iTrustCapital CEO says clients put about $1 billion to work last quarter

About $1 billion was put to work on iTrustCapital in the last quarter

Bitcoin Magazine published an interview on October 5, 2026 with Kevin Maloney, the chief executive of iTrustCapital, a brokerage that lets people hold shares, funds and crypto inside retirement accounts. Maloney said that about $1 billion was put to work on the platform in the last quarter. That included a couple hundred million dollars that had been sitting idle in clients' cash balances.

These figures come from Maloney himself during the conversation. The material provided for this article contains no outside check of the numbers.

The numbers Maloney shared

• About $1 billion was invested on the iTrustCapital platform in the last quarter.
• A couple hundred million dollars of that came from cash that clients were already holding on the platform.
• Maloney says the platform serves more than 100,000 clients.
• The headline of the published interview says $1.3 billion and states that 50% of clients are buying Bitcoin. The written summary of the interview only refers to about $1 billion and does not repeat the 50% figure.

What he said about how clients are trading

Maloney told the interviewer that clients are not buying only after sharp price jumps, which traders sometimes call "chasing candles." In his view, the buying is not just a quick reaction to a rally.

He also described how retirement investors tend to spread their money out. In the chapter list, this idea appears as typical allocations of 5% to 15%, with capital he calls "stickier," meaning money that tends to stay in place rather than move in and out quickly.

Topics covered in the interview

• Whether October could be the low point, and what client behavior suggests.
• Investor fatigue and a failed vote on the CLARITY Act, a piece of U.S. crypto market structure legislation.
• Bitcoin custody, outside vendors, and where linking Bitcoin with traditional finance can break down.
• Stocks, ETFs (funds that trade on an exchange like a share) and chasing yield, and why iTrustCapital expanded its services.
• A quantitative trading tool on the platform and who uses it.
• What regulation is still needed after the CLARITY Act vote.
• A wider view on the economy, ETF flows and an 18-month outlook.
• Gold compared with Bitcoin, and pricing questions.

What is confirmed and what is not

What is confirmed: the interview exists, Maloney is the CEO of iTrustCapital, and Bitcoin Magazine published it on October 5, 2026 under the title referencing $1.3 billion and 50% of clients buying Bitcoin.

What is a claim: every number and statement attributed to Maloney, including the $1 billion figure, the couple hundred million dollars in cash, the 100,000 clients, and the idea that clients are not chasing price moves. These are the statements of one company executive. The supplied material does not include platform records, filings, or comments from any other party to support or contradict them.

Why this matters

The interest here is that iTrustCapital serves retirement account holders, not only active crypto traders. If the description of client behavior is accurate, it points to ordinary, long-term account holders putting money into crypto-related products. The interview also touches on the practical gap between holding crypto and holding it inside a retirement account, where custody, vendors and rules can break down. Bitcoin Magazine's own disclaimer states that the views in the show belong to the participants and are not the position of the publisher, and that the content is not investment, legal, tax or accounting advice.

Sources

• Bitcoin Magazine

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