{"id":50845,"date":"2021-10-07T17:45:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=50845"},"modified":"2025-09-02T20:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T17:29:54","slug":"investment-platform-valued-at-1-2-billion-offers-crypto-trading-to-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/investment-platform-valued-at-1-2-billion-offers-crypto-trading-to-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment platform valued at $1.2 billion offers crypto trading to clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American investment platform Public.com has added the ability to trade cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today\u2019s the day. Introducing: Crypto on Public.\u26a1 <\/p>\n<p>Learn more \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5yT2CDcyUy\">https:\/\/t.co\/5yT2CDcyUy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P9s749JyrY\">pic.twitter.com\/P9s749JyrY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Public (@public) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/public\/status\/1446116693118312457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Previously, individual investors on Public.com could trade only US-listed stocks and exchange-traded funds. Now the platform has opened access to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Dogecoin, Litecoin, Stellar, Zcash, Cardano and Dash. <\/p>\n<p>The minimum investment amount is $1.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/18SPy9UY3P3M3QztbDfPgvp_IW-mm8TZKA-Ix50B_tRW0wIJxsTSXunL4iZCgboUmUwYH8xAZxB3miXbi2BE6-fymTPdDF9uXVQdRSsERsyVzp2JrCf1QaH3fdigGrBgs6vftB=s0\" alt=\"Investment platform valued at $1.2B offering crypto trading to clients\"\/><figcaption>Source: Public.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The service is delivered in partnership with Apex Crypto, a subsidiary of Apex Clearing, which provides trade execution and custody services.<\/p>\n<p>Users can buy and sell, and hold digital assets, without fees, but individual wallets are not provided.<\/p>\n<p>Public.com has been operating since 2019. In February 2021, the company closed a $220 million funding round at a $1.2 billion valuation <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/02\/17\/as-expected-stock-trading-service-public-raises-220m-at-unicorn-valuation\/\">\u043f\u0440\u0438 \u043e\u0446\u0435\u043d\u043a\u0435 $1,2 \u043c\u043b\u0440\u0434<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robinhood, Public.com\u2019s competitor, added cryptocurrency trading in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Robinhood <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/robinhood-confirms-rumors-of-testing-a-cryptocurrency-wallet\">began testing a wallet<\/a> for digital assets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American investment platform Public.com has added the ability to trade cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1480,1267],"class_list":["post-50845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockchain-apps","tag-cryptocurrency-trading"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"10","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50846,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50845\/revisions\/50846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}