Vanguard Lets Investors Buy Crypto — Bitcoin ETFs to Appear on Brokerage Starting Dec. 2 After Salim Ramji’s Move

first published 2025-12-01T22:08:44Z

Vanguard has reversed its prior anti-crypto stance and will allow customers on its brokerage platform to trade cryptocurrency ETFs and mutual funds that meet regulatory standards. The firm (about $11 trillion AUM) will support most regulated crypto funds while excluding memecoin-linked or SEC-unsupported products and does not plan to launch its own crypto offerings. The move grants roughly 50 million clients access to large spot bitcoin and ether ETF markets (about $120B and $20B in assets, respectively).

AI Analysis

Vanguard is opening its brokerage (≈50 million clients, $11T AUM) to regulated crypto ETFs/mutual funds and will list most funds meeting regulatory standards while excluding memecoin- or SEC-unsupported funds; this materially expands potential investor access to existing large spot BTC (~$120B) and ETH (~$20B) ETF pools.

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