Individual, joint or trust accounts (including most clients of Financial Advisors) and organizational accounts (excluding three tier structures and non-Fully Disclosed Brokers) from the following countries might be eligible to trade cryptocurrency under either the …

What crypto assets can be sent to my IBKR crypto account?

Interactive Brokers (IBKR) currently supports transfers of the following cryptocurrency assets:…

All exchange and custody services in connection with trading and holding cryptocurrency tokens and other digital asset tokens (collectively, "cryptocurrency") through the Interactive Brokers LLC ("IBKR") platform are provided by external cryptocurrency service providers. Depending on your location and account type, either Paxos Trust Company, LLC (a New York Limited Trust Company licensed by the New York Department of Financial Services) or Zero Hash LLC (a FinCEN-registered Money Services Business licensed as a money-transmitter in various states, and holder of a BitLicense by the NY Department of Financial Services) is your “Cryptocurrency Service Provider.”…

Times-in-force for BUY limit orders:

• IOC: Immediate or cancel
• Minutes: Order is canceled if not filled within five (5) minutes…

Currently, clients can trade the following cryptocurrencies via Cryptocurrency Service Providers:

Certain exchange and custody services in connection with trading and holding cryptocurrency tokens and other digital asset tokens (collectively, "crypto") through Interactive Brokers LLC’s (“IBKR”) platform are provided by Zero Hash LLC and Zero Hash Liquidity Services LLC (collectively "Zero Hash"), each of which is a registered money services business with FinCEN and licensed to engage in Virtual Currency Business Activity by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Zero Hash LLC is also a regulated Money Transmitter that can operate in 51 U.S. jurisdictions…

REQUEST TRADING PERMISSIONS

Request cryptocurrency trading permissions within the IBKR Client Portal in the Trading Permissions section. Choose between the Basic and Plus permissions programs…

Cryptocurrency Service Providers do accept cryptocurrency deposits into IBKR-linked accounts.

Additional Information…

Before you can trade cryptocurrencies, you need to log into Client Portal and request trading permissions. Choose from Basic and Crypto Plus trading permission. See What trading permissions do I need to trade cryptocurrencies? …

IBKR offers clients a way to trade cryptocurrencies alongside stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and funds across more than 150 exchanges and market centers in 33 countries.

To ensure cryptocurrencies remain a complement to our core business, we will limit clients from opening new cryptocurrency positions above certain thresholds (see below) through any IBKR-linked Cryptocurrency Service Providers (“Crypto Accounts”). In addition, clients will be limited from transferring cash to their Crypto Accounts if client's assets in their Crypto Account exceeds the thresholds (see limits below)…

All eligible clients with individual or joint accounts, and institutional Investors such as Hedge Funds, Organizations and Introducing Brokers are eligible to trade cryptocurrencies under either the Basic or Plus trading permission.

Currently cryptocurrency trading under the Crypto Plus trading permission is not available to FAs and FA sub accounts. Find out…

Monthly Fees

Starting in June 2026, Paxos will charge a USD $0.15 per month fee for all "active" account identities — defined as any identity that has one or more open Paxos accounts, regardless of balance or trading activity — which IBKR will pass through directly to clients. The fee will be charged to the clients account in arrears which means at the start of the subsequent month…

Buy Limit orders for cryptocurrency must follow the below maximum percent/dollar amount rules to be accepted. They will be rejected if the limit price exceeds the maximum percent or dollar amount below the ask price.

• BTC: The maximum percent/dollar amount is .02% and $10…

US & non-US residents with an individual account who are eligible to trade cryptocurrency under either the Basic or Plus Cryptocurrency trading permissions will trade through Zero Hash.

Note…

As of Dec 28, 2022, AAVE, LINK, UNI, and MATIC cryptocurrencies (available only with the Crypto Plus trading permission) are limited to closing-only trades. Clients can place orders to decrease/close any existing positions, but cannot create orders to open a new or increase an existing position…