Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

November 2, 2025 @ 7:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the global fintech company shaping the future of investing, announced a strategic investment in and partnership with LYNK Markets, a fintech platform enabling private market distribution in LatAm. This partnership delivers a scalable cross-border investment solution through Private ETNs—registered securities that expand access to… Read More

November 2, 2025 @ 12:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX and Aquis have recently announced that Aquis Technologies has now been selected as the technology provider for the ongoing implementation of a harmonized trading platform for SIX. The newly described implementation of a shared trading platform across all of the exchanges that are being… Read More

November 2, 2025 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is reportedly late-stage discussions in order to acquire BVNK for $2 billion. If this deal is finalized, then it would be considered a significant move in the global stablecoin infrastructure development ecosystem, and a major step toward Coinbase’s goal to become a key… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) has unveiled its latest expansion into event contracts: Entertainment & Pop Culture predictions. Announced this week, the update introduces a range of binary options letting users wager on the world of fame, music drops, and viral moments. Priced between $0.01 and $0.99, these… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 1:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) will reveal Q3 earnings today after market close. Coinbase started 2025 at around $250 a share. Today, Coinbase is trading at around $340 a share and may move higher, contingent upon results and forward-looking expectations. One analyst just issued a new price target,… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 12:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowcube, the first securities crowdfunding platform in the United Kingdom, is reporting over 2 million investors. Crowdcube was incorporated in 2009 and launched in 2011 by co-founders Luke Lang and Darren Westlake. Since that time, Crowdcube has enabled over £1.5 billion (almost $2 billion) in… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently listed Fintech Webull (NASDAQ: BULL) is expanding its crypto futures offering via a partnership with Coinbase Derivatives, a registered Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) platform. US-based users will now be able to trade futures contracts for Dogecoin (DOGE), Nano XRP, Nano Solana, Litecoin (LTC),… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 9:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Pave Finance says it has integrated with broker Charles Schwab. Pave explains that the move enables registered investment advisors (RIAs) to link their Schwab client accounts directly to Pave for automated portfolio management and trading. Pave notes that the wealth management sector is expected to… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. (Nasdaq, NYSE Texas: DJT), operator of the social media platform Truth Social, the streaming platform Truth+, and the FinTech brand Truth.Fi, announced that it will make prediction markets available on Truth Social via an arrangement with Crypto.com | Derivatives… Read More

October 30, 2025 @ 1:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase Asset Management (CBAM), the investment manager and wholly owned subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) , is launching a partnership with Apollo (NYSE: APO), an alternative asset manager, to bring Coinbase stablecoin credit strategies to market. This initiative acts as a bridge for the stablecoin,… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 8:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca is pleased to announce that options trading is integrated with TradingView via their Alpaca Trading API account. This builds on the existing API connection for stocks, ETFs, and crypto, providing users with the flexibility to visualize, analyze, and execute strategies within a common interface…. Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Secondary market platform EquityZen has been acquired by Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), the global investment bank and brokerage. Details of the transaction were not immediately available. The deal is expected to close in early 2026. Shares of Morgan Stanley were little changed on the news. EquityZen… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 1:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Somewhat unsurprisingly, a court in India recently ruled in favor of an XRP investor against crypto exchange  WazirX and provider the trader with interim protection by preventing the digital assets platform from reallocating the customer’s XRP holdings. In an order issued this past Saturday (on… Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gemini Exchange and Gemini Wallet customers are now able to deposit USDT and USDC on Avalanche. With the addition, Gemini customers are now able to make transfers for these stablecoins via multichain rails with Solana, Ethereum, Base, Optimism, Arbitrum along with the latest network addition…. Read More

October 28, 2025 @ 1:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gotrade, an investment app in Malaysia, announced recently the roll-out of options trading for its users across Southeast Asia. This expansion is powered in partnership with Alpaca, a brokerage infrastructure API offering access to options, stocks, ETFs, fixed income, as well as crypto. Investors residing… Read More

October 27, 2025 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) will soon offer futures trading for account holders in the UK. In a company statement, Robinhood stated that users may trade index, energy, metals, and foreign exchange futures directly in the Robinhood app and on Robinhood Legend. The service includes CME products like… Read More

October 27, 2025 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, a digital asset trading and issuance venue, says it will pursue a public listing. While the company has stated its intent to trade on an exchange or marketplace, it has not provided details on whether it will pursue an initial public offering, a SPAC,… Read More

October 27, 2025 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox announced that it will be further delaying its repayment deadline by yet another year to October 2026. This seemingly abrupt update from Mt. Gox has come just four days prior to its deadline that was initially set for October 31,… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain.com revealed today that it had been approved under the European Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regime to offer services across Europe. The company pursued the license via the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). Blockchain.com is based in London but also has offices in Miami,… Read More

October 23, 2025 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange WazirX is reportedly planning to resume its trading operations this coming Friday (October 24, 2025) following 16 long months of closure. As widely reported, WazirX had been forced to suspend trading activity after a massive hack / security breach that resulted in a… Read More