Bitcoin Trading, Education Come to Russian Forex Giant Alpari

Russia’s biggest forex trader Alpari has launched Bitcoin trading and will provide courses educating users how to handle cryptocurrency.

As Finance Magnates reports Tuesday, Alpari, which has been eyeing crypto markets since at least last year, has added so-called contracts for difference (CFDs) for BTC/EUR and BTC/USD.

“The cryptocurrency market is still in its genesis stage,” a technical analysis piece released by the site following the launch reads.