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US senators urge Fidelity to reconsider its Bitcoin offering after FTX blow-up – Crypto News
United States senators Elizabeth Warren, Tina Smith, and Richard Durbin have renewed their calls for Fidelity Investments to consider offering a Bitcoin (BTC)-linked 401(k) retirement product.
In a letters addressed to Fidelity Investments CEO Abigail Johnson on Nov. 21, the three senators said the recent fall of FTX is more reason than any for the $4.5 trillion asset management firm to reconsider its Bitcoin offering to retirement savers, stating:
“The recent implosion of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange, has made it abundantly clear the digital asset industry has serious problems.”
The senators also added that “charismatic wunderkinds, opportunistic fraudsters, and self-proclaimed investment advisors” have played a huge role in manipulating the price of Bitcoin. (BTC), which in turn has impacted 401(k) retirement savings holders who have invested in Fidelity’s Bitcoin product:
“Since July, when we last raised concerns with you about the deeply concerning prospect of exposing workplace retirement plans to Bitcoin, its value has plummeted.”
“While the full extent of the damage caused by FTX continues to unfold, the contagion is being felt across the broader digital asset market. Bitcoin is no exception,” the senators commented.
The senators’ letter to the Fidelity CEO was the second in recent months. with the first letter on Jul. 26 demanding an explanation of why Fidelity decided to expose its customers to a Bitcoin 401(k) product to begin with.
“Since our previous letter, the digital asset industry has only grown more volatile, tumultuous, and chaotic—all features of an asset class no plan sponsor or person saving for retirement should want to go anywhere near,” the senators wrote.
The implosion of FTX has made it clear that the digital asset industry has serious problems. I joined @SenWarren , @SenTinaSmith to urge Fidelity to do what is best & consider its decision to expose retirement accounts & employer-sponsored plans to these volatile assets. pic.twitter.com/qQn4PF80AP
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) October 21, 2022
Durbin, Smith and Warren also noted that some 32 million Americans and 22,000 US employers use Fidelity as a workplace retirement account and employer-sponsored plan.
The senators added that with a retirement security crisis already playing out in the country, Fidelity shouldn’t be exposing its customer’s retirement savings to an “unnecessary risk.”
“In light of these risks and continuous warning signs, we again strongly urge Fidelity Investments to do what is best for plan sponsors and plan participants—seriously reconsider its decision to allow plan sponsors to offer bitcoin exposure to plan participants.”
Cointelegraph reached out to Fidelity for comment on the letter, but did not receive an immediate response.
Related: Fidelity’s crypto ambitions are bigger than expected: report
Meanwhile, not all US lawmakers appear to have sided with the three crypto-skeptic senators in the past.
In May. 2022, Democratic Senator Tommy Tuberville introduced the Financial Freedom Act into the US Congress, which serves to allow US residents to add cryptocurrency to their 401(k) retirement savings plan without being subject to regulatory influence.
Fidelity has continued to increase its investment in the digital asset space, with plans to expand its digital asset division by 25% with 100 new employees by the end of Q1 2023.
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