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Eligible Interactive Brokers’ clients can now fund their brokerage accounts using stablecoins — a digital currency designed to maintain a stable value tied to the U.S. dollar.
This new funding option offers near-instant processing and 24-7 availability, including weekends and holidays, giving traders faster access to more than 170 global markets.
Clients simply send USD Coin, a stablecoin backed one-to-one by U.S. dollars, from their crypto wallet to a secure wallet powered by Zerohash. Once received, the stablecoin is automatically converted to U.S. dollars and credited to the brokerage account — often within minutes.
For global traders, this is a major breakthrough, as traditional cross-border wire transfers can be slow, expensive, and restricted by local banking hours. By funding with stablecoin, however, those barriers are removed – with lower costs, faster settlement, and always-on access.
Now, eligible clients worldwide can fund their accounts anytime and trade immediately — a capability traditional funding methods have been historically unable to offer.
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