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The rule that would let employers put bitcoin and other alternative assets in 401(k)s with far less legal risk is now at the White House for final review. The Labor Department sent its final rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on Nov. 5, the last step before it's published. OIRA lists it as economically significant, $100 million or more a year in impact. The rule doesn't legalize bitcoin in 401(k)s. Nothing banned it. It gives employers a safe harbor. Weigh six factors (performance, fees, liquidity, valuation, benchmarks, complexity) before adding an investment and the choice is presumed prudent, cutting the lawsuit risk that keeps plans away. How we got here: • May 2025, Labor drops its 2022 warning to use "extreme care" with crypto in 401(k)s • Aug 2025, Trump signs an executive order to open 401(k)s to alternative assets • March 2026, Labor proposes the rule • June 2026, comments close with more than 33,000 letters Once it's final, the question for savers stops being whether bitcoin is allowed and becomes whether their employer will offer it.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) says he could reintroduce his articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as soon as Monday, according to a report citing his interview with Politico. Massie first filed them in September over the Iran war. He has said he will only reintroduce them if Hegseth is still in the job, and he is a lame duck after losing his primary.
Iran is now willing to discuss its nuclear program in talks with the US, Bloomberg reports, a topic it had previously kept off the table. A diplomat reportedly says Iran is studying proposals on its atomic activities from mediator Qatar. No deal has been announced.
Greece's parliament has approved a 10% tax on individuals' crypto gains. Income from lending, liquidity provision and staking would be taxed at 15%. The rules are reportedly set to start Jan 1, 2027.
Rep. Thomas Massie says he will force a House vote to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Iran war when Congress returns, probably the week of Nov. 9. Speaker Mike Johnson blocked a vote in September by recessing the House early. That option is reportedly gone.
"I changed the way that our business model was going to work based upon some of the incentives that I was learning from Bitcoin." @andyjschoonover on what the white paper taught him about incentives.
A new report says the Chainalysis attackers got usernames, password hashes and live tokens. Chainalysis has said authentication credentials and session tokens were not accessed. The two accounts conflict, and the company has not said how many records were accessed.

Bitcoin tagged as collateral for Trump Media's $1B convertible notes just moved to Crypto dot com. Arkham data shows about 4,259 bitcoin sent in two transfers. Holders of the notes can demand a cash repurchase on Nov 30, 2026. The company has not explained the move.
"Banks are to Bitcoin as health insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies are to healthcare." @andyjschoonover on who really writes the rules in healthcare.

Greg Abbott received around the same amount of votes as previous years. But the Democrat candidate somehow received over 1.5 million more votes than normal. Where did the new Democratic voters come from?

JPMorgan's Epstein problem is about to get subpoena power. CNBC reports Senate Finance Democrats plan to investigate the bank's Epstein ties once they take control in January, with Ron Wyden likely in the chair. Their focus: Mary Erdoes, who still runs JPM's wealth arm. What's already on the record: • Erdoes admitted in a deposition JPM knew by 2006 that Epstein was accused of paying for underage girls • JPM kept him as a client until 2013 • While he was alive, it flagged ~$4.3M of his activity. After he died, it filed retroactive reports on ~$1.3B • Per Wyden's staff, a JPM private bank chief coached Epstein on cash withdrawals to dodge reporting rules • JPM has paid $365M in settlements. Zero charges. The same system that files a report on your $10K cash withdrawal looked away from one of its biggest clients for 15 years. $JPM down 1.7% today.
Update: Many in the community are informing us that the first image is AI.
The rule that would let employers put bitcoin and other alternative assets in 401(k)s with far less legal risk is now at the White House for final review. The Labor Department sent its final rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on Nov. 5, the last step before it's published. OIRA lists it as economically significant, $100 million or more a year in impact. The rule doesn't legalize bitcoin in 401(k)s. Nothing banned it. It gives employers a safe harbor. Weigh six factors (performance, fees, liquidity, valuation, benchmarks, complexity) before adding an investment and the choice is presumed prudent, cutting the lawsuit risk that keeps plans away. How we got here: • May 2025, Labor drops its 2022 warning to use "extreme care" with crypto in 401(k)s • Aug 2025, Trump signs an executive order to open 401(k)s to alternative assets • March 2026, Labor proposes the rule • June 2026, comments close with more than 33,000 letters Once it's final, the question for savers stops being whether bitcoin is allowed and becomes whether their employer will offer it.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) says he could reintroduce his articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as soon as Monday, according to a report citing his interview with Politico. Massie first filed them in September over the Iran war. He has said he will only reintroduce them if Hegseth is still in the job, and he is a lame duck after losing his primary.
Iran is now willing to discuss its nuclear program in talks with the US, Bloomberg reports, a topic it had previously kept off the table. A diplomat reportedly says Iran is studying proposals on its atomic activities from mediator Qatar. No deal has been announced.
Greece's parliament has approved a 10% tax on individuals' crypto gains. Income from lending, liquidity provision and staking would be taxed at 15%. The rules are reportedly set to start Jan 1, 2027.
Rep. Thomas Massie says he will force a House vote to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Iran war when Congress returns, probably the week of Nov. 9. Speaker Mike Johnson blocked a vote in September by recessing the House early. That option is reportedly gone.
"I changed the way that our business model was going to work based upon some of the incentives that I was learning from Bitcoin." @andyjschoonover on what the white paper taught him about incentives.
A new report says the Chainalysis attackers got usernames, password hashes and live tokens. Chainalysis has said authentication credentials and session tokens were not accessed. The two accounts conflict, and the company has not said how many records were accessed.

Bitcoin tagged as collateral for Trump Media's $1B convertible notes just moved to Crypto dot com. Arkham data shows about 4,259 bitcoin sent in two transfers. Holders of the notes can demand a cash repurchase on Nov 30, 2026. The company has not explained the move.
"Banks are to Bitcoin as health insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies are to healthcare." @andyjschoonover on who really writes the rules in healthcare.

Greg Abbott received around the same amount of votes as previous years. But the Democrat candidate somehow received over 1.5 million more votes than normal. Where did the new Democratic voters come from?

JPMorgan's Epstein problem is about to get subpoena power. CNBC reports Senate Finance Democrats plan to investigate the bank's Epstein ties once they take control in January, with Ron Wyden likely in the chair. Their focus: Mary Erdoes, who still runs JPM's wealth arm. What's already on the record: • Erdoes admitted in a deposition JPM knew by 2006 that Epstein was accused of paying for underage girls • JPM kept him as a client until 2013 • While he was alive, it flagged ~$4.3M of his activity. After he died, it filed retroactive reports on ~$1.3B • Per Wyden's staff, a JPM private bank chief coached Epstein on cash withdrawals to dodge reporting rules • JPM has paid $365M in settlements. Zero charges. The same system that files a report on your $10K cash withdrawal looked away from one of its biggest clients for 15 years. $JPM down 1.7% today.
Update: Many in the community are informing us that the first image is AI.
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