Hargreaves Lansdown, Britain’s largest retail investment platform, has begun offering eligible clients access to Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded notes (ETNs), marking a significant shift for a firm that previously warned investors about cryptocurrency risks.

The platform has listed 9 crypto ETNs from issuers including

• BlackRock’s iShares,
• WisdomTree,
• 21Shares,
• Invesco,
• CoinShares and
• Bitwise,

with fees ranging from zero to 0.35%.

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