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Labor Day question for our American readers: where is the 401(k) from the job you left?
It's still there. Sitting in your old employer's plan, in a fund lineup somebody in HR picked, earning whatever the market hands it. You didn't choose those funds. You can't put bitcoin in them.
An eligible 401(k) or IRA can be rolled over into a Bitcoin Well IRA, and rollovers don't have the annual cap contributions do. Money you already earned, moved into real bitcoin you can verify on-chain, inside the same tax-advantaged structure.
Not advice. Eligibility depends on your plan and your situation. But the money is yours, and "I haven't thought about it in years" is not a plan.
Launching this fall:
Published at
2026-09-07 18:55:00 UTCEvent JSON
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