Is Trump 401K Crypto Approval The Ultimate Supercycle Trigger?

Guy Fawkes 2025.08.09 3 min read

Upset you didn’t buy that dip last week? With Uncle Trump in charge, making money in crypto isn’t even hard anymore, and now we’re finally seeing the Trump 401K crypto play come into focus.

President Donald Trump has moved to expand what Americans can hold in their retirement accounts, signing an order that could bring crypto, private equity, and real estate into 401(k) plans for the first time at scale. About 90 million savers could be affected.

“This executive order supports our efforts to improve flexibility and eliminate unfair one-size-fits-all approaches,” Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said.

Even if the allocation to crypto is a measly 0.5% of the average normie retirement portfolio, that is $62 billion in buy pressure. Here’s what you need to know:

More than enough to push the price of BTC ▼-0.13% past $200k and ETH ▲4.69% past $7k

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Trump 401K Crypto: Crypto’s Biggest Door Into Mainstream Retirement Accounts

The directive Trump signed via executive order calls on the Department of Labor to rework ERISA fiduciary guidance, making it easier for plan managers to add alternative assets to managed funds.

While private equity firms have lobbied for years to access 401(k) capital, including crypto, is arguably the bigger shift.

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As a side note, the fact that there was a pump 6 or 12 hours ago before this news was public has raised red flags that trading market manipulation is happening and being done by White House insiders.

Private equity giants like Blackstone and KKR project that tapping even a fraction of 401(k) assets could add hundreds of billions to their industry over time. The same dynamic could apply to crypto markets, which remain relatively small compared to the $12.2 trillion U.S. retirement system.

DeFi Llama shows total value locked (TVL) in DeFi protocols climbing back above $100 billion, signaling renewed institutional engagement; this trend could accelerate if retirement funds become a buyer base.

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Legal and Fiduciary Hurdles Remain For Crypto Retirement Funds

Millennials and Zoomers putting part of their 401ks into BTC and ETH is unironically the only way we’ll retire. Lol, lmao even,

However, on a serious note, ERISA’s prudence standard still applies, meaning employers must justify the inclusion of more volatile or less liquid assets like crypto. Legal experts caution that Trump hasn’t erased decades of fiduciary case law.

That means adoption may start slow, with large asset managers likely to pilot alternative-heavy retirement products. BlackRock and other firms already have 401(k) administrator partnerships and could be first movers.

You’re cooked if you don’t have a long crypto position in 2025. Yet having to wait 3-4 years to retire isn’t the end of the world, right?

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Key Takeaways

Upset you didn’t buy that dip last week? With Uncle Trump in charge, making money in crypto isn’t even hard anymore.
Trump has moved to expand what Americans can hold in their retirement accounts, signing an order that could bring crypto, private equity, and real estate into 401(k) plans.

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Is Trump 401K Crypto Approval The Ultimate Supercycle Trigger?