Interactive Brokers has introduced spot crypto trading for retail customers across the European Economic Area through its Ireland-based entity, an authorized crypto-asset service provider. Eligible clients can now buy and sell 11 tokens, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL), XRP, Cardano (ADA) and Dogecoin (DOGE), directly inside their existing brokerage accounts. Trading is available 24/7, with commissions starting roughly between 0.12% and 0.18%. Zerohash provides the underlying trading and custody infrastructure.
The firm frames the offering as an early-stage product. CEO and President Milan Galik has said crypto revenue remains small relative to the company’s overall business, but the European rollout was expected in the first quarter and the company plans to enable client asset transfers soon. Interactive Brokers also indicated some crypto assets will be migrated onto its platform to take advantage of its pricing.
Interactive Brokers, a U.S.-based electronic brokerage, already offers access to equities, options, futures, currencies and other instruments across more than 170 markets worldwide. Adding crypto to its retail offering continues a broader trend of traditional financial firms expanding into digital assets as client interest grows.
Several large incumbents have recently broadened crypto access. Fidelity Investments offers direct trading in a handful of cryptocurrencies, crypto-linked funds in brokerage accounts, the option to hold digital assets in certain retirement accounts, and has issued a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin (Fidelity Digital Dollar, FIDD) as part of tokenization work. Charles Schwab announced plans to introduce spot Bitcoin trading, with CEO Rick Wurster indicating a potential rollout as early as April 2026. Morgan Stanley plans to launch a digital-asset wallet in 2026 and expand crypto trading through E*TRADE to include assets such as Bitcoin, Ether and Solana; it has also issued guidance suggesting modest crypto allocations (up to about 4%) for higher-risk, growth-oriented portfolios, a move that industry executives have called notable.
In Europe, BNP Paribas recently added several Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded notes for retail clients in France, further expanding mainstream access points.
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