Today’s biggest news isn’t about Bitcoin, but because the cryptocurrency and others trade on the platform at the center of the scandal, it is a wake up call for investors. Robinhood today halted trading of GameStop shares and other stocks, setting the internet ablaze with anger. At the same time, it should act as a…
Robinhood’s planned acquisition of Bitstamp is one of those deals that makes immediate strategic sense. Robinhood gets a much more established global crypto footprint, while Bitstamp offers a brand and institutional reach that can help fill gaps in Robinhood’s current profile. The market has spent years thinking about Robinhood as a retail-first platform. This deal…
Members of the crypto community have cast their ballots, so to speak, and now we’ll find out whether or not their forecast was accurate. The consensus of the cryptocurrency market predicts a 20% increase in MATIC prices before the month ends, as reported by CoinMarketCap’s price prediction metrics. This fairly optimistic forecast from the community suggests…
Robinhood Markets has closed its acquisition of WonderFi, a Canadian leader in digital asset products and services, marking the US trading platform’s formal entry into Canada and pushing its total international funded customer base past 1 million for the first time, per the company’s official announcement on June 1, 2026. Related Reading WonderFi operates two…
MATIC has spiked by as much as 6% today with the crypto landscape having an optimistic vibe the entire week. MATIC looking positive with a surge of 6% Polygon performance improves following announcement of Robinhood’s support for Polygon transactions Around 18 million MATIC transactions made after Robinhood partnership announcement Polygon (MATIC) is dubbed to be…
The Shiba Inu (SHIB) price could be facing a make-or-break moment in the coming weeks. While the launch of Shibarium is imminent according to the chief developer, the success of the layer-2 blockchain and the emerging ecosystem could determine how the SHIB price will perform. Despite the 43% year-to-date (YTD) price increase, SHIB is still…
Approximately 150 employees of trading firm Robinhood Markets are slated to lose their jobs, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Monday. This decision, which constitutes the third round of job cuts happened within a span of slightly over a year. This was stated in an internal communication by the firm’s chief financial officer,…
Robinhood Chain recorded $2.66 million in daily app revenue, surpassing Ethereum mainnet and Hyperliquid over the same 24-hour measurement window, according to validated DeFiLlama-style dashboard data. The metric has attracted attention because it places a brokerage-linked chain above some of crypto’s most visible revenue generators for a short period. But the framing needs care. This…
As demand for digital assets continues to accelerate, scaling solutions have become one of the most important challenges facing Ethereum. In a recent discussion, Robinhood’s Head of Crypto outlined the company’s ambitious strategy to tackle this problem by building its own ETH Layer-2 network to serve mainstream users. Rather than merely participating in the broader…
Vlad Tenev, the co-founder and CEO of online trading platform Robinhood, has openly criticized the United Kingdom's stringent regulatory approach to cryptocurrency, describing it as "backward" compared to the country's more lenient stance on gambling. In a recent interview with The Times, Tenev expressed his desire to expand Robinhood’s crypto trading services into the UK…