Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR) has announced an exclusive development for $USDC funding. Specifically, Interactive Brokers is offering 24/7 funding in the $USDC stablecoin on the Solana network. As per Solana’s official social media announcement, the development permits traders to efficiently fund the accounts they use with $USDC throughout the 24h window every day. Thus, this move makes Interactive Brokers a key progressive conventional brokerage adopting stablecoin-based payments.
The 24h $USDC funding option on Solana allows Interactive Brokers to expand the stablecoin landscape amid the growing demand. With this, the users can transact $USDC at any time as well as start trading without any delay. This notably enhances efficiency and speed in comparison with wire transfers.
Apart from that, stablecoins also deliver a globally accessible, cheaper, and faster alternative to traditional banking rails. The respective capability benefits international investors, who formerly went through delays because of banking cutoffs and time zones, with a securer, more valuable, and swift option. While addressing this, Milan Galik, the platform’s CEO, pointed out that tthe integration handles the expanding requirements of new markets.
Zerohash powers the $USDC funding service. It is a B2B stablecoin and crypto infrastructure platform getting support from Interactive Brokers. The platform enables the conversion procedure, with an analysis guaranteeing that the deposited $USDC tokens are seamlessly credited to user accounts after successful conversion into U.S. dollars.
According to Solana, the integration underscores the rising convergence between the blockchain-based settlement mechanisms and conventional finance. Amid the growing regulatory clarity around stablecoins and their wider adoption, Interactive Brokers and other such brokerages are leading this transition. Ultimately, the 24/7 funding enhances the accessibility, safety, and speed of $USDC transfers, while Interactive Brokers also plans to soon add PayPal’s $PYUSD and Ripple’s $RLUSD.


