2026
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January 2026
29Jan

US. South Dakota Bill Eyes Bitcoin for State Funds

This is a sign of how digital assets are edging closer to mainstream finance in the United States. This debate offers a clear window into how Bitcoin is starting to look less like a fringe bet and more like a strategic reserve asset at the state level. What the South Dakota Bill Actually Does The new proposal in South Dakota would allow the State Investment Council to allocate up to 10% of eligible public funds into Bitcoin, including pensions, trusts, and endowments that together...

January 29, 2026
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07Jan

After FTX collapse, Canada’s pension giants swore off crypto — until now when they quietly started circling back

When the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) wrote down their multimillion-dollar stakes in the failed FTX exchange in 2022 (1), it marked a turning point in Canadian institutional investing (2). For most pension executives, the message was clear: Stay far away from crypto. Yet three years later, the tone is shifting. The world’s largest institutional investors — from BlackRock to Singapore’s GIC — are increasing exposure to tokenized assets and digital...

January 7, 2026
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October 2025
08Oct

Top U.S. union warns Senate crypto bill could threaten workers and pensions

The nation’s biggest labour federation, the AFL-CIO, has come out against the Senate’s crypto regulation proposal, arguing that the measure lacks sufficient worker protections and could endanger financial stability. AFL-CIO director Jody Calemine wrote, referring to the RFIA bill, “This bill’s treatment of crypto assets poses risks to both retirement funds and to the overall financial stability of the U.S. economy. As drafted, this bill will enable the crypto industry to operate in wider and deeper ways in our financial...

October 8, 2025
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September 2025
01Sep

Crypto finds gateway into Australia’s $2.8t pensions pot

Australia’s A$4.3 trillion ($2.8 trillion) retirement system — long regarded as one of the world’s best-regulated savings pools — is emerging as a new frontier for crypto. Coinbase Global Inc. and OKX, two of the largest digital-asset exchanges, are rolling out products aimed at steering pension money into cryptocurrencies, underscoring how digital assets are edging further into mainstream finance. The initial focus is self-managed superannuation funds, or SMSFs, which already make up about a quarter of Australia’s pension pool. Unlike mainstream...

September 1, 2025
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October 2024
29Oct

Hong Kong Sets AI Guidelines for Finance, Eyes Tax Break for Digital Assets

Hong Kong has unveiled its inaugural policy guidelines focused on the use of artificial intelligence in finance, alongside a potential tax incentive for digital assets, in a bid to strengthen its position as a premier business hub in Asia. According to Bloomberg, the new measures aim to create a supportive yet regulated environment for AI and digital asset investment, central to Hong Kong’s strategy to draw international investors back to its markets. On Monday, senior government officials announced a unified framework designed...

October 29, 2024
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May 2024
17May

US. Wisconsin pension fund now includes bitcoin

BY RICH KREMER   Wisconsin’s pension fund has added bitcoin to its balance sheets, buying more than $160 million worth of shares in two newly approved funds earlier this year. U.S. Securities and Exchange filings from the State of Wisconsin Investment Board show that between Jan. 1 and March 31, it bought just more than $99 million worth of shares in a bitcoin exchange-traded fund, or ETF, from investment juggernaut Blackrock. The Investment Board, known as SWIB, also bought about $64 million worth of another...

May 17, 2024
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March 2024
27Mar

Leveraging FinTech Compliance to Mitigate Cryptocurrency Volatility for Secure US Employee Retirement Benefits: Bitcoin ETF Case Study

By Samuel Oladiipo Olabanji, Tunbosun Oyewale Oladoyinbo, Christopher Uzoma Asonze, Chinasa Adigwe, Olalekan J Okunleye & Oluwaseun Oladeji Olaniyi The integration of cryptocurrencies, particularly Bitcoin, into retirement savings plans has recently garnered significant attention. This interest has been amplified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's approval of Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in January 2024 and Fidelity Investments' decision to include Bitcoin in their 401(k) plans. These landmark developments represent a paradigm shift in retirement investment strategies, merging traditional financial...

March 27, 2024
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