Robinhood has long pinned its growth ambitions on being more than “just a brokerage app” to its users and the world alike. It’s latest push? According to the company’s first quarter 2025 earnings call on Wednesday (April 30), it’s becoming a cryptocurrency giant. “We’re incredibly...
Ripple has announced its exchange partners and customers for its U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD). The stablecoin will be available globally for institutions and users on exchanges and platforms like Uphold, Bitstamp, Bitso, MoonPay, Independent Reserve, CoinMENA and Bullish, Ripple said in a Tuesday...
On Monday (Aug. 5), the platform powering 24-7 trading for brokers like Robinhood went offline. The platform, Blue Ocean, is the infrastructure provider responsible for executing stock trades between traditional market off hours, those falling between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. (ET), and it was...
Robinhood Markets is set to acquire cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp for $200 million. “Acquiring a global exchange will significantly accelerate Robinhood Crypto’s expansion worldwide,” the company said in a news release Thursday (June 6). “Bitstamp holds over 50 active licenses and registrations globally and will bring in customers across the EU,...
August 07, 2024
On Monday (Aug. 5), the platform powering 24-7 trading for brokers like Robinhood went offline. The platform, Blue Ocean, is the infrastructure provider responsible for executing stock trades between traditional market off hours, those falling between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. (ET), and it was unable to effectively handle the surge in activity during the […]
October 15, 2024
Ripple has announced its exchange partners and customers for its U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD). The stablecoin will be available globally for institutions and users on exchanges and platforms like Uphold, Bitstamp, Bitso, MoonPay, Independent Reserve, CoinMENA and Bullish, Ripple said in a Tuesday (Oct. 15) press release. “With our initial exchange partners, the […]
June 06, 2024
Robinhood Markets is set to acquire cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp for $200 million. “Acquiring a global exchange will significantly accelerate Robinhood Crypto’s expansion worldwide,” the company said in a news release Thursday (June 6). “Bitstamp holds...
December 28, 2023
The Financial Intelligence Unit India (FIU IND) aims to block the URLs of nine offshore virtual digital asset service providers (VDA SPs). The regulator has also issued show cause notices...
July 06, 2022
Binance has resumed crypto deposits and withdrawals in Brazilian reals using Pix, the government payment system, as of this week, Coindesk wrote Wednesday (July 6). The company had suspended them...