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Markets

Robinhood sees surge in bitcoin, gold prediction markets as traders move beyond sports

The company's head of futures and prediction markets said bitcoin, gold and oil contracts are among its fastest-growing prediction markets.

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Finance

Citrini sees a tokenization boom. The harder question is who profits

The influential research firm says real-world assets could finally give blockchains a clear role in finance. For investors, the next challenge is figuring out which companies, networks and protocols capture the revenue.

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Finance

Robinhood Chain considers technology that gives paying traders priority

Arbitrum recently replaced its Timeboost transaction-ordering system with a new model called Priority Gas Auctions.

Baiju Bhatt (right) and Vlad Tenev, founders of Robinhood (Getty Images/Spencer Platt)

Markets

Robinhood adds $25 million of bitcoin to its balance sheet

Robinhood has added bitcoin worth $25 million to its balance sheet, senior vice president and general manager of crypto and international, told the Starting Block Wednesday.

Robinhood Chain token launchpad Pons breaks into crypto’s top five by fees. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Robinhood unveils an AI that trades your money 24/7, and you carry all the risk

Robinhood users could soon get an AI agent that trades on their behalf, even at 2 a.m. But if a trade goes wrong, users' bear the risk, not Robinhood.

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Markets

Robinhood adds AI agents, perps and weekend trading in push to win active traders

The brokerage is expanding its trading hours and adding leveraged crypto products and automated trading tools to attract more active investors.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev (right) presenting at Robinhood launch event on Sep. 29. (CooinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase, Robinhood, Circle could be early winners of SEC's tokenized-stock push, analysts say

Goldman Sachs and Citizens analysts said the agency's move create new opportunities in custody, tokenization infrastructure and stablecoin settlement, while giving brokers room to expand onchain products.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Finance

Two Robinhood engineers charged with insider trading using Hyperliquid perpetuals

U.S. prosecutors allege two engineers used confidential Robinhood token listing data to front-run announcements using Hyperliquid perpetual futures.

U.S. Office of the Attorney General in Washington. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Standard Chartered predicts Arbitrum's ARB to rise 70-fold to $10, citing Robinhood Chain revenue

The bank expects tokenization to make Arbitrum a favored network for traditional finance, even though ARB holders currently have no direct claim on the fees.

Standard Chartered London (Shkuru Afshar/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Robinhood plans share redemptions, voting rights for stock tokens, after criticism

CEO Vlad Tenev said more shareholder features are coming as Robinhood’s offshore stock tokens draw scrutiny over ownership rights.

Robinhood's Vlad Tenev speaks at Token2049 in Singapore (Token2049)