Tagged: stocks

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 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 22, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ondo Finance has opened a new institutional pathway that lets approved firms turn conventional equity holdings into blockchain-based stock tokens without first selling those positions for cash. The update, announced on September 21, 2026, adds an in-kind conversion option to Ondo Stocks, the company’s tokenized… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

X Money, the Fintech segment of social media platform X, has added a new trading pathway to its cashtag system, giving US users a shorter route from market conversation to an actual brokerage or crypto exchange. The company announced the US Cashtag Partner Program on… Read More

September 6, 2026 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A heated public argument between AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) CEO Adam Aron and Robinhood’s (NASDAQ:HOOD) leadership has turned a niche product—tokenized stock exposure—into a test of who controls a company’s name, capital, and investor rights. On September 3, 2026, Aron said Robinhood had listed a… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A synchronized drop in government bond prices has pushed borrowing costs across major economies toward levels last seen around the 2008 crisis. A Bloomberg gauge of global sovereign yields climbed to about 3.72 percent, its highest reading since mid-2008, as investors demanded more compensation to… 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

August 20, 2026 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Asset Management Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has outlined a bold outlook suggesting that blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) transaction activity could expand by as much as 100 times in the years ahead. In a recent investment note examining common investor missteps, Hougan… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BlackRock’s (NYSE:BLK) head of digital assets has pointed to a quiet but notable improvement in investor attitudes toward Bitcoin, alongside early indications that the cryptocurrency is beginning to trade more independently of traditional equity markets. Speaking in a recent interview, Robert Mitchnick observed that sentiment… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin has moved closer to the $65,000 level in recent sessions, trading in the mid-to-high $64,000 range as of early August 2026. The cryptocurrency has shown resilience after earlier consolidation in the low $60,000s, with intermittent advances testing the psychologically important $65,000 BTC price threshold… Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 5:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shares of Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ: SEZL), the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) fintech platform, have shown signs of technical recovery after a period of consolidation. The stock has recently moved back toward its 10-week moving average, following a steady year-to-date advance of approximately 144% in 2026. This performance… Read More

July 29, 2026 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grayscale Investments has highlighted that the HYPE token linked to the Hyperliquid protocol continues to appear attractively priced relative to publicly traded fintech companies, even after substantial price appreciation earlier this year. The assessment comes from Zach Pandl, the firm’s head of research, in a… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 5:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood’s (NASDAQ: HOOD) blockchain has recorded a sharp rise in real-world asset activity, with the value of tokenized equities and related holdings climbing rapidly in recent weeks. Data from analytics platforms shows the market capitalization of RWAs on the network has grown approximately fivefold over… Read More

July 6, 2026 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the world’s derivatives marketplace, announced on June 30 that it will introduce single stock futures on July 27, 2026, subject to final regulatory approvals. The new contracts will give traders and investors a streamlined way to gain precise, capital-efficient exposure to individual US… Read More

June 2, 2026 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which remains the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of trading volume and its general scope of business operations, has rolled out extended-hours trading for US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The new offering, enabled via a collab with Alpaca—which serves as a provider… Read More

April 24, 2026 @ 4:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca has finalized the purchase of WealthKernel, a specialized European fintech provider. The acquired entity will now run as Alpaca Europe, granting the company a fully compliant operational base across the United Kingdom and the broader European Union. Alpaca has also rolled out initial support… Read More

March 21, 2026 @ 1:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a step toward becoming a universal financial platform or the so-called “everything” exchange, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has unveiled perpetual futures contracts linked to leading U.S. equities for its qualified customers outside the United States. This introduction grants 24/7 access to leveraged trading on high-profile technology… Read More

March 12, 2026 @ 7:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

France’s financial regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), has released a detailed examination of who trades French equities and how their roles have evolved over the past five years. Covering 2019 through 2024, the review draws on the regulator’s ongoing market-monitoring work to map… Read More

March 11, 2026 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trii, one of Latin America’s investment platforms, officially rolled out US stock trading for customers in Chile. The new feature, built on Alpaca’s powerful brokerage infrastructure, gives retail investors a simple mobile way to buy and sell American equities, ETFs, and related assets directly from… Read More

February 10, 2026 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In an ongoing industry-wide effort to blend traditional finance with blockchain technology, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has introduced its xStocks product on 360X, a regulated marketplace for secondary trading operated by the Deutsche Börse Group. This development enables qualified users to engage in transactions involving tokenized… Read More