The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a rule that could allow 
cryptocurrencies and private assets in 401(k) plans. The move may expand 
investment options but raises concerns about risk and complexity. 401(k) Rules 
Could Soon Include Crypto Assets The United States is moving closer to 
allowing cryptocurrencies and private market assets inside retirement 
accounts. […]

US Labor Department Moves to Allow Crypto in Retirement Plans

Bitcoin rose back above $68,000 on March 31 after Iranian President Masoud 
Pezeshkian said Tehran was prepared to end its war with the United States, and 
markets began to bet on a resolution. Data from CryptoSlate showed the broader 
crypto market added about $40 billion in value after the remarks. Bitcoin 
climbed nearly 2% to […]
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Bitcoin, stocks rally because of chatter that Iran is ready to ‘end the war’ as Dollar Index sinks below 100

Base outlines its 2026 roadmap focused on global markets, stablecoins, and 
builders as it expands its onchain economy strategy.
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Base outlines 2026 roadmap focused on global markets, stablecoins, and builders

Macro investor Jordi Visser is arguing that Bitcoin’s original purpose is 
coming back into focus as the Federal Reserve faces a new macro trap shaped by 
debt, oil, slowing growth and weakening employment. In a note published March 
30 under the banner “D.O.G.E. 2.0,” Visser says that mix could leave 
policymakers unable to impose the kind of economic pain a traditional 
inflation fight would require. His framework repurposes the acronym into four 
pressures: debt as the structural constraint, oil as the inflation shock, 
growth as the casualty of tighter conditions, and employment as the side of 
the Fed’s mandate that may soon take precedence. The broader claim is not 
simply that inflation could return, but that it could return in a form 
monetary policy cannot easily fix. Why Bitcoin Could Be The Big Winner 
Visser’s argument starts with supply-side stress. He points to oil prices 
rising after the war with Iran disrupted flows through the Strait of Hormuz, 
while import-price pressures and higher memory-chip costs linked to AI demand 
were already feeding through global supply chains. “That is what makes this 
moment dangerous,” he writes. “The inflation problem may be returning, but it 
is returning for reasons the Fed cannot easily solve, all while affordability 
remains a major political issue. Rate hikes do not reopen Hormuz. They do not 
create more DRAM.” Related Reading: OG Bitcoin On-Chain Models Could Hint At 
$46,000-$54,000 Floor: Analyst From there, he shifts to what he sees as the 
crucial difference between today and the 1970s. Back then, Visser notes, 
federal debt stood near 35.5% of GDP in 1970 and around 31.6% by 1979. Today, 
he says, the comparable figure is about 122.5%. That changes the amount of 
pain the system can absorb. In his telling, the United States is confronting 
the possibility of a second inflation wave with a debt burden roughly four 
times heavier than at the end of the last major oil-driven inflation era. He 
makes the same point through asset valuations. The stock-market- 
capitalization-to-GDP ratio, he argues, is now above 200%, versus roughly 42% 
in 1975 and 38% in 1979. In practical terms, that means a determined inflation 
fight would not only hit a more indebted fiscal structure and a more fragile 
Treasury market, but also a far more financialized economy. “This is not just 
a replay of the 1970s,” Visser writes. “It is the 1970s problem inside a far 
more levered system.” The labor side of the equation is equally important in 
his thesis. Visser points to a February 2026 employment report showing nonfarm 
payrolls down 92,000, unemployment at 4.4%, and payroll employment having 
changed little on net in 2025. Wage growth, he says, has also eased materially 
from its 2023 peak. That backdrop matters because it makes a renewed inflation 
offensive harder to justify politically and economically than it was during 
the post-COVID tightening cycle. Related Reading: JPMorgan Says Bitcoin Is 
Beating Gold And Silver During The Iran War Visser argues the Fed has already 
begun preparing markets for that distinction. He cites Chair Jerome Powell’s 
March 18 press conference, where Powell acknowledged higher energy prices 
could lift inflation in the near term while reiterating that central banks 
often try to “look through” energy shocks if inflation expectations remain 
anchored. Visser also notes Vice Chair Philip Jefferson’s warning that 
persistently higher energy prices could weigh on both inflation and spending, 
intensifying the Fed’s dual-mandate dilemma. That is where Bitcoin enters the 
story. Visser ties the current setup back to Bitcoin’s creation during the 
2008-09 financial crisis, arguing that Satoshi Nakamoto’s design was a direct 
response to a monetary system dependent on bailouts, intervention and 
expanding guarantees when stress becomes intolerable. “Bitcoin was born as a 
response to a system in which governments and central banks could always 
create more money, extend more guarantees, and socialize more losses when the 
structure became too fragile to endure discipline,” he writes. “Whether you 
view that as protest, timestamp, or both, the message was unmistakable.” His 
conclusion is that Bitcoin does not require hyperinflation to validate that 
thesis. It only requires markets to believe that each inflation fight will be 
shorter, each easing cycle will arrive sooner, and each downturn in a debt- 
heavy system will push policymakers back toward accommodation. At press time, 
Bitcoin traded at $66,466. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from 
TradingView.com

Jordi Visser Says Bitcoin Was Built For This New Fed Crisis

Former a16z crypto investor Sam Broner has raised $10 million to launch The 
Better Money Company, a startup aiming to become a clearinghouse for U.S. 
dollar stablecoins in the wake of America’s new federal GENIUS Act regime. 
Broner co-founded the…

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