IG to Offer Crypto Trading, Why South America Leads in Prop Trading Success
IG Group to offer crypto trading
Starting off this week’s new recap, IG Group is expanding its services around digital assets as it prepares to launch spot cryptocurrency trading for retail investors. The new services will extend the platform’s current offering of crypto contracts for differences.
The London-listed platform will offer spot trading in more than 30 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, and popular meme tokens. To facilitate crypto trading, the company has partnered with Uphold, which is regulated in both the US and the UK.
At the same time, the crypto exchange Kraken launched a new full-service brokerage solution targeting hedge funds, asset managers, corporates, and other large-scale market participants.
