Abra, an investment company that also operates in the crypto world, has introduced a new service that allows investing in stock shares and ETFs using directly bitcoin (BTC) as a payment method.
Abra’s service will be available in 155 countries where it will be possible to invest in various instruments such as stocks, ETFs, commodities, crypto and fiat currencies with any amount, as it is possible to start with $5 and for the whole of 2019 there will be no fees applied to the service.
Abra’s new service had already been announced at the beginning of February 2019, but now there is finally a certain launch date.
ETFs and the SEC
Meanwhile, on May 14th, the American Securities and Exchange Commission decided once again to postpone the decision on whether or not to approve VanEck‘s ETFs. Despite the numerous delays that have occurred in recent months, it is still not clear what the most likely decision could be.
