Coinbase CEO Predicts Bitcoin Will Invade 401(k)s—Whether Wall Street Likes It or Not

Brian Armstrong just threw a Molotov cocktail into the staid world of retirement planning. The Coinbase CEO claims Bitcoin is coming for your 401(k)—and soon.

Why it matters: This isn’t another crypto bro pipe dream. With BlackRock’s ETF approval and pension funds dipping toes in, the institutional dam is breaking. Even your HR department might soon auto-enroll you in ’digital gold.’

The kicker: Imagine explaining to your grandkids that your retirement hinges on the same asset class as meme-stock traders and anonymous Cypherpunk whales. The 60/40 portfolio just got a middle finger emoji upgrade.

Coinbase CEO Says Bitcoin & Crypto Are Here to Stay

Earlier this year, Eric TRUMP warned that banks that refuse to embrace cryptocurrencies would be “extinct in 10 years.” By the day, that sentiment appears to be growing truer, as the countries’ shift toward embracing the asset class has been one of the year’s prevailing themes so far.

Now, one crypto executive has repeated a similar sentiment about how the industry will be normalized in the near future. Specifically, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has said that bitcoin and crypto will soon “be a part of everyone’s 401(k).” Indeed, his projection would see the asset class have a firm in every US citizen’s retirement plan.

Speaking of Coinbase’s inclusion in the S&P 500, Armstrong noted that it is a win for the industry. Moreover, he called the decision a “testament to the hard work of our employees, our investors, and a big appreciation to our customers” that helped propel the brand.

The cryptocurrency exchange officially became the first and only of its kind included in the stock market index. Bernstein managing director Gautam Chhugani called the development symbolic of “the dramatic turnaround in fortunes for the crypto industry and its rising significance as the frontier of clinical innovation.”