{"id":49374,"date":"2021-09-13T19:07:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=49374"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:22:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:22:47","slug":"interactive-brokers-launches-cryptocurrency-trading-for-us-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/interactive-brokers-launches-cryptocurrency-trading-for-us-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive Brokers launches cryptocurrency trading for US clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The brokerage Interactive Brokers, in partnership with Paxos, has opened access to digital assets for U.S. clients.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">It\u2019s a big day for <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/crypto?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#crypto<\/a> markets. Today, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24IBKR&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$IBKR<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IBKR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@IBKR<\/a> is opening buy\/hold\/Sell capabilities for <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$BTC<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$ETH<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24LTC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$LTC<\/a> &amp; <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BCH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$BCH<\/a> to its US Clients, as <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PoweredByPaxos?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#PoweredByPaxos<\/a> and our Crypto Brokerage solution. Learn More. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/TsYI2EnEMr\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/TsYI2EnEMr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paxos (@PaxosGlobal) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaxosGlobal\/status\/1437421256375156736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the announcement, clients will be able to trade and hold Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash. Fees will range from 0.12% to 0.18% of the trade value, depending on monthly volume.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Paxos noted that growing consumer interest in cryptocurrencies through &#8216;trusted intermediaries&#8217; is driving a shift in the financial industry.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In June, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/interactive-brokers-to-launch-cryptocurrency-trading\">Interactive Brokers<\/a> announced the launch of a new feature amid client demand. At that time the broker offered Bitcoin futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Back in July, Interactive Brokers chief executive <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/interactive-brokers-chief-thomas-peterffy-on-cryptocurrency-investments\">Thomas Peterfi<\/a> spoke about investments in cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news stream, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The brokerage Interactive Brokers, in partnership with Paxos, opened access to digital assets for U.S. clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1733,1504],"class_list":["post-49374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-interactive-brokers","tag-paxos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"19","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49376,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49374\/revisions\/49376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}