Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

April 20, 2026 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchored Finance has unveiled tokenized versions of US stocks, marking a significant step toward broadening access to American equities for investors around the world. The company, which operates as a full-service digital platform for real-world assets, introduced this initial offering on Monad’s advanced Layer 1… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Capital.com, an platform that enables trading in stocks, crypto, CFDs and more, is reporting $1.27 trillion in client trading volume during Q1 2026. According to a company statement, this amount represents an increase of 11.2% from the same quarter last year. The total number of… Read More

April 20, 2026 @ 2:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Boerse Stuttgart Group has rolled out BISON Select, a new premium loyalty program tailored for committed retail investors on its BISON trading app. The initiative aims to deliver enhanced services, personalized benefits, community access, and practical tools to users pursuing more advanced investment strategies in… Read More

April 19, 2026 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) has outlined the specifics of its new spot cryptocurrency trading platform, set to roll out gradually to individual investors in the coming weeks. The announcement, dated April 16, 2026, introduces Schwab Crypto as a dedicated offering that lets retail clients buy and… Read More

April 17, 2026 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wallace Finance, an AI-powered fintech platform, has joined forces with Alpaca to roll out a trading platform designed specifically for everyday investors. The new service brings advanced direct indexing and fully customizable ETF tools to retail users, allowing them to build, tweak, and share highly… Read More

April 17, 2026 @ 7:23 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) pledged to reach one million people with financial education through classroom-based programming by 2030. The classroom-based pledge encompasses the impact of Robinhood’s financial education initiatives reaching various groups including grade school and college students, teachers, current and former professional athletes, community… Read More

April 16, 2026 @ 3:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, the first securities crowdfunding platform to launch in the UK and now operating in continental Europe, is touting its service as now providing a “full menu” of both primary and secondary securities offerings. This is an adjustment to market realities as investors want alternatives…. Read More

April 16, 2026 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Secondary trading of private market securities set a “blistering pace” during the first quarter of 2026, according to a recent report. The activity was driven by the hot artificial intelligence (AI) Market as well as an expectation that the initial public offering market will pick… Read More

April 16, 2026 @ 6:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform eToro (NASDAQ:ETOR) has reached an agreement to purchase Zengo, a specialist in user-managed cryptocurrency storage solutions. The transaction is estimated to be valued at around $70 million. This strategic acquisition reflects eToro’s ongoing efforts to deepen its involvement in DLT or blockchain-based services… Read More

April 15, 2026 @ 7:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

High Roller Technologies (NYSE: ROLR) has entered a partnership with Crypto.com to tap into the booming U.S. prediction markets sector, a space with estimated annual trading volumes potentially surpassing $1 trillion once mature. Announced recently this month, the deal positions the online casino operator for… Read More

April 15, 2026 @ 4:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

X, formerly known as Twitter, has introduced “Cashtags,” which associates a ticker (e.g., $AAPL or $BTC) with additional data, such as trading information. At the same time, X revealed a partnership with Canadian brokerage WealthSimple. WealthSimple clarified the process: “The Smart Cashtags feature allows investors who… Read More

April 15, 2026 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

In a busy day for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a significant change impacting smaller investors has been announced, thus driving shares of retail brokerage firms higher. Under the new rule, which saw its comment period end in February, the old Pattern Day Trader… Read More

April 15, 2026 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Börse Group has committed $200 million to acquire a minority ownership position in Payward, Inc., the company that powers the global digital asset exchange Kraken. The investment, executed through a secondary share purchase, gives the German market infrastructure leader a 1.5 percent fully diluted… Read More

April 15, 2026 @ 3:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic Europe, formerly Seedrs, has partnered with the London Stock Exchange to provide access to an investment opportunity through the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES). The PISCES initiative is relatively new and part of the UK’s push to facilitate private capital formation and trading. The… Read More

April 14, 2026 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Kingscrowd, a data and analytics company for online capital formation, recently published its Q1 2026 update, which highlights a softer market for investment crowdfunding under Reg CF and Reg A. Currently, there is no comprehensive data on Reg D offerings, which many platforms support, so… Read More

April 9, 2026 @ 2:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea based digital currency exchange Bithumb has reportedly initiated legal proceedings in an attempt to recover Bitcoin (BTC) that had been accidentally / unintentionally distributed to platform users during a surprising event this past February. As per recent media reports from local sources, crypto… Read More

April 9, 2026 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Prairie is a tenacious participant in the investment crowdfunding sector. Founded by David Duccini in 2016 and based in the Midwest, the platform has continued to iterate and add new services as it adapts to the evolving marketplace of online capital formation. Over time,… Read More

April 8, 2026 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) announced on April 7, 2026 that it had obtained a financial services license from Australia’s authorities via its local business entity. The digital assets exchange stated in its update that it is the first among its competitors to acquire the Australian Financial Services… Read More

April 8, 2026 @ 1:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

InvestiFi, an investment technology platform developed to enable investing to and from checking accounts, has announced that it is working with Freedom Bank in order to embed its digital services into the platform’s online banking solution. Via this collab, the banking provider’s customer should be… Read More

April 7, 2026 @ 2:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, a leading online investment platform that provides access to capital for issuers as well as access to secondary offerings, recently met with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to discuss key issues which will impact online capital markets as well as secondary trading of… Read More