Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 26, 2026 @ 7:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitMEX and its co-founders are once again facing legal challenges in the United States, this time through a newly filed class-action lawsuit that accuses the crypto derivatives platform of operating a secret internal trading operation against its own customers. The complaint was submitted on July… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has partnered with Abu Dhabi-owned Mubadala Capital and infrastructure specialist KAIO to create a regulated digital token representing Mubadala’s evergreen private markets fund. The announcement, made on July 23, 2026, marks one of the clearest signals yet that major institutional players are embracing… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 5:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) is reportedly exploring a potential collaboration with Crypto.com to incorporate the latter’s event-based contracts into its growing suite of prediction market offerings. According to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the discussions, the brokerage is in talks… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LMAX Group, an institutional platform specializing in cryptocurrency and foreign exchange trading, is actively evaluating the possibility of becoming a publicly traded company. The firm has engaged investment banking advisors Morgan Stanley and Stifel Financial in order to review a range of strategic alternatives. Among… Read More

July 25, 2026 @ 10:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is expanding its tools for the emerging agentic economy, with a particular focus on allowing businesses to receive payments from autonomous AI systems. In an official update, the company outlined three coordinated releases aimed at businesses, individual users, and developers.Starting this week, Coinbase… Read More

July 24, 2026 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The official X account belonging to Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev was reportedly taken over and used to promote a newly created memecoin known as Vladhood, or $VLAD. The unauthorized post framed the token as the official mascot of Robinhood Chain… Read More

July 24, 2026 @ 2:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) will report Q2 2026 earnings next Thursday, with analysts looking for insight into how the transition to becoming an everything exchange is proceeding and how crypto markets are holding up in a choppy market. For investors, a stalled CLARITY Act and a sinking… Read More

July 24, 2026 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Boerse Stuttgart Digital has taken a significant step in expanding its regulated digital asset offerings by integrating a euro-denominated stablecoin issued by a European banking group. The platform, recognized as a key infrastructure provider for institutional crypto services across Europe, has onboarded EUR CoinVertible from… Read More

July 23, 2026 @ 5:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online investment platform AngelList has added agentic AI to its platform. According to a post on X by AngelList CEO, “you can now talk to your fund from Claude, ChatGPT, and Codex. Access financials, documents, capital calls, distributions, and more. To make this work seamlessly,… Read More

July 23, 2026 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitMEX has revealed plans to fully cease its exchange activities. The decision, communicated directly to users on July 23, 2026, comes after an internal strategic assessment of the company’s position and the evolving digital asset sector. HDR Global Trading Limited, the entity that owns and… Read More

July 22, 2026 @ 1:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial innovation is accelerating the treatment of AI computing power as a standardized, tradable commodity. Platforms inspired by cryptocurrency market structures have introduced perpetual-style derivatives for GPU rental prices and memory costs, offering institutions immediate risk-management options before major regulated exchanges fully activate their own… Read More

July 22, 2026 @ 12:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has formally launched the sanction process against Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, the nation’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. The regulator recently delivered an inspection report to the company regarding last year’s significant hacking event, marking the first… Read More

July 21, 2026 @ 5:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial analysts continue to express growing confidence in Robinhood Markets‘ (NASDAQ: HOOD) strategic evolution, with Bernstein recently elevating its outlook on the fintech company’s shares. The firm hiked its 12-month price target for HOOD to $160 from $130 while maintaining an Outperform recommendation. This move… Read More

July 21, 2026 @ 5:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A Washington court has temporarily blocked Kalshi from offering sports-related contracts to users in the state. The decision, handed down on July 21, 2026, by King County Superior Court Judge John McHale, concludes that the platform’s sports event products likely constitute unlicensed gambling under Washington… Read More

July 21, 2026 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) shares have risen by over 10% in early trading on good news in the crypto world. First, Bitcoin has caught a bid and is now up around 4% in the past 24 hours. Coinbase has historically seen its shares rise alongside Bitcoin’s price…. Read More

July 21, 2026 @ 9:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor, one of the first securities crowdfunding platforms in Europe, has listed an offering that provides access to Stripe, one of the largest private Fintechs in the world. According to Invesdor, investors can gain exposure to Stripe through its new “Pre-IPO” bond. The offering page… Read More

July 21, 2026 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

French gambling authorities took decisive action in order to cut off access to a major international prediction trading platform. On July 16, the president of the Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) instructed domestic internet service providers to block the site entirely, citing its promotion of… Read More

July 18, 2026 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange that also offers stock trading, has introduced a fresh lineup of options contracts on Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). This move aims to make sophisticated derivatives trading available to a broader group of professional and institutional investors as the crypto market… Read More

July 18, 2026 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The estate of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX is set to release approximately $900 million to eligible claimants in what represents its fifth major wave of repayments. This development, detailed in a recent announcement, highlights the continued progress in addressing obligations stemming from the exchange‘s… Read More

July 17, 2026 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nasdaq Private Markets highlights the performance of private securities when compared to more traditional public listings. The number of public firms has been in decline for years due to aggressive over-regulation and the cost of compliance. Meanwhile, there is an ocean of sophisticated money that… Read More