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Robinhood Doubles Down on Event Contracts as Crypto Revenue Drops 55%
- The broker's Q3 event contracts revenue hit $173 million, up over 6x year over year, with a record 16.4 billion contracts traded.
- Crypto revenue fell 55% to $120 million and crypto notional volume dropped 38% to $50 billion, while Robinhood Chain posted over $80 billion in DEX volume.
Wednesday, 28/10/2026 | 05:07 GMT by
Arnab Shome
Two Lithuanian Firms Overtake All of Cyprus to Serve Nearly a Third of EU Retail Investors
- Investment firms based in Lithuania served 31% of the European cross-border customers in 2025, according to ESMA report.
- Cross-border business model was focused on execution services, which were provided to 87% of active clients.
Friday, 23/10/2026 | 19:58 GMT by
Tanya Chepkova
Robinhood Gets Dubai License, Plans 2027 Middle East Launch
- The US app will offer stocks, crypto, ETFs and investment tokens from a regional base in the DIFC.
- eToro, Interactive Brokers and local app Baraka already serve UAE investors from Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Thursday, 22/10/2026 | 06:47 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Robinhood Lets All Eligible US Customers Share Their Trades and Portfolios
- The invitation-only beta is over, and posts can now carry charts, realized gains and allocations.
- Copying stays manual, and the desktop platform Legend gets the feature in the coming weeks.
Wednesday, 14/10/2026 | 05:33 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Robinhood Puts Stock Token Trading at $15 Billion as Its Blockchain Turns 100 Days
- The company also counts about 200,000 holders, figures it has yet to post on its own newsroom.
- Kraken counted 300,000 xStocks holders in September, and new SEC venue rules ask tokens to carry voting rights.
Tuesday, 13/10/2026 | 05:15 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
AMC Chief Asks Robinhood Whether Its Stock Tokens Are Fully Backed
- Adam Aron asked on Saturday what happens to the one-for-one collateral if some of the shares are lent to short sellers.
- The company's lawyer had already refused to stop trading the token, and its chief executive says he is open to a debate.
Sunday, 13/09/2026 | 20:12 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Robinhood's OGC Nice Shirt Deal Draws French Scrutiny Over Prediction Markets
- L'Équipe said the ANJ is examining whether the sponsorship promotes a product France treats as illegal gambling.
- Robinhood restricts event contracts to US residents, while its French site lists other financial products.
Wednesday, 09/09/2026 | 06:37 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Remember Robinhood's $65 Million PFOF Fine? The Market Just Paid $1 Billion in a Quarter
- Options-related rebates rose 23.6% to $1.004 billion in Q2, putting the annualized pace above $4 billion.
- HOOD generated $342 million from options, but filings cannot show how much of the increase came from AI agents.
Tuesday, 01/09/2026 | 08:10 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Robinhood Secures UK Crypto License, But Faces Stiff Competition
- The US powerhouse's marketing muscle and low fees can pressure local competitors, but the asymmetric product rollout might hurt its ambitions.
- This regulatory nod comes as the FCA prepares to open its application portal ahead of the upcoming 2027 framework.
Monday, 03/08/2026 | 11:55 GMT by
Adonis Adoni
Rothera Adds $17 Million as Robinhood Event Revenue Reaches $156 Million
- Event-contract activity exceeded 13.6 billion contracts in Q2, more than ten times the year-earlier level.
- Rothera contributed $17 million after its June launch, adding exchange and clearing infrastructure through Robinhood’s Susquehanna joint venture.
Thursday, 30/07/2026 | 19:27 GMT by
Tanya Chepkova
Robinhood Is Taking Its VC Fund Roadshow Public and Y Combinator Startups Are the Bait
- Robinhood is livestreaming the pitch for its second venture fund on August 3rd, giving retail users direct access to a Y Combinator-focused portfolio.
