Financial Firms Want a Piece of Hong Kong's Crypto Pie

Hong Kong is trying to embrace cryptocurrencies, and companies are responding to its call. Interactive Brokers said on Tuesday that it has launched crypto trading in the Asian financial hub, as investor demand for digital assets grows in the city. Not everyone qualifies, though. The global electronic broker said only individuals with more than the equivalent of $1 million in assets and institutions with more than $5.1 million can trade bitcoin and ethereum on its platform alongside other kinds o