Barry Silbert can't see into the future but he has a very clear idea how he'd like it to look – and it includes 401(k) investors. 

"No one can say for sure where bitcoin will be in five years," the founder of Digital Currency Group says. "There's huge upside potential for bitcoin. It has the potential to completely disrupt the existing market on how money is transferred around the world, and potentially revolutionize how commerce gets done."

Those should be more than familiar notions for anyone who's heard Silbert talk about bitcoin. What's far less so is his idea that bitcoin has a place in the defined contribution world.

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Nick Thornton

Nick Thornton is a financial writer covering retirement and health care issues for BenefitsPRO and ALM Media. He greatly enjoys learning from the vast minds in the legal, academic, advisory and money management communities when covering the retirement space. He's also written on international marketing trends, financial institution risk management, defense and energy issues, the restaurant industry in New York City, surfing, cigars, rum, travel, and fishing. When not writing, he's pushing into some land or water.