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October 12, 2026 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) adjusted its outlooks on three major retail trading and crypto platforms in early October 2026, lifting targets on Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) and Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) while reducing its view on eToro Group (NASDAQ: ETOR) as the firms prepare to… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 7:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) and SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI), along with Public, are offering 3% match incentives on ACATS transfers of portfolios from Webull (NASDAQ: BULL) users, with deadlines falling around mid-October 2026 and multi-year holding requirements of roughly five years to avoid clawbacks. These promotions come… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 2:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) is pushing further into everyday spending by wiring a travel booking portal into its app, and it is doing so with inventory and booking infrastructure from Duffel, the London travel-technology company that sells flights, stays, and related services through a single programming… Read More

October 5, 2026 @ 12:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) has described tokenization as a new distribution channel for professionally built investment strategies, not merely a way to place individual funds or equities on a blockchain. The comment came as Ondo Finance launched Ondo Intelligent Portfolios, a product category in which a… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 11:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arcus has become the latest venue supporting spot trading of Stock Tokens inside Robinhood Wallet, after the decentralized exchange connected its trading API to the self-custodial app. Eligible users in permitted jurisdictions can now have swaps routed through Arcus alongside other liquidity sources already available… 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 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 @ 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 16, 2026 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Two former Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) engineers have been charged in federal court with using confidential company information about upcoming cryptocurrency listings to place trades on a separate derivatives platform, prosecutors said this week. The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY)… Read More

September 13, 2026 @ 4:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) chief executive officer Vlad Tenev has restated that publicly traded companies should not automatically possess the power to block third-party stock tokens linked to their shares. The comments, published Friday on his X account, extend a public disagreement with AMC Entertainment (NYSE:… Read More

September 9, 2026 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD)  CEO Vlad Tenev spoke with CNBC this morning after reports that AMC (NYSE: AMC) is unhappy about Robinhood tokenizing its shares and offering them worldwide. AMC CEO Adam Aron said he was unaware his shares were being tokenized, then described the practice as “vile,” “contemptible,” and “inexcusable.” Aron… Read More

September 8, 2026 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wall Street research firm Bernstein has restated a constructive view on Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD), arguing that the brokerage’s proprietary blockchain is already contributing meaningful profit rather than remaining a speculative experiment. Analysts led by Gautam Chhugani kept an Outperform rating and a $160 price objective. That… Read More

August 19, 2026 @ 12:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

The previously announced artificial intelligence service is now being rolled out to eligible users on the Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) platform. Robinhood shared in a post on X that “Agentic Trading for crypto is rolling out now to eligible users. Connect your agent through the Robinhood MCP server to… Read More

August 10, 2026 @ 12:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) has launched crypto trading in the UK. In a release, Robinhood said it was rolling out crypto trading to eligible UK customers beginning this week. The move mirrors competitor Coinbase, which has moved in the opposite direction, first offering crypto trading and then… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) has achieved an important regulatory milestone in Britain. Its local subsidiary, Robinhood U.K. Ltd, was added to the Financial Conduct Authority’s register of cryptoasset firms effective 31 July 2026. This registration under the existing anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing rules allows… Read More

July 30, 2026 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Memecoin.fun, a token launch platform operating on Robinhood Chain, has obtained $3.5 million in a strategic investment round to advance its meme token tools and related systems. The funding round, finalized via the USDG token, was spearheaded by Becker Ventures. Additional backers included BitValue Capital,… Read More

July 30, 2026 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) reported Q2 earnings ending June  30th yesterday, delivering an EPS beat. Robinhood shares closed down slightly yesterday but are up slightly in early trading today. Robinhood reported net revenue of $1.32 billion, an increase of 32% versus the same period the year prior…. 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 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