“Whether you’re an expert or are just getting started with AI, you’re at a disadvantage if you’re not using Robinhood,” said Abhishek Fatehpuria, Robinhood’s vice president of product management. There are guardrails. An agent can only touch the money in its own account. Customers must approve each trade by default, although they can switch that […]
Archives for September 29, 2026
XRP Ledger starts carrying fund records from Brazil operator overseeing $4 trillion
A Brazilian financial-market operator responsible for more than 22 trillion reais of registered assets, roughly $4 trillion, has begun putting records for investment funds run by BTG Pactual, Latin America’s largest investment bank, onto the XRP Ledger. CSD BR, which operates regulated registration, securities-depository, and settlement systems in Brazil, will use the public blockchain as […]
Bitcoin rally shows signs of cooling even as a ‘bull score’ gauge nears its perfect score
A trend gauge is showing signs of a cooloff after bitcoin’s rally pushed it to just 10 points short of a perfect score. Bitcoin rose 0.4% to just above $83,300 as of Wednesday Asian morning hours, down from an eight-month high near $87,400. CryptoQuant, an onchain analysis firm, pegs its Bull Score at 90 out […]
Robinhood adds AI agents, perps and weekend trading in push to win active traders
Robinhood has already seen demand for a more technical version of the idea. More than 150,000 agentic accounts have been created since it opened its trading infrastructure to outside AI agents earlier this year, according to the company, generating millions of calls to its tools each day. The embedded version removes much of that technical […]
BTCS Prepares DeFi Business To Provide Liquidity For Tokenized Stocks
TL;DR BTCS says its Imperium DeFi unit has completed preparatory compliance steps for potential use of the SEC’s Covered Firm exemption. The company has submitted the required notice and published relevant disclosures. Imperium has not yet started providing tokenized-equity liquidity because a qualifying Tokenized Securities Venue must first become operational. BTCS is positioning its DeFi […]
21Shares Sets New Staking Payouts Across Five Crypto ETFs
TL;DR 21Shares has declared September staking distributions for five crypto ETFs covering Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid, Sui and Polkadot. The largest per-share distribution is $0.191360 for the Hyperliquid Staking ETF. The funds distribute staking rewards generated by their underlying proof-of-stake assets to shareholders. 21Shares has declared a fresh round of staking distributions across five crypto exchange-traded […]
Circle Brings USDC Workflows Into Banking Platform Used By Major Institutions
TL;DR Volante Technologies and Circle have announced a collaboration around stablecoin payment and settlement infrastructure. Volante plans to bring USDC workflows into the same payment platform banks already use for conventional rails. The work covers areas including minting, redemption, wallet registration, funding and wallet-to-wallet payments. Circle is bringing USDC deeper into the software stack banks […]
Cboe, S&P Dow Jones may explore tokenized options contracts under extended licensing deal
SPX options are among the world’s most actively traded index derivatives, with a record 970.6 million contracts changing hands in 2025, or an average of 3.9 million per day, Cboe said. S&P DJI, meanwhile, operates some of the world’s most widely followed financial benchmarks, led by the S&P 500, that underpin trillions of dollars worth […]
Soluna And Bitdeer Add 7 MW To Texas Bitcoin Mining Deal
TL;DR Soluna and Bitdeer have expanded their Project Kati 1 agreement by approximately 7 MW. Bitdeer’s total deployment at the wind-powered Texas site will rise to 35 MW and about 2.42 EH/s. The additional capacity is expected to be deployed by November and fully books the K1BC phase of the project. Soluna and Bitdeer are […]
DeFi Development Corp Adds 47,706 SOL As Treasury Passes 2.5M Tokens
TL;DR DeFi Development Corp added approximately 47,706 SOL and SOL equivalents since September 21. Total holdings have reached roughly 2.538 million SOL and equivalents, valued by the company at about $309 million. The treasury has grown around 10% since the company’s August 12 earnings update. DeFi Development Corp has pushed its Solana treasury above 2.5 […]
