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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.
Charles Schwab to Add Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink to…
Why Is Schwab Expanding Beyond Bitcoin And Ether? Charles Schwab plans to add Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink to its cryptocurrency trading platform in the coming months, widening its direct digital asset offering beyond Bitcoin and Ether as the brokerage builds out a broader retail crypto business. Schwab Crypto began rolling out to retail clients in May, allowing customers to trade Bitcoin and E
Charles Schwab to add Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink to crypto trading platform
Schwab Crypto began rolling out to clients in May with direct access to BTC and ETH trading and charges 75 basis points per transaction.
Webull HK Launches Vega AI as South Korean Stock Trading Nears
Webull Securities Limited, the Hong Kong subsidiary of Webull Corporation, has launched Vega AI, an artificial intelligence-powered investment tool, while outlining plans to expand into South Korean stock trading. The platform already offers access to US and Hong Kong stocks, China A-shares and Japanese stocks. Canadian stock trading is also on Webull HK's future roadmap. Webull had previously int
Tiger Brokers’ Parent Reports $182 Million Q2 Revenue as Client Assets Reach $60.7 Billion
UP Fintech Holding, the parent company of Tiger Brokers, reported record revenue in the second quarter of 2026 as its retail client base, assets and trading activity increased across several markets. Revenue reached $182.3 million in the quarter ended 30 June, up 31.4% year-on-year and 17.7% from the previous quarter. Non-GAAP net income attributable to shareholders came in at $42.8 million. The r
Revolut Launches Euro Stablecoin With Only EUR 374 in Circulation
Revolut launched EURR, a euro-backed stablecoin issued by Stripe-owned Bridge, on August 20, according to regulatory documents. Bridge's reserve dashboard showed only 374 tokens in circulation and EUR 374 in cash reserves. The dashboard was last updated Tuesday evening. That supply is less than one-millionth of Circle's EURC circulation, but it turns Revolut's previously disclosed stablecoin plan
IG and tastytrade Digital Assets Executive Moves On After Seven Years
Laurence Willows has left IG Group and tastytrade after nearly seven years with the companies, according to a LinkedIn post published today. Willows wrote that he had “moved on from IG / tastytrade this summer” after “7 amazing years” with the businesses. “It’s been a pleasure working alongside so many talented people,” he added. His departure comes as tastytrade continues to develop its crypto bu
Scalable Capital Rolls Out AI Agent Integration for Portfolio Analysis and Trading
Munich-based neobroker Scalable Capital, backed by Tencent's deep pockets, has entered the agentic trading arena, enabling its one million clients to connect their accounts to AI platforms to analyze their portfolios and place trades. The neobroker has made a name for itself in Europe, mainly Germany and Austria, by offering stock and crypto brokerage, automated wealth management, and high-yield s
Interactive Brokers Gives Korean Investors Global Stock Access Through Daol
Interactive Brokers disclosed today (Tuesday) that it supplies the trading infrastructure behind South Korea's DAOL Fi PRO platform. Daol Investment Securities retains the client account and regulatory role. Apple's version history lists the app as launched on July 10. The formal announcement arrived more than six weeks later. In May, IBKR opened Korea Exchange-listed stocks to eligible clients ou
Robinhood Added About $11.7 Billion in a Day and Outran…
Robinhood added roughly $11.7 billion of market value on Friday as crypto-linked equities amplified Bitcoin's rally, turning a strong week for the asset into an even bigger move for the companies that make money when investors trade it. Robinhood closed at $108.13, up 13.7% , from $95.10 on Thursday. Its market capitalization rose from about $85.5 billion to $97.2 billion, an increase of roughly $