Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are giving back gains Friday morning.
It was a good week for bitcoin with gains in three of the past four days, adding more than 4% in the past two days.Bitcoin remains down more than 12% month-to-date and off more than 13% year-to-date.
Labor Department officials had some criticism for Fidelity Investments’ plan to allow investors to put bitcoin in theirA senior administrator said the plan risks the retirement security of Americans."For the average American, the need for retirement savings in their old age is significant," Ali Khawar, acting assistant secretary of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, told the Journal.
Fidelity responded by saying that its bitcoin offering "represents the firm’s continued commitment to evolving and broadening its digital assets offerings amidst steadily growing demand for digital assets across investor segments, and we believe that this technology and digital assets will represent a large part of the financial industry’s future."
Fidelity said this week that the offering would be limited to bitcoin initially, but other digital assets will be made available in the future.
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