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Robinhood adds perpetual futures on gold, oil, silver, and euro-dollar for European clients with up to 10x leverage. The broker also pursues UK crypto registration.
Robinhood's L2 blockchain went live with tokenized equities and 7% DeFi lending. The stock jumped 5% but stays well off highs. July 29 earnings will test if new products can offset a halved crypto revenue line.
The popular 35% Bitcoin, 25% Ethereum, 20% Solana, 10% Chainlink, 10% Sui allocation looks neat. Reality: liquidity concentration, L2 fragmentation, uptime risk, and oracle competition.
ADP's June job miss of 98,000 strengthens the case for a September rate cut, a tailwind for Bitcoin and risk assets. The gap with May BLS leaves volatility risk ahead.
Robinhood launched an Ethereum L2 mainnet and tokenized stocks, but the tokens are debt securities with no legal ownership. Users in 120+ countries can trade, but US and UK markets are locked out.
Robinhood offers 10x leveraged perps on gold, oil, QQQ, and FX to EU users, while rolling out tokenized stocks, AI trading accounts, and fee cuts for advanced crypto traders.
France logged 77 crypto-related kidnappings and extortions since January. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez unveiled a security plan with faster asset freezes and dedicated investigation units.
Theo's $20M allocation gives thBILL exposure to Fidelity's FILQ (Aaa-mf) alongside Wellington's ULTRA, making it a rare onchain Treasury product backed by two top asset managers.
The UK and BIS released new stablecoin rules and warnings this week. The framework creates a two-tier regime for systemic issuers, while the BIS flags dollarization risk. Here is what it means for traders.
Winklevoss twins moved $60M BTC and $7M ETH to Gemini hot wallets, mirroring prior sale patterns. Bitcoin tests $57k support; analysts flag $50k risk if broken.
Bank of Korea governor endorses tokenized bonds and a unified ledger at ECB Forum. The proposal targets debt issuance efficiency, but cross-border and regulatory hurdles remain unresolved.
Clarity Act needs 60 Senate votes by August. Lummis cites 16 built-in anti-illicit finance provisions as Warren claims loopholes. Polymarket odds fall to 39% as Trump's $1.4B crypto disclosure complicates the picture.
Cloudflare opens waitlist for Monetization Gateway using x402 protocol. Developers can charge for web content and API calls, targeting sub-second stablecoin settlement for AI agent payments.
New UK legislation would cap overseas political donations at $132k and ban cryptocurrency contributions, blocking a crypto billionaire's funding of Reform UK.
Rain's $785.5M token unlock accounts for 73% of October's $1.08B top-seven total. The release follows June and July events of similar size, establishing a predictable monthly supply cadence tracked by Tokenomist and CryptoRank.
Robinhood's own Layer 2 chain goes live – tokenized stocks trade 24/7 with zero commissions. EU perps expand to ETFs and FX with 10x leverage. $HOOD rose 8.1%.
Gaston Gelos says stablecoins lack monetary properties; BIS warns of macro risks to credit and monetary policy if they scale without central bank backing.
Robinhood's new public blockchain promises faster transactions and staking, but the lack of integration details and developer adoption creates significant execution risk for HOOD.
France recorded 77 crypto-linked kidnapping and extortion cases in 2026, up from 45 in 2025. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez outlined a three-part security plan after the Ledger co-founder kidnapping and a wave of targeted attacks.
Lummis pushed back on Warren's Clarity Act criticism, pointing to over 16 safeguards that she says prevent illicit finance. The bill faces a tight timeline before recess.
Paribu adds Hyperliquid perps, Polymarket, and a stock waitlist in one app. Turkish retail users can access onchain markets without wallet switching.
Russia's 90-missile, 600-drone strike on Ukraine pushes the dollar higher and weighs on Bitcoin. The Oreshnik hypersonic missile adds nuclear tail risk to the market calculus.
Nvidia's GPC tokenizes human motion like ChatGPT tokenizes text, letting humanoid robots improvise fall recovery without explicit programming. The research targets Tesla, Figure, and Apptronik.
OFAC added 134 crypto wallet addresses tied to ISIS fundraising to the SDN list. Exchanges face immediate compliance burden as batch designation signals escalation in crypto sanctions enforcement.
Lummis cites 16 anti-crime provisions in the CLARITY Act, pushing back against Warren's claims of weak oversight. The bill's fate in the next 60 days is a binary catalyst for crypto markets.
Folarin Balogun's two goals against Paraguay triggered a Solana-based meme token and Coinbase prediction markets on his tournament goal tally, blending sports fandom with crypto speculation.
Stablecoin-powered card spending crossed $10B in cumulative deposits by July 1, up 82% YTD. Monthly volumes hit $833M in May, with Jupiter Mobile reporting 65% user growth.
Trump made $1.2B from crypto ventures as 764K of his supporters lost $380M on digital assets. The disclosure fuels conflict-of-interest questions ahead of SEC rule changes.
Crypto has poured $189M into the 2026 U.S. midterms, surpassing 2024 totals. The CLARITY Act remains stuck — the next Congress decides its fate.
Robinhood launched a blockchain for real-world assets. Adoption and regulatory hurdles remain. HOOD Alpha Score 44. Watch developer activity and Canada/UK rules.