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Revolut Offers Staff £1,000 Bonuses in FTSE 250 Banking Push
Revolut plans to court FTSE 250 companies for its business banking arm, paying staff £1,000 for each business customer referral as the unit chases 1 million clients by 2027.
Robinhood's OGC Nice Shirt Deal Draws French Scrutiny Over Prediction Markets
L'Équipe reports France's gambling regulator is examining whether Robinhood's front-of-shirt deal with OGC Nice promotes prediction markets, which France treats as illegal gambling.
StoneX sees 45% upside for Robinhood, points to accelerating Layer 2 chain and prediction markets
StoneX Financial initiated coverage of Robinhood with a Buy rating and $170 price target, pointing to its Ethereum Layer 2 chain and prediction markets as key growth drivers.
Pons propels Robinhood Chain fees to record $6 million in daily fees as DEX volume doubles
Robinhood Chain booked a record $6 million in single-day fees on Sept. 4, with weekly fees up 17x to about $25 million as token launchpad Pons powered a jump in DEX volume.
Robinhood’s Blockchain Could Generate $160M in Annual Fees…
Bernstein analysts estimate Robinhood Chain could generate up to $160M in annual fees by 2028, as tokenized equities grow to 27% of trading volume and memecoin activity shrinks.
‘The chain is now earnings’: Bernstein sees 31% upside for Robinhood as fees top Solana, BNB Chain
Bernstein reiterated an Outperform rating and $160 target on Robinhood, arguing its new Layer-2 network is now a fee-generating business that has outpaced Solana and BNB Chain in recent trading revenue.
OpenAI представила GPT-6 Astra с критическими возможностями в сфере кибербезопасности
OpenAI запустила GPT-6 Astra — свою первую модель, получившую критический уровень возможностей в сфере кибербезопасности; первоначальный доступ ограничен отдельными организациями.
AMC CEO Threatens Legal Action Against Robinhood Over Stock…
AMC CEO Adam Aron is urging Robinhood to stop trading tokens linked to AMC shares, arguing synthetic exposure undermines capital raising, while the broker refuses to withdraw the products.
Crypto firms urge SEC to speed ETF reviews and allow confidential draft filings
Grayscale, 21Shares and a16z want shorter SEC reviews and confidential draft filings for novel ETFs, while Jane Street and Charles Schwab raised objections.
AMC stock jumps 21% overnight as CEO slams Robinhood over ‘outrageous’ tokenized shares
AMC chief Adam Aron called Robinhood's tokenized stock offering unlawful and said outside counsel will review it, as AMC shares rose nearly 21% overnight to $3.07.
UK’s Largest Investment Platform Hargreaves Lansdown Opens…
Hargreaves Lansdown has started offering nine Bitcoin and Ether ETNs to about 2 million UK clients, almost 11 months after the FCA reopened retail access to qualifying crypto ETNs.
Revolut Secures Preliminary U.S. Bank Approval Ahead of…
Revolut has won conditional OCC approval for a U.S. national bank charter and targets launching operations in the first half of 2027, pending sign-off from the FDIC and Federal Reserve.
Revolut takes ‘important’ step toward becoming a US bank with conditional OCC approval
Revolut has received conditional approval from the OCC, an early stage in its bid to become a US bank and offer lending, credit cards and stablecoin products directly to American customers.
Revolut Secures Conditional Approval for US Bank Charter
Revolut has secured conditional approval for a US bank charter, leading a daily round-up that also covered falling FX volumes, broker layoffs, a Nasdaq bet on Kraken's parent and prop-trading disputes.
Former Revolut Executive Becomes Apex's Second Product Chief in 20 Months
Apex Group appointed Nick Tomadakis as chief product officer, its second hire for the role in 20 months, as the fund administrator works toward a $100 billion tokenization target by June 2027.
Charles Schwab Fined $175,000 by FINRA Over Fractional Share Trade Reporting Failures
FINRA censured and fined Charles Schwab $175,000 after the broker failed to report or timely report about 2.8 million fractional share trades between 2018 and 2025, and inaccurately reported roughly 690,000 more.
Arbitrum DAO reports $6.2 million in first-half income as Robinhood Chain adds new revenue stream
Arbitrum DAO booked $6.19 million in unaudited first-half income across four revenue lines, with licensing fees from Robinhood Chain already contributing 35% of July's total.
Freedom24 Eyes Switzerland as European Expansion to Move Into Wealth Management
Freedom24, the European platform of Nasdaq-listed Freedom Holding Corp., is evaluating Switzerland as a long-term market and a possible Geneva presence as it moves toward wealth management, AI and digital infrastructure.
Interactive Brokers Reports 23% Rise in Daily Average Revenue Trades for August
Interactive Brokers reported 4.276 million daily average revenue trades for August, up 23% year on year, alongside a 35% rise in client equity to $962.8 billion.
Buying memecoins with credit cards on Robinhood Wallet and Fomo appears to sidestep card-network crypto rules
Credit-card memecoin purchases inside Robinhood Wallet and Fomo run through Crossmint's no-KYC Token Checkout and were coded as digital goods rather than crypto, prompting a Chase dispute and a review by New York's attorney general.
Robinhood Chain DEX Volume Hits Record $989 Million as…
Robinhood Chain logged a record $989 million in single-day DEX volume in August, with total value locked climbing to $708 million and stablecoin supply up 47% month over month.
Interactive Brokers Client Equity Nears $1 Trillion in August Despite DARTs Slip
Interactive Brokers ended August with $962.8 billion in client equity, up 35% year on year, while DARTs slipped 3% from July to 4.28 million.
Remember Robinhood's $65 Million PFOF Fine? The Market Just Paid $1 Billion in a Quarter
US options payment for order flow hit a record $1.004 billion in Q2 2026, up 23.6% from Q1, as Robinhood, Schwab and Webull all posted sharply higher options revenue.
Robinhood Chain hits record $989 million in daily DEX volume as TVL grows
Robinhood Chain logged a record $989 million in single-day DEX volume, with TVL hitting $708 million and stablecoin supply near $770 million as utility tokens replaced memecoins as the main driver.