DFSRegulated
United States Crypto Asset Exchange License (CEX)
Robinhood
Regulated in United States
Crypto Asset Exchange License (CEX)
Global Business
Basic Information
Country/RegionUnited States
Exchange AbbreviationRobinhood
Operating Period5-10 years
Websitehttps://robinhood.com/us/en/
Influence
AAARating
Main Affected Regions
NMLSRegulated
United States Crypto Asset Transfer License (MTL)
LBRegulated
Lithuania Crypto Asset Trading License (STP)
Exchange Overview
Exchange Overview
Robinhood means Robinhood Markets and its in-application and web experiences with its family of wholly owned subsidiaries which includes Robinhood Financial, Robinhood Securities, and Robinhood Crypto.
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Robinhood Chain considers technology that gives paying traders priority
Robinhood Chain, the popular Layer-2 blockchain tailor-made for tokenized real-world financial assets, is evaluating a transaction-ordering system that would allow users to pay a fee to prioritize certain trades, according to a person familiar with the matter. The technology is being developed by Arbitrum, which provides the infrastructure behind Robinhood Chain. The system, which isnt affiliated with the chain, had been offering a paid-for transaction-ordering technology called “Timeboost” that gives users a priority-sequencing advantage in the form of a 200-millisecond head start. However, on September 24, Arbitrum replaced its Timeboost transaction-ordering system with a new model, Priority Gas Auctions, that allows traders to pay higher fees to have individual transactions processed ahead of others. It is this newer version of the tech that Robinhood Chain is understood to be evaluating, the person said, under the condition of anonymity because the matter is private. Currently, Robinhood Chain uses a first-come, first-served transaction ordering policy and has not availed itself of Arbitrums original Timeboost application. Since launching its Ethereum-compatible network back in July, Robinhood Chain has surged in popularity, entering the top 10 list of blockchains ranked by total locked value. Robinhoods traditional brokerage business, which is now melding with a 24/7 onchain model for distributing tokenized
Bitcoin stalls near $83,000 while lighter drops 17% on Robinhood perps plan
Bitcoin $BTC$83,900.87 traded at $83,164 in the European morning, down 0.57% since midnight UTC while the rest of the crypto market was mixed, with 50 constituents of the CoinDesk 100 higher and 50 lower. The 24-hour pictures is weaker as bitcoin lost around 1%, falling from a peak of $84,400 during Tuesdays U.S. session. The CoinDesk DeFi index (DFX) fell 2.3%, the worst performance in the index family, as aave AAVE$160.60 retreated 4.4% after leading Tuesdays gains with an 11% jump. Traditional markets were firmer, with Ss crypto selloff. No obvious catalyst is behind the mornings drift. Attention is turning to the U.S. personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Feds preferred inflation gauge, due before the Wall Street open, with Micron earnings after the close. Bitcoin has now been in a consolidation pattern since Sept. 21s failed breakout attempt at $87,300. Derivatives positioningLeverage keeps cooling: The market-wide taker long/short volume ratio is balanced for a second day, after sellers had a slight edge two days ago at 46.9% to 53.1%. Liquidations roughly halved to $196 million from yesterdays $389 million. Open interest (OI) slipped to $147 billion from nearly $150 billion two days ago, and volume fell 16.9% to $181 billion, according to
Robinhood announces AI agent for customers that trades around the clock, plus 10x crypto perps
Nasdaq-listed Robinhood HOOD$116.21·Market Closed is launching an AI tool that can trade on customers‘ behalf, even when they’re away. The online trading platform, which has more than 27 million funded accounts, announced Robinhood Agents on Tuesday at its HOOD Summit in Houston. The tool is built into the Robinhood app. It can research markets, build strategies and place trades for a customer at any hour. AI agents are different from chatbots. A chatbot answers questions. An agent takes action, in this case buying and selling on a customers behalf within limits the customer sets. In other words, Robinhood is bringing automated trading, long the domain of hedge funds and quant firms, to everyday investors. Its a big step up from Robinhoods May launch, which let tech-savvy users connect their own AI agents to their accounts. More than 150,000 customers have opened agentic trading accounts since, and these agents now tap Robinhoods tools almost 30 million times a day, according to the company. Now anyone can do it. Customers name their agent, open a separate account for it, pick an AI model from labs including OpenAI, and set their limits. OpenAIs GPT-Luna model will be free to use until the end of the year. The announcement fits