Through Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited, Interactive Brokers has launched crypto-asset trading for eligible individual investors in the European Economic Area.
Investors in the region can now buy and sell 11 digital assets on the same platform they use for stocks, futures, options, currencies, bonds, and mutual funds.
The rollout expands the broker’s crypto offering in Europe through an integration with Zero Hash. It also marks a wider regional push for Interactive Brokers, which already offers crypto trading in the United States and the United Kingdom through separate entities.
Interactive Brokers opens crypto trading in the EEA
Interactive Brokers said eligible retail clients in the EEA can now trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Chainlink, Solana, Cardano, XRP, Dogecoin, Avalanche, and Sui.
The company launched the service through Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited, which it described as an authorised crypto-asset service provider in the EEA.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the brokerage firm said investors can trade crypto through the same account and interface they already use for traditional assets. It added that the service is available through Trader Workstation, IBKR Desktop, Client Portal, IBKR Mobile, and IBKR GlobalTrader.
Interactive Brokers pointed out that the launch aims to make crypto trading easier for European investors who still use separate apps for digital assets. It said that setup can make portfolio tracking and fee comparisons more difficult.
Chief executive Milan Galik explained btcthe company wants to give clients more flexibility while keeping trading within one familiar system.
“Our clients want the flexibility to diversify into crypto-assets while maintaining the tools, pricing, and trust they rely on Interactive Brokers for,” he said,
Broker combines crypto and traditional assets on one platform
Interactive Brokers said one of the main features of the launch is the ability to trade both crypto and traditional assets from a single platform.
The company said clients can view their holdings in one place and manage different asset classes through one login.
The broker also said crypto-assets will be available for trading 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Clients can also place limit orders and manage execution prices through the same tools they already use.
On pricing, Interactive Brokers said commissions start at 0.12 percent to 0.18 percent of trade value. It also said the service does not include hidden spreads, markups, or custody fees.
Galik said the platform can help clients manage capital and liquidity across their portfolios more easily.
“By offering crypto alongside traditional assets on a single platform, clients can manage risk, liquidity, and capital more efficiently across their entire portfolio,” Galik noted.
Zero Hash supports the European expansion
The EEA launch runs through an integration with Zero Hash, a digital asset and stablecoin infrastructure provider. Interactive Brokers used the partnership to make the 11 crypto-assets available to eligible clients in the region.
Zero Hash founder and chief executive Edward Woodford said the rollout extends the two companies’ existing relationship. He said it opens access to a market of about 450 million people across the EEA.
The move builds on Interactive Brokers’ broader crypto plans. Outside the EEA, the broker already offers crypto trading in the United States through Interactive Brokers LLC and in the United Kingdom through Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited.
The expansion also follows comments made last year by Interactive Brokers founder Thomas Peterffy about a possible stablecoin product.
In a Reuters interview published on July 29, 2025, Peterffy said the company was considering issuing stablecoins for customers, though it had not decided how such a product would be offered.
The latest EEA rollout does not include a stablecoin product. Still, it extends the firm’s crypto business as more financial companies add digital asset services for retail clients.
IBKR’s new crypto lineup opens in a weak market
The 11 crypto-assets added to the EEA offering showed mixed short-term moves, though most remained under pressure amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran.
Bitcoin traded at about $66,700, down roughly 2 percent over 24 hours and nearly 6 percent over seven days. Ethereum traded near $2,000 and fell slightly on the day, while posting an almost 5 percent weekly drop.
Litecoin traded at about $54 and slipped around 1 percent over 24 hours. Bitcoin Cash was the only asset in the group to record a daily gain, rising about 3 percent to $470.
The rest of the group also moved lower. Chainlink fell more than 2 percent to $8.67, Solana dropped about 5 percent to $81, and Cardano lost around 4 percent to $0.24.
XRP fell about 3 percent to $1.32, Dogecoin dropped around 3 percent to $0.09, Avalanche slipped 2.37 percent to $8.79, and Sui lost about 3 percent to $0.86, according to CoinGecko data.
Over the past seven days, Solana posted the steepest decline in the group at about 12 percent. It was followed by Sui at 9 percent, Cardano and Avalanche at 8 percent, XRP at 7 percent, Chainlink at 6 percent, Dogecoin at 4 percent, and Litecoin at 3 percent.
CoinGlass data also showed more than 70,000 trader liquidations over the past 24 hours, with total losses of more than $260 million.