Frequently Asked Questions

There is an initial one-time service fee that varies depending on your investment amount. This service fee covers our comprehensive services, which include full support services for rollover of retirement funds, complete set up of a self-directed retirement account with BitGo Trust, and best-in-class security storage, among other offerings. In addition, there is a minimal custodian and security fee. Please call our representatives to get the fees for your particular investment amount.

BitcoinIRA.com currently offers Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), Litecoin (LTC), Stellar Lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), and Digital Gold (DG). You can invest in entirely in one coin or a combination of multiple coins.

You can rollover funds from an existing IRA, Roth IRA, SEP IRA, SIMPLE IRA, 403b, or 401k into a self-directed Bitcoin IRA account.

There is a $3,000 minimum and no investment cap. Retirement accounts that hold Bitcoins require significantly more steps and procedures than with cash purchases. Bitcoin IRA provides a full-service solution that facilitates the process for account set up, rollover of funds from an existing IRA custodian, access to our self-trading platform, and moving funds to a secure digital wallet for all retirement account types.

No. You are unable to purchase cryptocurrencies for your retirement account with any other custodian or exchange at this time. Bitcoin IRA is the world's first, largest and most secure platform to offer this service.

Bitcoin IRA is a full-service company and we will walk you through the process from start to finish. Our specialists will set up your account, rollover your funds from an existing retirement fund, execute the self-directed trade, and move your coins securely into a digital wallet. Learn more.

Spending or withdrawing the funds from any IRA account before you reach the retirement age of 59 ½ will result in early withdrawal tax penalties. Any IRA account is meant to be a fund drawn upon only after you retire. Selling your funds is approved so long as it is used to reinvest in an IRA or is held in your BitGo wallet in a liquid state.

No. At this time, you cannot transfer your current cryptocurrency holdings into a Bitcoin IRA. The IRS requires that buying into a cryptocurrency-based IRA be done with US dollars.

No. Your IRA funds are rolled over from your existing IRA account to a new IRA with BitGo Trust. Your funds remain in a retirement setting and will not result in any early withdrawal fees.

BitcoinIRA.com will attempt, but cannot guarantee, customers will receive any tokens derived from “hard forks.”

Yes. You are receiving ownership rights (“allocated gold”) to investment-grade physical gold bars. The gold is approved and regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services and is fully-backed by allocated gold.

For every purchase of 1 Gold on the Bitcoin IRA platform, you are receiving ownership rights to one fine troy ounce of gold. Its value ties directly to the real-time market value of physical gold.

Your gold bars are held in leading Brink’s bullion vault facilities and it is identifiable with a unique serial number, purity, and weighting for each bar.

You have immediate ownership rights of your gold, similar to buying or selling any stock. The order can take up to 24 hours to settle and appear in your account after your purchase.

Yes. Your gold is insured at Brink’s bullion vault facility and for any gold in transit. Learn more. Additionally, all digital assets purchased on the Bitcoin IRA platform are stored with BitGo Trust, a US-registered qualified custodian, with $100M insurance policy. Learn more.

Buying gold through a traditional firm has high broker fees, it’s difficult to transfer, and it’s expensive to store. Our gold program removes the middle men and is a cost-effective, convenient, and safe way to invest in physical gold using our proven, industry-leading platform.

The fees for Gold are the same as they are for all Bitcoin IRA products. See “What are the Bitcoin IRA fees?” above.

Similar to traditional banking, you are signing a lending agreement to loan your assets out to our banking provider. Our provider then lends out your funds to vetted institutional borrowers and you receive the majority of the interest made on those loans.

Interest rates are up to 7% on cash and crypto. Find out more at bitcoinira.com/earn.

For now, BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP, ZEC, BCH, and XLM. As with online trading, additional assets will be added to the interest-earning program as volume permits.

We do not charge any upfront fees for you to earn interest on your account. We simply take a small fee premium from our lending partner based on your interest earned.

The rate is simple, but you are paid in-kind; meaning you receive interest paid in the asset(s) you’ve lent. For example, a Bitcoin IRA investor who lends 2 BTC at 2% interest will receive 0.04 BTC per year, paid evenly into the IRA every month.

Term lengths are open-ended. You or the borrower can cancel any time and the assets will be available to liquidate or transfer after no more than 7 business days.