In the spring of last year, I finally aped in. Cryptocurrency had been on my radar for a while, but I hadn’t taken the time to learn how it worked or why it had appeal. That changed after learning about the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC). Like almost every startup...
In the interests of spurring some discussion (and perhaps a few thousand “clicks”), some thoughts on cryptocurrency and its (current) place within retirement plans. Crypto is Not ‘a’ Thing First and foremost, “crypto” is not one thing, it’s several “things”—and there’s enough difference in those things to not only warrant...
Advisors who have been testing the waters with cryptocurrency investments have no plans to abandon the asset class, according to a new survey from Nasdaq. Advisors said they are most likely to invest in Bitcoin (78%) and ether (61%) over the next year. Dreamstime In a poll of 500 advisors...
A Nasdaq survey shows 72% of financial advisors would support a spot crypto ETF product in the US. The majority of respondents in the March survey said they would be more likely to invest in digital assets if such an ETF were available. The SEC hasn’t approved a spot bitcoin...
According to a recent research conducted by Nasdaq, 72% out of 500 financial advisors will be more likely to invest client funds in digital assets if the US watchdog greenlights a spot ETF. Among those already part of the market, 86% said they will increase their exposure over the next...
Exchange, the biggest ETF conference in the world, starts Monday in Miami Beach. It’s both good times, and difficult times for the exchange-traded fund financial advice industry. Good times, because this is the first time the ETF industry and ETF-centric advisors have been together in over two years. But investors are...
Don’t Expect Coherent Rules to Align Any Time Soon Multiple enforcement agencies within the US government agree that the $2.5 trillion crypto industry needs regulation. And heads of the largest crypto companies have told Congress that they agree. But therein lies the rub: the government has yet to define...
