Many of my clients want to hold Bitcoin in an IRA or 401(k). However, most of the “Bitcoin IRA” companies out there (BitcoinIRA, Kingdom Trust, BitGo, Regal Assets, etc.) charge large custodial fees for doing so.
Wouldn’t it be great to avoid all these issues by just holding cryptocurrency directly, in control of your own private keys, while still maintaining the tax benefits of an IRA or Roth IRA? This would allow you to cut out all of those middleman fees.
It turns out there is a way to do this, so long as you know how to avoid the hidden traps.