- The fund's BDC structure lets retail investors buy into illiquid, early-stage startups without accreditation. Robinhood's first fund built on the same structure raised $658.4 million in March.
Monday, 27/07/2026 | 17:50 GMT by
Tanya Chepkova
Robinhood Bets Big Outside the US: To Offer Crypto in the UK, but EU Already Gets Perps
- Robinhood has confirmed crypto trading is finally coming to the UK, closing the last gap in its offering for British investors as part of a major global expansion unveiled in London.
- Europe also gains expanded perpetual futures on gold, oil and FX pairs with up to 10x leverage, alongside a new Robinhood Chain blockchain and tokenised stocks in 120+ countries.
Thursday, 02/07/2026 | 04:53 GMT by
Arnab Shome
Owning the Exchange Is Becoming the New Competitive Advantage in Prediction Markets
- DraftKings, Robinhood and Coinbase are moving prediction-market infrastructure in-house.
- According to Bernstein, platforms are treating exchange infrastructure as a strategic asset.
Tuesday, 30/06/2026 | 17:02 GMT by
Tanya Chepkova
Robinhood's $77 Million Haircut: 290 Jobs Out, but 153 'Help Wanted' Signs Still Up
- Robinhood is axing around 290 staff, 10 per cent of its workforce, to flatten a "heavily-layered" org. At a blended $267K per head ex-equity, that frees up roughly $77 million a year, or about $108 million including stock. But nearly $28 million in one-off charges means the real savings only land in 2027.
- Even while cutting, Robinhood still lists around 153 open roles, nearly 60 per cent in software, security and AI. This is reallocation, not retreat: fewer managers, more builders. Expect a handful of those listings to quietly disappear.
Wednesday, 17/06/2026 | 10:00 GMT by
Arnab Shome
Robinhood Buys Regulatory Foothold in Canada With WonderFi Acquisition
- Robinhood has completed its acquisition of WonderFi, gaining access to Canadian crypto licenses, infrastructure, and roughly 300,000 funded customer accounts.
- The deal highlights a broader industry trend in which fintech and brokerage firms are using acquisitions to secure regulated market access.
Tuesday, 02/06/2026 | 10:45 GMT by
Tanya Chepkova
Robinhood Launches AI Agent Accounts for Automated Trading and Payments
- Liquid recently introduced a platform that embeds trading directly into AI chat interfaces like ChatGPT and Claude.
- Mastercard and Santander have also tested an end-to-end payment executed by an AI agent in the past.
Wednesday, 27/05/2026 | 14:10 GMT by
Jared Kirui
"Who Am I to Say You Shouldn't Trade That?": Vlad Tenev Defends Speculators and Prediction Markets
- Robinhood's chief executive pushed back on gambling critics in the same week Kalshi raised $1 billion at a $22 billion valuation.
- Event contract volume across the industry has crossed $50 billion as insider trading cases test the sector's defenses.
Monday, 11/05/2026 | 16:00 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Robinhood Had a Slow Q1, but Event Contracts Demand Appears to Be Booming
- 8.8 billion event contracts were traded in the first three months of 2026, while the instruments contributed most of the $147 million in revenue from “other transactions.”
- It now anticipates investing an additional $100 million to build and support the user interface for Trump Accounts
Wednesday, 29/04/2026 | 04:22 GMT by
Arnab Shome
Phishing Emails That Look Real Target Robinhood Users via Gmail Dot Alias Feature
- Emails pass SPF, DKIM, and DMARC as they originate from Robinhood servers. Only injected HTML is malicious.
- No breach of the company’s systems. Attack abuses account creation flow and Gmail dot handling.
Tuesday, 28/04/2026 | 11:09 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Robinhood Gets Singapore IPA as Capital.com Progresses for MAS Licence
- Singapore maintains a phased licensing system requiring conditions before full broker authorisation.
- The regulator retains authority to withdraw in-principle approval if conditions are not met.
Thursday, 23/04/2026 | 10:51 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
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