Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

November 29, 2025 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) is reportedly introducing a futures and derivatives exchange and clearinghouse, deepening our investment in Prediction Markets and better positioning us to deliver various products to our customers. JB Mackenzie, VP and General Manager of Futures and International at Robinhood said that they… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

The CME Group’s trading platform halted yesterday due to a technical glitch. The company states that the temporary SNAFU has been addressed and everything is working as expected. In a post from earlier this morning, CME explained that the malfunction was due to a cooling… Read More

November 27, 2025 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX announces Leverage Shares Limited as the latest issuer of Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) with crypto-assets as underlying. Leverage Shares is listing triple-leveraged long and short ETPs on Bitcoin and Ethereum. These products represent crypto ETPs that are now listed on a primary exchange and increase… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the derivatives and securities exchange network, has recently announced plans to launch futures and options on the new Cboe Magnificent 10 Index on Dec 8, 2025, subject to regulatory review. The Cboe Magnificent 10 Index, which had reportedly launched… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 4:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Private securities marketplace EquityZen says that 2025 was a year for initial public offering (IPO) resurgence. In years prior, IPOs were pretty moribund for various reasons, but markets thawed in the past 12 months. Looking forward, EquityZens says they anticipate another solid year of public… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase  (NASDAQ:COIN) noted in a blog post on November 22, 2025 that they had been migrating funds from their internal legacy wallets to new wallets. According to the update from Coinbase, security is considered to be the foundation of everything they aim to do and… Read More

November 25, 2025 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

JP Jenkins, recently approved to operate a PISCES platform in the UK, says it has partnered with Ledgy. Ledgy is an equity and share plan management platform for companies from early stage through publicly listed firms. The agreement is to offer an end-to-end solution for… Read More

November 25, 2025 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gemini‘s Head of UK, Daniel Slutzkin, has shared key insights with CI. During our conversation, Slutzkin touched on how Gemini (NASDAQ:GEMI) plans to focus on product development for European markets this coming year. He also talked about their overall approach to business operations, given the… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 3:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

eToro (NASDAQ: ETOR), the trading and investing platform, has expanded its partnership with Moneyfarm to launch a market-leading Cash ISA offering for UK customers.  Until 31 December of this year, eligible eToro UK clients will be able to open a Cash ISA powered by Moneyfarm… Read More

November 20, 2025 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD is looking to boost users in the UK and they are taking action by promoting its services in a place where everyone gathers. Not the tube, but in the pubs as Robinhood will partner with Question One and Quiz Live, to bring financial… Read More

November 20, 2025 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payward, Inc. (doing business as Kraken) has announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. Digital assets exchange Kraken noted that… Read More

November 19, 2025 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd Street has introduced a new and improved online investment platform. According to a release, Crowd Street has completely rebuilt its investment platform that is said to remove friction, offering alternative assets while improving the investor experience. John Imbriglia, CEO of Crowd Street, called the… Read More

November 19, 2025 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets investment platform Kraken is announcing that they have now raised $800 million across two tranches to accelerate our strategy of bringing traditional financial products on-chain. The crypto exchange also mentioned that the primary tranche has reportedly been led by investors Jane Street, DRW… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 8:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world’s derivatives and securities exchange network, announced its new Cboe Bitcoin Continuous Futures (PBT) and Cboe Ether Continuous Futures (PET) are set to commence  trading on Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) starting December 15, 2025, subject to “regulatory… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved the second PISCES, or Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System, for JP Jenkins. The first platform approved was by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in September. PISCES is an initiative to improve the market for private securities… Read More

November 18, 2025 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The international custody business of SIX has now reportedly surpassed CHF 1 trillion in international assets under custody for the “first time” as the business claims that it is experiencing a solid year. Steady demand for SIX’s custody services was underpinned by the recent international… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 3:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoinList, a platform for launching and trading various digital assets, says it is going full non-custodial. This means it will no longer hold crypto for its customers. In an email, CoinList said they were simply refining the process of buying and selling tokens, and the… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FanDuel, the online gaming firm in North America, part of Flutter Entertainment (NYSE: FLUT), and CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), the world’s derivatives marketplace, unveiled that they will launch prediction markets via the FanDuel Predicts app that will expand access to financial markets for clients in… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 1:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Public has announced the acquisition of Alto’s CryptoIRA business, further expanding how investors are able to build “long-term” wealth via crypto in tax-advantaged accounts. For Alto clients, this marks a new phase in their journeys. The transition is expected to take place by early next… Read More

November 14, 2025 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Betterment, a wealth and savings platform, has recently announced the launch of self-directed investing, a new offering that enables retail clients to buy and sell various stocks and ETFs commission-free. Via self-directed investing (SDI), Betterment extends its customer-first, intuitive experience to investors looking for more… Read More