Trump Says It's Okay to Put Pensions In Crypto

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🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Aug 8. Wall Street is finally getting what it’s long hoped for - the ability to invest pension funds in assets like real-estate, crypto and private equity. But as WSJ deputy editor Quentin Webb explains, that doesn’t come without its risks. Plus, Israel’s cabinet approves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial plan to take over Gaza City. And, why using old-school ways to land a job might be more effective than using AI to spray your resume all over the net. Azhar Sukri hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Get out of the headlines and into real conversations happening inside global organizations with the Executive Insights podcast, brought to you by AWS.
0:09.6	Listen in on the Executive Insights podcast, available on all major podcast platforms.
0:18.6	Israel's Security Cabinet approves Prime Minister Netanyahu's controversial plan to take over Gaza City.
0:25.9	Plus, President Trump orders illegal immigrants to be excluded from the next US census.
0:31.9	And a shake-up to 401k investing would allow Americans to put their pensions in private assets such as crypto.
0:39.3	One obvious concern is that these assets by definition are less liquid than public markets,
0:44.3	so it can be hard to sell them in a timely fashion.
0:47.3	Of course, crypto is a new and rather untested boom and bust industry.
0:51.3	It's Friday, August the 8th.
0:53.3	I'm Azhar Sukri for the Wall Street Journal.
0:56.1	Here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving
1:01.5	your world today.
1:06.0	In a potentially risky and controversial move, Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan for
1:13.4	the military to take control of Gaza City. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that
1:19.6	Israel doesn't plan to hold Gaza permanently, but will enact a five-step plan to end the war,
1:26.7	as Middle East correspondent Feliz Solomon explains.
1:30.1	To start with, Israel's military will take control of Gaza City, which is a very densely populated area.
1:36.3	And to this point in the war, the military has so far avoided ground operations in these densely populated areas
1:42.2	over fears that it could endanger hostages who
1:44.8	are held there. Ultimately, this plan will entail Israel taking control of the entire Gaza
1:49.7	Strip. This idea has been floated for a while now, and it has already proven controversial.
1:54.7	It's had some pushback from within the military itself.
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