Diving deep into June, we have some exciting updates, important news, and a touch of futuristic flair to share. Buckle up and get ready for a cool journey through the latest in retirement security and what it means to be innovative. You’re going to want an iced coffee for this one. Just sayin’.

• The future of retirement savings, blockchain, and tokenization with CeFiWire Founding Editor, Sean Hanna - you read it here first, folks - unless you read it with Sean first

• May data on state metrics, now including Maryland$aves

• Updates from Massachusetts, New York, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nevada

• Best Practices - Highlights from NAST TMTS Day 1 - June 13 - boy is this fresh

• Hot Sauce! Five cool things you won’t want to miss and three other ones

• PIX of the Week! We’re taking you to Dutch Bros, the Golden Gate, and an unnamed hotel room - what?

Happy November! If that sounds like the year is moving to a close quickly, we agree. Small solace: embrace the “yum!”. You might have a favorite food-related holiday this month. We're going with #10, National Vanilla Cupcake Day. But we digress. Grab that cupcake and catch up on the latest in retirement innovation:

• Natalie Braswell and Jessica Muirhead on MyCTSavings – access, equity, and early results

• *Fresh* State Auto IRA metrics

• Key updates from Connecticut, Illinois, New Mexico, New York State, Virginia and a Global update with cross-border application

• *New* savings training programs broadly available with NAST’s Kari Arfstrom

• Intriguing shorts in Hot Sauce, Cool Stuff -- Don't save yet?

• This week's PIX! - from the Chesapeake Bay to a living room in Oregon

As a retirement program manager, one of your biggest hurdles is getting people to open and fund an account. Behavioral science and a careful look at human decision making can help overcome this first step. Using defaults can increase the proportion of employees enrolled in a program. Leveraging precommitments can help people overcome procrastination and keep contributions in line with inflation. These changes can shift participation by impressive amounts!