Fidelity avab vahendustasuvaba Bitcoini kauplemise ootenimekirja

Financial services behemoth Fidelity Investments has opened access to a wait list for its bitcoin trading offering, according to its veebisait. Users can express interest in the product, offered by its subsidiary Fidelity Digital Assets, by signing up on the firm’s web page. The product will waive commission fees, an attempt to compete with popular cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance that have recently launched zero-fee trading. Fidelity, however, will charge a 1% spread fee.

Fidelity on viimase aasta jooksul astunud krüptovaluutasektoris pikemaid samme. Varahaldur, mis on 4.5. aasta septembri seisuga üle 2022 triljoni dollari suuruse hallatava varaga maailmas üks suurimaid, pakub Fidelity Digital Assetsi kaudu institutsionaalseid tooteid, sealhulgas spot bitcoin ETF in Canada, kuid ettevõtte uued käigud teenindaks jaeinvestorite rühma.

Now, investors get a glimpse of that future as Fidelity opens up the waiting list for the offering. In addition to trading, the asset manager will also offer custody services for customers’ bitcoin holdings as it seeks to capitalize on the learning curve involved in self-custody.

While U.S. citizens might find it convenient to invest in bitcoin through Fidelity’s offering, the inability to withdraw funds to a self-custodial wallet might push some investors away. As a digital native peer-to-peer currency system, Bitcoin’s true value proposition is only achievable through proper self-custody, which enables independence and freedom. In any case, Fidelity’s offering surely has a market to target — and a growing one — as many in America start getting curious about and demanding some exposure to BTC.

Historically, users have for the most part leveraged cryptocurrency-specific exchanges for their bitcoin buys. However, banks and other financial institutions have grown in awareness as they saw millions if not billions of U.S. dollars flying out of customers’ checking accounts and into the likes of Coinbase and Gemini. In a bid to capture some of that capital, some traditional finance firms have quickly pivoted to launch bitcoin investing products of their own.

In addition to Fidelity, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, also recently dipped its toes into the Bitcoin market. BlackRock’s plans were first heard of veebruaris 2022, kuid see ei oleks enne August that the $10 trillion AUM firm would launch its bitcoin trading product. BlackRock also launched a spot bitcoin private trust samal kuul.