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OpenAI präsentiert GPT-6 Astra mit kritischen Cyberfähigkeiten
OpenAI hat GPT-6 Astra veröffentlicht, sein erstes Modell mit einer Einstufung auf kritischem Cybersicherheitsniveau; der anfängliche Zugriff ist auf ausgewählte Organisationen beschränkt.
AMC CEO Threatens Legal Action Against Robinhood Over Stock…
Why Is AMC Fighting Robinhood’s Stock Tokens? AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron has escalated his dispute with Robinhood over tokenized stocks, calling on the brokerage to stop trading tokens linked to AMC shares and warning that the company plans to raise the issue with U.S. regulators. The dispute centers on Robinhood’s stock tokens, which give eligible customers outside the United States economic
Crypto firms urge SEC to speed ETF reviews and allow confidential draft filings
In contrast, Jane Street and Charles Schwab raised concerns over rushed ETF launches and confidential filings limiting market scrutiny.
AMC stock jumps 21% overnight as CEO slams Robinhood over ‘outrageous’ tokenized shares
OpenAI had previously made a similar criticism of Robinhood’s tokenized equities, saying it did not approve the transfer of its shares.
UK’s Largest Investment Platform Hargreaves Lansdown Opens…
Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK's largest investment platform, has begun offering Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded notes to its roughly 2 million clients, marking one of the biggest expansions of regulated retail crypto access in Britain. The platform launched nine Bitcoin and Ether ETNs on September 3 from BlackRock's iShares, WisdomTree, 21Shares, Invesco, CoinShares and Bitwise. Annual product fee
Revolut Secures Preliminary U.S. Bank Approval Ahead of…
What Does Revolut’s U.S. Banking Approval Allow? Revolut has secured conditional approval for a U.S. national bank charter, moving the London-based fintech closer to operating as a fully fledged bank in the world’s largest financial market. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted preliminary approval on Wednesday. Revolut must still receive approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance
Revolut takes ‘important’ step toward becoming a US bank with conditional OCC approval
Revolut says it has received preliminary approval from a key U.S. banking regulator as it seeks to become a bank in the country.
Revolut Secures Conditional Approval for US Bank Charter
Revolut has received conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national bank charter. Revolut founder and CEO Nik Storonsky announced the development in a LinkedIn post today. He said the approval marks a major step towards establishing a full-service banking operation in the United States. In January this year, Revolut moved away from plans to enter US banki
Former Revolut Executive Becomes Apex's Second Product Chief in 20 Months
Apex Group named Nick Tomadakis chief product officer today (Thursday), its second appointment to the role in 20 months. The announcement appears to place him in a job last assigned to Zion Hilelly, although Apex did not explain Hilelly's status. Tomadakis will control the product roadmap at a company that says it services more than $3.5 trillion in assets. His mandate also covers the period befor
Charles Schwab Fined $175,000 by FINRA Over Fractional Share Trade Reporting Failures
Charles Schwab has been censured and fined $175,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority over failures to report millions of fractional share transactions. According to a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent, FINRA said that between January 2018 and May 2025, Schwab failed to report or report in a timely manner approximately 2.8 million fractional... The post Charles Schwab Fined $1
Arbitrum DAO reports $6.2 million in first-half income as Robinhood Chain adds new revenue stream
Licensing fees accounted for 35% of the DAO's income in July, the first month Robinhood Chain was live on mainnet.
Freedom24 Eyes Switzerland as European Expansion to Move Into Wealth Management
Freedom24, the European investment platform of Nasdaq-listed Freedom Holding Corp., is assessing Switzerland as a potential long-term market and is exploring a possible presence in Geneva. The potential Swiss expansion comes as Freedom24 broadens its European financial-services strategy. Last month, the company opened its proprietary Tradernet platform to AI tools through the Model Context Protoco
Interactive Brokers Reports 23% Rise in Daily Average Revenue Trades for August
On Tuesday, Interactive Brokers Group reported its electronic brokerage performance metrics for August, with daily average revenue trades up 23% year on year. The automated global electronic broker said it recorded 4.276 million daily average revenue trades, or DARTs, during the month, a figure 23% higher than a year earlier, but 3% lower than the... The post Interactive Brokers Reports 23% Rise i
Buying memecoins with credit cards on Robinhood Wallet and Fomo appears to sidestep card-network crypto rules
Test memecoin purchases were coded as "digital media" rather than crypto, earning credit card points despite card network restrictions.
