#加密交易平台 Interactive Brokers opens stablecoin deposits, and this signal is highly significant.

Remember the 2017 market cycle, when exchanges became the biggest bottleneck. Users wanting to enter the market had to wait for bank approvals and SWIFT transfers, often taking a week. At that time, we wondered when traditional finance could directly embrace this system. The dream back then is slowly becoming a reality today.

This move by Interactive Brokers is very important. It is not a small exchange; it has decades of compliance experience and a global investor base behind it. Allowing stablecoin deposits—what does this mean? It indicates that they recognize the legitimacy of stablecoins as a store of value. More importantly, it breaks down the last barrier between traditional finance and the crypto world—the capital channel.

Historically, every such breakthrough has been accompanied by a restructuring of market structure. After the Mt.Gox collapse in 2013, we learned what risk really means. The ICO frenzy in 2017 revealed the bubble. Now, at this point in time, institutional investors are no longer on the sidelines.

But there are also things to be cautious about. The convenience of stablecoins will accelerate capital flows, and increased liquidity could lead to more volatility. Past cycles tell us that whenever entering the market becomes easier, it’s often time to be cautious.

Interactive Brokers’ move is less about crypto embracing traditional finance and more about traditional finance finally acknowledging the value of crypto. But acknowledgment does not equal safety. History never repeats itself exactly; it only rhymes. This time, we need to be more alert.