THE HASH: Interactive Brokers Offers BTC, ETH Trading for Professional Traders in Hong Kong; El Salvador's ‘Bitcoin Embassy’
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4.8 • 689 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The most valuable crypto stories for Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023.
The hosts of "The Hash" weigh in as Interactive Brokers (IBKR) begins offering cryptocurrency trading to professional investors in Hong Kong. The region's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will reportedly allow retail trading in a select group of cryptocurrencies. El Salvador is discussing opening a "bitcoin embassy" in Texas. Warner Music Group's former CEO, Stephen Cooper, is joining the board of directors at Web3 firm OneOf. Plus, an update on The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed rule that would effectively require registered investment advisers to go outside the crypto industry to store digital assets.
See also:
Interactive Brokers Rolls Out BTC, ETH Trading to Professional Investors in Hong Kong
El Salvador Plans to Open 'Bitcoin Embassy' in Texas
Former Warner Music CEO Joins Web3 Company OneOf’s Board
SEC Proposal Could Bar Investment Advisers From Keeping Assets at Crypto Firms
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| 1:22.1 | I'm Jen Snassi. We got Will Foxley and Zach Seward with us. Today, we are bringing you the latest and greatest in this |
| 1:30.7 | crazy thing we call crypto. Zach, you got our first story. What's up? Yeah, I do. Let's go to Hong Kong. |
| 1:37.1 | We're going to talk about interactive brokers setting up a institutional offering over in Hong Kong. This is rolling out Bitcoin and |
| 1:46.2 | ETH trading to professional investors over in Hong Kong. I think it really speaks to the shifting |
| 1:50.6 | geographical landscape, especially in Asia, where the mood around crypto is a little bit less |
| 1:57.0 | dower than it is over here in North America. Obviously with these recent SEC actions, |
| 2:02.0 | the mood in American crypto is a bit dark. That said, over in Hong Kong, we're seeing an |
| 2:08.3 | institutional product roll out in addition to some other interesting developments relating to |
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