TradFi Turns To Crypto: Top Brokerage Firm Plots 2026 Trading Debut
Charles Schwab, a top brokerage firm in the United States, has laid plans to roll out a cryptocurrency trading platform as early as next year. The development marks increasing mainstream adoption of digital currencies and may redefine the competitive dynamics for crypto exchanges. Related Reading: Decentralized Defense? NFT Group Targets Cold War Nuclear Bunker Buy […]
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U.S. brokerage firm M1 Finance will soon roll out crypto accounts and commission-free trading services for ten digital assets. Despite the bear market scaring away many crypto investors in 2022, online brokerage firm M1 Finance is set to launch crypto trading accounts and trading services over the next few weeks.The Chicago-based company was founded in 2015 and claims to have more than $5 billion worth of assets under management (AUM). The brokerage also offers retirement accounts in addition to providing commission-free trading on stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). In a July 11 blog....
A top ten crypto index by Bitwise has outperformed the assets themselves as FOMO takes hold. Leading crypto fund manager Bitwise Asset Management has announced that its 10 Crypto Index Fund is trading at a much higher premium than the underlying assets it represents.The BITW fund saw record initial trading volumes with shares in the crypto fund surging to 369% higher than the value of the Bitcoin, Ethereum, and eight other crypto assets, that it holds.Bloomberg reported that the divergence indicates that institutional investors, hedge funds, and retail traders, are happy to pay a premium....
The merging of crypto and TradFi is inevitable, with the latter potentially mitigating the volatility permeating the digital asset industry. Despite the current struggle in the global economy, the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and crypto seems to be closing with each passing day. For example, earlier this month, Vienna-based fintech unicorn Bitpanda announced that it was adding commodities to its list of investment options, thus allowing investors to rake in profits from short-term price fluctuations related to traditional instruments such as oil, natural gas and wheat.In a....
The real estate market in the metaverse is projected to pass $5 billion by 2026. This is the prediction of the latest metaverse report by Technavio, a global market research firm. The report states that the rise will be fueled by the growth of the metaverse into a mixed reality environment, where people can take advantage of these spaces.
Metaverse Real Estate Market to Grow Exponentially
As the metaverse becomes a more living, tangible breathing world, more and more people will be interested in becoming part of its social ecosystem. The real estate market in the metaverse is....