KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Through EDGE's partnership with Zero Hash, you can convert approved crypto to U.S. dollars and use it to fund an EDGE Boost account, available across all 50 states**.

• As of September 2026 you can also fund in real time with stablecoins and digital assets including Bitcoin and Ethereum, 24/7/365, by linking a wallet to a supported crypto platform.

• Zero Hash custodies the crypto and handles compliance. It is a FinCEN-registered money services business and a licensed money transmitter in all 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

• Converted funds land as dollars in your EDGE Boost account and are available around the clock. Deposit accounts are held at Cross River Bank, Member FDIC, and are insured up to $250,000 per depositor. Through our relationship with IntraFi® Network Deposits℠, funds may be eligible for additional FDIC insurance coverage by being distributed across participating network banks, up to $10,000,000 in aggregate for consumer accounts.

• Crypto is one funding rail among several. Fund only what you can afford to risk.

You fund an EDGE account with crypto by converting approved tokens to U.S. dollars, which then land as spendable balance in your account. EDGE handles this through a partnership with Zero Hash: you bring digital assets in, Zero Hash converts and custodies them, and the dollars are available to fund your account in all 50 states, around the clock. The result is a clean, compliant on-ramp that turns crypto into usable funds without asking you to manage custody, conversion, or state-by-state licensing yourself.

What does the EDGE and Zero Hash partnership enable?

Announced in May 2026, the partnership lets EDGE Boost users fund accounts with cryptocurrency that is converted to U.S. dollars, with around-the-clock access to funds nationwide. The custody of the digital assets and the compliance framework around them are handled by Zero Hash, which provides bank-grade security and mandatory two-factor authentication and connects crypto custodians with financial platforms. In practice, you can bring value in from platforms including Coinbase, Gemini and Robinhood, convert it to dollars, and use it to fund your account, with EDGE never holding the crypto itself.

What changed in September 2026: real-time stablecoin funding

On September 3, 2026, EDGE and Zero Hash extended the integration from conversion into real-time stablecoin account funding, and it is live now. Eligible EDGE Boost customers can fund an account instantly, 24/7/365, with stablecoins and digital assets including Bitcoin and Ethereum, by linking a wallet to a supported crypto platform. The May integration answered "can I turn crypto into dollars here." This one answers "can I do it right now, at two in the morning, while a market is moving."

The funding runs on Zero Hash's Account Funding product, so the custody and compliance picture is unchanged: Zero Hash holds the digital assets, EDGE never does.

As EDGE founder and CEO Seni Thomas put it: "Our customers trade around the clock. They need a platform that moves at the same speed, not one that closes on nights and weekends." Adam Tesan, Chief Revenue Officer at Zero Hash, framed it from the infrastructure side: "Extending real-time stablecoin funding to EDGE Markets allows customers to move money at the same velocity as the markets that they are active in."

How crypto funding works, step by step

Bring approved tokens in from a supported platform, and Zero Hash converts them to U.S. dollars and holds the crypto in custody. The dollars post to your EDGE balance, where they behave like any other funded balance: limited-use by design, and ready to move into the regulated venues you trade. Deposit accounts are held at Cross River Bank, Member FDIC, and are insured up to $250,000 per depositor. Through our relationship with IntraFi® Network Deposits℠, funds may be eligible for additional FDIC insurance coverage by being distributed across participating network banks, up to $10,000,000 in aggregate for consumer accounts. Because the conversion and custody sit with a regulated infrastructure provider, the experience stays simple even though the machinery behind it isn't.

Why route crypto funding through a provider like Zero Hash?

Because compliance is the hard part, not the conversion. Crypto's regulatory treatment varies by state and continues to develop, and a mainstream financial product can't simply accept digital assets without inheriting that complexity. Zero Hash is a FinCEN-registered money services business licensed as a money transmitter across all 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with a New York virtual-currency license and a North Carolina trust charter. Routing through it keeps the on-ramp squarely inside the regulated system.

Is crypto funding right for you?

If your capital is already in dollars, a bank transfer is usually the most direct way to fund an account. Crypto funding is most useful when your value sits in digital assets and you'd otherwise move it through several steps, and possibly several fees and taxable events, to get it into usable form. In that case, a single compliant conversion is a real simplification. As with any funding method, the right choice depends on where your money starts and how quickly you need it in play.