PANews reported on March 12 that, according to Cointelegraph, VanEck will include some of its digital asset ETFs in US 401(k) retirement plans through a partnership with fintech platform Basic Capital. Basic Capital is a provider of corporate 401(k) retirement plan platforms, and this partnership will allow retirees to gain exposure to digital assets through ETFs.
Neither party specified which VanEck digital asset ETPs would be offered. VanEck's crypto products include a spot Bitcoin ETF, a spot Ethereum ETF, and an "on-chain economy" ETF that invests in companies within the digital asset ecosystem. VanEck also launched a spot Avalanche ETF earlier this year.


Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin defended his blockchain’s 45-day exit queue after Galaxy Digital’s head of digital called it “troubling,” sparking backlash. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has finally addressed some concerns over the lengthening Ethereum staking exit queue, which has now grown to 45 days. His response came after Galaxy Digital’s head of DeFi, Michael Marcantonio, called the exit queue length “troubling” on X and compared it to Solana which only needs two days to unstake. He has since deleted the posts. However, Buterin seemingly took a more ideological stance on the subject, describing unstaking from Ethereum as “more like a soldier deciding to quit the army,” adding that staking is more about “taking on a solemn duty to defend the chain.”Read more
