Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

October 6, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX has introduced a standalone consumer application, OKX Money, aimed at users in selected emerging markets who want simpler access to dollar-denominated savings and everyday payments. The company presented the product as a way to save, send, and spend digital dollars without requiring customers to… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 1:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) has gained its first primary listing as CECO Environmental (Nasdaq:CECO) has moved its listing from New York City to Dallas. According to a release, CECO common stock will cease trading on Nasdaq at the market close on Friday, October 16,… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

OKX and the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), the parent of the New York Stock Exchange, have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer 24/7 trading of tokenized securities. According to a post by OKX, the partnership would first focus on trading 60 US-listed… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) issued tokenized equities posted the sharpest weekly rise in deposits into decentralized finance venues among major issuers, according to fresh on-chain tracking from Token Terminal. Over the past seven days, balances of those Coinbase tokens sitting in DeFi protocols climbed by $5.6… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 9:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European market supervisors are examining whether Binance is still providing crypto-asset services to customers in the European Union without the authorization the bloc’s new regime now requires. Reporting by the FT says the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and national authorities in France, Germany and… Read More

October 2, 2026 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood’s (NASDAQ: HOOD) crypto leadership says the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new on-chain equity pathway may limit, rather than immediately clear, a US launch of the firm’s stock tokens. Johann Kerbrat, senior vice president and general manager of crypto and international, made the… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) has announced the incorporation of artificial intelligence into its brokerage platform. According to a statement Schwab distributed, the investment platform has launched “Charley,” an AI assistant to support customers. Beginning in October, the service will roll out to eligible users in the… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have opened a civil forfeiture case aimed at recovering digital assets they say are connected to a 2023 account takeover that drained 33.7 bitcoin from a single Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) login. According to court papers, a beneficiary of a Massachusetts family trust… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an online investment platform focused on secured debt offerings, says its relatively new EstateGuru Grow offering has grown from zero to €7 million invested in one year. In a blog post, EstateGuru shared that the service has grown every quarter. The company accepts investments… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) is launching 24/7 trading in the US for “eligible” accounts, including equities and perpetuals, as part of its mission to become the top platform for active traders. At the same time, Robinhood shared an update on its anticipated agentic trading services. Robinhood announced… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) is preparing to give US retail traders two capabilities that have long been more common in crypto markets than in traditional brokerage apps: perpetual futures and weekend trading in selected stocks and ETFs. The company outlined the plans at its HOOD Summit…. Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) has recently secured registration from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization, a step that closes a long-running gap in the company’s regulated US derivatives business. The CFTC recorded the status as registered… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 2:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW), a boutique investment firm owned by Stifel, has issued a bullish outperform rating on Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) and set a $237 price target. According to the report viewed by CI, KBW views Coinbase as the preeminent franchise and a cycle call given the… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aave V4 has opened a dedicated Equities Hub on Base that lets eligible users outside the United States post Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) tokenized U.S. stocks as collateral and draw USDC loans against them. The first seven assets are AAPLc, AMZNc, GOOGLc, METAc, MSFTc, NVDAc and… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 1:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitget’s chief executive has publicly pressed THORChain to stop processing funds tied to last week’s exchange breach, arguing that a protocol’s architecture should not be treated as cover for moving assets already identified as stolen.On September 24, Bitget detected unauthorized outflows from hot and warm… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OG.com Markets has asked US commodity regulators to let it list a new class of equity derivatives that never mature: cash-settled perpetual futures on individual American stocks. The request, submitted last week to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), would allow the platform to offer… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MoonPay has taken a notable step toward regulated onchain capital markets by agreeing to acquire North Capital Investment Technology, a US private-markets infrastructure firm active in the securities crowdfunding sector. The companies announced a definitive merger agreement on September 23, 2026. Once the transaction closes,… Read More

September 25, 2026 @ 3:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitget revealed that a $351.6 million breach was not a private-key theft. According to CEO Gracy Chen, attackers broke into a critical wallet backend, fed forged transfer data into the exchange’s own approval process, and walked funds out of hot and warm wallets as if… Read More

September 25, 2026 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Nordic Fintech SaveLend Group has partnered with Kleer Group AB to offer invoice financing on Kleer’s platform. Kleer is a Finance-as-a-Service company serving consulting firms and SaaS/AI companies in Sweden. It combines an automated accounting and payroll platform with a dedicated team of accounting consultants… Read More

September 25, 2026 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York officials have opened a new front in their campaign against prediction-market platforms, accusing Polymarket’s US operation of conducting unlicensed wagering inside the state. On September 24, 2026, Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul announced a civil action against QCX LLC, which… Read More