A crypto exchange backed by financial giants Charles Schwab , Fidelity Digital Assets and Citadel Securities has officially launched trading in four crypto assets, the company said Tuesday. EDX Markets first announced its launch plans for a “non-custodial” exchange in September, about two months before the collapse of FTX. Paradigm, Sequoia Capital and Virtu Financial are among the other early backers. The announcement comes days after BlackRock filed an application to launch what would be the first spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S., confirmation that despite the crypto industry’s black eye from FTX and other bad actors ... (full story)