Cryptocurrencies

Interactive Brokers to Offer Crypto Trading in Coming Months

  • Customers were asking for the option, Chairman Peterffy says
  • Questions still remain about safety of the assets, he says
Why Interactive Brokers Added Cryptocurrency Trading
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Interactive Brokers Group Inc. is stepping deeper into cryptocurrencies with a plan to offer trading services.

“Customers certainly are asking for it, and we expect to be ready to offer it to them by the end of the summer,” Chairman Thomas Peterffy said Wednesday at Piper Sandler Cos.’s global exchange and fintech conference.