Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

October 9, 2026 @ 6:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Samsung is preparing to place dollar-linked stablecoin transfers inside the digital wallet already installed on eligible Galaxy phones in the United States. The company said the capability will open in the final week of October and will begin with USDC, letting qualifying users move funds… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 7:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Securitize (NYSE: SECZ) has announced that tokenized stocks will trade on its broker-dealer platform, which uses Solana. Transactions will be settled using Circle’s dollar-based stablecoin USDC. According to a company statement, the digital securities will be available globally. Securitize said it will offer popular US… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 2:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) is pushing further into everyday spending by wiring a travel booking portal into its app, and it is doing so with inventory and booking infrastructure from Duffel, the London travel-technology company that sells flights, stays, and related services through a single programming… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the bipartisan House Select Committee on China alleged that Webull Corporation (NASDAQ:BULL), a regulated broker and alternative investment platform, is closely aligned with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and its rulers, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Companies in China are well known to do the CCP’s bidding… Read More

October 7, 2026 @ 5:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Siebert Financial has suspended its Buy rating and price target on Webull Financial (NASDAQ:BULL) following the report issued by the House Select Committee on China, which claims Webull has ties to the Chinese government. Webull shares were down almost 20% today after the Committee’s report… Read More

October 7, 2026 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) says the long-planned combination of its own markets with Deribit is finished, and that the result is a new venue it calls Coinbase Global Exchange. In a company blog post dated October 6, 2026, Coinbase said the completed integration will soon give… Read More

October 7, 2026 @ 2:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the House Select Committee on China reported that Webull Corporation (NASDAQ:BULL), a regulated broker-dealer operating in the United States, has been deemed to be colluding with Chinese authorities. The Committee cautioned that Webull users may be putting personal information and data at risk… Read More

October 7, 2026 @ 11:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Webull Corporation (NASDAQ:BULL) shares are dropping today after the House Select Committee on China declared that its ties to China pose a national security risk. Currently, shares are down by around 20%. The company has a market cap of around $3.1 billion. Webull was founded… Read More

October 7, 2026 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

The French securities regulator, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), says it has completed a round of spot inspections of several securities crowdfunding platforms and now says more must be done to strengthen knowledge tests and assess an investor’s ability to understand and bear risk. The AMF… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 3:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

OKX, a leading crypto exchange, infrastructure provider, and tokenization platform, has extended a funding round at a $25 billion pre-money valuation. As was previously reported, ICE, the parent company of the NYSE, has partnered with OKX to enable 24/7 trading of tokenized assets. The updated… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Webull (NASDAQ: BULL) has entered X’s Cashtag Partner Program, linking conversations about stocks and digital assets on the social platform with a route into the broker’s trading services. The Nasdaq-listed firm disclosed the arrangement on October 2, 2026, framing it as a way to pair… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX has introduced a standalone consumer application, OKX Money, aimed at users in selected emerging markets who want simpler access to dollar-denominated savings and everyday payments. The company presented the product as a way to save, send, and spend digital dollars without requiring customers to… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 1:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) has gained its first primary listing as CECO Environmental (Nasdaq:CECO) has moved its listing from New York City to Dallas. According to a release, CECO common stock will cease trading on Nasdaq at the market close on Friday, October 16,… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

OKX and the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), the parent of the New York Stock Exchange, have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer 24/7 trading of tokenized securities. According to a post by OKX, the partnership would first focus on trading 60 US-listed… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) issued tokenized equities posted the sharpest weekly rise in deposits into decentralized finance venues among major issuers, according to fresh on-chain tracking from Token Terminal. Over the past seven days, balances of those Coinbase tokens sitting in DeFi protocols climbed by $5.6… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 9:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European market supervisors are examining whether Binance is still providing crypto-asset services to customers in the European Union without the authorization the bloc’s new regime now requires. Reporting by the FT says the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and national authorities in France, Germany and… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood’s (NASDAQ: HOOD) crypto leadership says the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new on-chain equity pathway may limit, rather than immediately clear, a US launch of the firm’s stock tokens. Johann Kerbrat, senior vice president and general manager of crypto and international, made the… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) has announced the incorporation of artificial intelligence into its brokerage platform. According to a statement Schwab distributed, the investment platform has launched “Charley,” an AI assistant to support customers. Beginning in October, the service will roll out to eligible users in the… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have opened a civil forfeiture case aimed at recovering digital assets they say are connected to a 2023 account takeover that drained 33.7 bitcoin from a single Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) login. According to court papers, a beneficiary of a Massachusetts family trust… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an online investment platform focused on secured debt offerings, says its relatively new EstateGuru Grow offering has grown from zero to €7 million invested in one year. In a blog post, EstateGuru shared that the service has grown every quarter. The company accepts investments… Read More