Overview
- Eligible U.S. clients can now deposit USDC at any time and start trading within minutes across roughly 170 markets.
- Support for Ripple’s RLUSD and PayPal’s PYUSD is slated for the week of January 19, expanding beyond USDC.
- Deposits are sent from personal wallets to a ZeroHash-generated address, with incoming stablecoins automatically converted to U.S. dollars.
- Interactive Brokers waives deposit fees, clients pay network costs, and ZeroHash charges a 0.30% conversion fee per deposit with a $1 minimum.
- The company frames stablecoin rails as a faster alternative to cross-border wires, and IBKR shares rose about 3–4% to a record near $75 after the launch.