Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. released its Electronic Brokerage metrics for April, showing continued growth in client assets and accounts, while trading activity eased from the previous month.Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don't!).The April data follows a similar pattern to March, with trading activity easing month-on-month while client assets and accounts increased.Interactive Brokers Client Equity Hits $870BDaily Average Revenue Trades totaled 4.241 million. This was higher than a year earlier but slightly lower than in March. Client equity rose to $870.9 billion at the end of April, up 48% year-on-year and 10% from the prior month.Margin loan balances reached $91.3 billion, increasing 57% compared to last year, indicating higher use of leverage. Client credit balances stood at $175.6 billion, also rising on an annual basis. The number of client accounts climbed to 4.859 million, up 31% from a year earlier. The average commission per cleared order was $2.70, including exchange and regulatory fees.On execution costs, the company said IBKR PRO clients’ total cost of trading U.S. stocks was “about 2.4 basis points of trade money,” based on a VWAP benchmark.Interactive Brokers Expands Crypto Trading AccessBeyond its core brokerage activity, the firm has been expanding into digital assets alongside traditional markets over recent years.It has introduced crypto trading through earlier integrations, including partnerships such as Paxos and rollouts in the UK.In its latest step, the firm now allows eligible retail investors in the European Economic Area to trade crypto assets through Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited.The platform supports 11 crypto-assets alongside equities, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and mutual funds. Clients can also transfer existing cryptocurrency holdings into linked accounts, enabling trading without prior liquidation. The firm said the expansion is aimed at simplifying access and improving transparency across asset classes. This article was written by Tareq Sikder at www.financemagnates.com.

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