Bitcoin Compliance requirements are improving firm-to-firm since January 2025. Beginning in 2025 there’s been a monumental shift in regulator perspective on Bitcoin away from NEGATIVE (Bitcoin regulation through prosecution) to FULL EMBRACE of Bitcoin by regulators now.
As a Financial Advisor, IAR or Registered Representative, as always, you need to understand “where the line is” when discussing any asset class with clients. But things have changed in Washington and now the posture is HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE of Bitcoin, which is the opposite position from the past.
But it takes some firms time to understand and adjust to changes in Washington. You need to contact your compliance consultant to confirm what you’re firm’s current position is on Bitcoin conversations with your clients.
If you’re an independent RIA, you’re good to go now. Talk to your compliance consultant anyway, just to confirm this, but Bitcoin adoption is growing exponentially and time’s wasting. There’s no stopping this Bitcoin train, so every firm will begin to remove excessive restrictions on Bitcoin conversations with clients (or else the fast-growing Bitcoin client-market will fire you and hir a firm that will at least understand the topic). So all firms will give improved clarity to Financial Advisor at some point soon (or the Financial Advisor’s will quit).
Digital Assets and Bitcoin needs the attention of every Financial Advisor. This video walks you through this gap in professional understanding about Bitcoin within the financial services industry.
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Mark McKenna Little
The Financial Advisor Mastery Program
Seeking The Mark of Mastery
A New Financial Advisor Paradigm
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