Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

September 3, 2026 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payward Inc., the parent of crypto exchange Kraken, has not confirmed a new public-listing date, and the company has not issued a statement postponing its IPO. The latest reporting, based on people familiar with internal planning rather than an official announcement, says the firm is… Read More

September 3, 2026 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has added Anthony Armstrong, a veteran banker who later served as finance chief across several Elon Musk companies, to its board of directors. The appointment took effect September 1, 2026, after the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee recommended expanding the board from nine… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 5:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has launched derivative contracts in Canada. Coinbase Financial Markets (CFM) is said to be the first major crypto native platform to offer direct native crypto futures in the country. CFM is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission operating under an international exemption…. Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

XRP advanced sharply in late August, rising from about $0.99 on August 17 to roughly $1.38 by August 31. That gain of nearly 40 percent arrived alongside a contraction in overall futures exposure, a combination that often signals traders were taking risk off rather than… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance has taken another step toward becoming a full multi-asset venue by introducing options on more than 1,000 selected U.S.-listed stocks and exchange-traded funds. The product went live on September 1, 2026, and is available only to eligible customers outside the United States. The contracts… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Payward (Kraken’s parent company) announced a partnership today to begin tokenizing shares, with more digital asset innovation in the pipeline. Indicating its interest in pursuing tokenization or digital securities, the LSE stated: “The London Stock Exchange is assessing a… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 6:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Payward, Kraken’s parent company, is partnering with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to enable tokenized stocks. In a post on X, Payward said it would modernize UK equity markets by working with the LSE. “[The] LSE plans to list the full xStocks suite on LSE 24,… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 5:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) founder and CEO Brian Armstrong posted on X that AI trading is now rolling out for trading securities. The service was already available for crypto and derivatives. Coinbase had previously announced its intent to enable AI agent trading. Some, like Armstrong, describe… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kalshi has locked in an unexpected last-minute arrangement that places the federally regulated prediction market platform in an exclusive official role at the 2026 US Open. The agreement with the United States Tennis Association took effect as the main draw opened at Flushing Meadows, even… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 2:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

tZERO and ICE (NYSE:ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), have signed a deal to partner on the tokenization of public securities. At the same time, ICE has committed to investing in tZERO. The details on the investment were not immediately… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 2:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Webull (NASDAQ:BULL) has enlisted Coinbase’s (NASDAQ:COIN) crypto-as-a-service platform to extend its digital asset abilities in Canada. Webull, based in St. Petersburg, Florida, operates in Canada through Webull Securities (Canada) Limited (regulated by CIRO and a CIPF member) and primarily offers access to stocks and ETFs…. Read More

August 30, 2026 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) is preparing to widen the range of tokens available on Schwab Crypto, the firm’s retail digital-asset service. In a recent announcement, the brokerage said eligible clients will soon be able to buy and sell Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX), and Chainlink (LINK) in… Read More

August 30, 2026 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Plum, the money management app known for helping users automate saving and investing, has chosen Upvest to run its UK investment services. The move extends a relationship that already covers continental Europe and brings both markets onto one modern platform. The two companies first teamed… Read More

August 30, 2026 @ 3:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Monetae, a regulated digital finance company focused on Latin America, has introduced Monetae Markets, a new offering that gives customers in El Salvador exposure to tokenized US stocks and exchange-traded funds starting at just five dollars. Alpaca supplies the underlying brokerage infrastructure, handling custody and… Read More

August 30, 2026 @ 1:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bybit is expanding its derivatives lineup with a new product aimed at traders who want equity-style options without the usual stock-market clock. The exchange said it will introduce “Perp Options,” contracts written on its existing stock perpetual futures rather than on listed shares themselves. The… Read More

August 28, 2026 @ 2:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Netcapital (Nasdaq: NCPL), a securities crowdfunding business, says it has received a delinquency notification from Nasdaq regarding its delayed annual report. Nasdaq requires firms to file timely earnings reports to maintain a listing. Netcapital has been in the news recently because the Securities and Exchange… Read More

August 27, 2026 @ 7:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

BitGo Holdings (NYSE: BTGO) has announced that it entered into a definitive agreement and completed the acquisition of NYDIG’s institutional trading business and other assets. The deal terms were not immediately available. Shares of BitGo were little changed on the news. BitGo offers custody, wallets,… Read More

August 27, 2026 @ 12:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Firms using Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) raised $23.1 million in the month of July 2026. This is a month-over-month decline of -19.3% from June 2026, which totaled $28.6 million, and a year-over-year decline of -33.5% from July 2025 at $34.8 million. More optimistically, there were… Read More

August 26, 2026 @ 11:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

X’s former product chief, Nikita Bier, used a seemingly sarcastic reply on August 25 to confirm a long-teased next step for the platform’s crypto tools: buy and sell controls attached to posts. The remark came after a trader joked that a bull market could begin… Read More

August 26, 2026 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange and investment platform Kraken recently faced disruption after a wave of unsolicited micro-transfers reached addresses linked to its platform. Between August 17 and 24, 2026, nearly 12,000 tiny cryptocurrency deposits—typically valued at just a few cents to a couple of dollars—arrived from a… Read More