PNC Launches Bitcoin Trading With Coinbase for Wealthy Clients

PNC Financial Services Group Inc.’s high-net-worth customers can now trade Bitcoin directly through their investment accounts, fulfilling an initial goal of the Pittsburgh-based lender’s partnership with Coinbase Global Inc. announced in July. The move is the latest example of a traditional financial services provider offering digital asset trading through its own platform — a role still primarily filled by cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinbase. Through its partnership with PNC, Coinbase provides brok ...