Robinhood Chain DEX Volume Hits Record $989 Million as…
What Drove Robinhood Chain To Record Trading Volume? Robinhood Chain recorded its strongest decentralized exchange activity yet in August, with single-day DEX trading volume reaching a record $989 million on Friday as liquidity and capital on the network continued to climb. Total value locked reached a record $708 million, nearly doubling from the previous month. Stablecoin supply also rose to abo
Interactive Brokers Client Equity Nears $1 Trillion in August Despite DARTs Slip
Interactive Brokers Group reported continued growth across its brokerage business in August, with client equity approaching $1 trillion and the number of client accounts reaching 5.46 million. The Nasdaq-listed electronic broker recorded 4.28 million daily average revenue trades during the month. That was 23% higher than August 2025, although 3% lower than July. The monthly decline followed a shar
Remember Robinhood's $65 Million PFOF Fine? The Market Just Paid $1 Billion in a Quarter
US options payment for order flow reached $1.004 billion in the second quarter of 2026, the first quarterly total above $1 billion. The figure rose 23.6% from Q1, according to a Best Execution aggregation published by Global Trading. At that pace, market makers would pay retail brokers just over $4 billion a year for options orders. The annualized sum makes broker revenue increasingly sensitive to
Robinhood Chain hits record $989 million in daily DEX volume as TVL grows
Robinhood Chain DEX volume hit a record in the month of August as utility tokens gain ground on memecoins.
Solana Price Prediction Jumps as Schwab Opens SOL Trading…
The Solana price prediction turned sharply higher with SOL at $105, defending $100 support and pressing toward $120, after the biggest traditional finance catalyst since ETFs launched. That catalyst is Charles Schwab opening SOL trading to its brokerage clients, a buyer pool crypto exchanges never touched, and doors like this do not open quietly: brokerage money with one-click access turns demand
Crypto News: Schwab Opens Crypto Trading to 39.9 Million…
Crypto news this week is dominated by one headline changing how tens of millions of investors access digital assets. Charles Schwab is opening its platform to three more major tokens, pushing past Bitcoin and Ethereum only months after launching direct trading, according to Decrypt . Access like that does not arrive quietly. And while Schwab pulls traditional finance closer to established tokens,
Weekly Review: Revolut Launches Euro Stablecoin; IG Faces Outage
This week brought a mix of product launches, regulatory developments and changes across the online trading industry. A new euro stablecoin entered circulation, while brokers faced technical disruptions, regulatory settlements and licence changes. Regulators also turned their attention to CFD protections and operational resilience in an increasingly AI-driven environment. Meanwhile, financial resul
SBI Holdings Takes Strategic Stake in Indonesia’s Ajaib Group
SBI Holdings, Inc. has announced a strategic investment in Ajaib Group, Indonesia s leading online multi-asset investment platform, through one of its subsidiaries. The Tokyo-based financial services group acquired a minority stake of approximately 20% in Ajaib Group, making the Jakarta-based company an equity-method affiliate of SBI Holdings. Ajaib Group began as an online securities brokerage...
SBI Holdings invests $270 million in Ajaib, taking 20% stake amid Asia digital asset push
Ajaib offers crypto and stablecoins alongside traditional investments, including OTC settlement services for institutional clients.
UAE ‘spy sheikh’ takes 49% stake in Trump family’s bank venture: WSJ
The UAE's national security advisor is playing a major investment role in President Trump's family's bank venture, the WSJ reported.