Interactive Brokers Group Expands Crypto Services to Include RIAs
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Interactive Brokers Group Expands Crypto Services to Include RIAs

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Interactive Brokers Group appear today that it would barrage cryptocurrency trading and aegis casework for U.S. Registered Investment Advisors. The move comes almost one ages afterwards Interactive Brokers alien crypto trading for clients.

Interactive Brokers Group Introduces New Options for Investing in Crypto

Global allowance close Interactive Brokers Group appear today that it would action cryptocurrency trading and aegis casework for Registered Investment Advisors in the U.S. This would acquiesce RIAs to barter and aegis assertive cryptocurrencies on account of their clients, appropriately enabling them to administer their clients’ positions in cryptocurrencies in accession to those in stocks, bonds, alternate funds, and added banking instruments. 

Working through Paxos, Interactive Brokers Group will accredit RIAs to barter and aegis Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash on account of their clients. The account comes alone a ages afterwards the close alien a antecedent affiliation with Paxos, which rolled out crypto trading for U.S. clients in September. The new move would acquiesce RIAs to administer such trades on their clients’ behalf. 

The move comes in acknowledgment to growing broker appeal for acknowledgment to cryptocurrency markets. In a press release, Steve Sanders, EVP of Marketing and Product Development at Interactive Brokers, said: 

“Allocating a baby allotment of assets to cryptocurrency as allotment of a well-diversified portfolio has steadily become added commonplace, and admiral may ambition to acclaim cryptocurrency to their clients…Adding cryptocurrency trading underscores our advancing adherence to accouterment admiral with the advance articles and accoutrement they charge to auspiciously administer applicant portfolios and abound their businesses.”

The firm’s cryptocurrency-related casework are currently alone accessible to U.S. audience and RIAs, although there are affairs to barrage in added genitalia of the apple in the future. 

Interactive Brokers Group and its affiliates accommodate automatic barter beheading and aegis casework for securities, commodities, and forex to alone investors, barrier funds, proprietary trading groups, and banking admiral worldwide. Paxos Trust Company is a adapted blockchain basement belvedere that provides crypto allowance services. It is adapted by the New York Department of Banking Services. 

Disclaimer: At the time of writing, the columnist of this allotment endemic BTC, ETH, and several added cryptocurrencies.