Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. reported its electronicbrokerage metrics for March, showing continued growth in client activity andaccounts, a key indicator of retail participation.SingaporeSummit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don't!).Daily Average Revenue Trades reached 4.329 million. This was25% higher than a year earlier and 1% lower than the previous month. The firmended the month with 4.754 million client accounts, up 31% year-on-year and 2%higher than February.Retail Trading Activity Remains Steady MonthlyEnding client equity stood at $789.4 billion. This was 38%higher than a year earlier but 4% lower than the prior month. Client marginloan balances totaled $86.0 billion, rising 35% year-on-year but declining 4%month-on-month.Client credit balances reached $168.8 billion, including$6.5 billion in insured bank deposit sweeps. This was 35% higher than a yearearlier and 4% higher than the previous month.Activity per account remained steady. The annualized averagecleared DARTs per client account stood at 199. The average commission percleared commissionable order was $2.74, including exchange, clearing, andregulatory fees.Execution Costs Remain Low, Trades ElevatedThe company also reported a small mark-to-market loss on itsU.S. government securities portfolio for the quarter. Its internal currencybasket, known as the GLOBAL, declined slightly during both the month and thequarter.Execution data showed the average U.S. stock trade sizeremained elevated in March. The firm said the “total cost of executing andclearing U.S. Reg.-NMS stocks” for its professional clients was low, measuredagainst a VWAP benchmark, with a similarly modest cost over the longer term.Broker Integrates Digital Assets Multi-PlatformBeyond traditional securities, Interactive Brokers has alsobeen expanding its platform to include digital assets. The broker has made crypto-assettrading available to eligible individual investors in the European EconomicArea through Interactive Brokers Ireland Limited, an authorisedcrypto-asset provider. The platform supports 11 crypto-assets alongside stocks,options, futures, currencies, bonds, and mutual funds. The firm said the launchis intended to simplify trading and improve transparency.Clientscan now transfer existing cryptocurrency holdings into accounts linked to theplatform, allowing trading of digital assets without prior liquidation. Thebrokerhas gradually expanded its crypto offering over recent years, includinglaunches via Paxosand in the UK, integrating digital assets into its broader multi-assetplatform.This article was written by Tareq Sikder at www.financemagnates.com.