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Kalshi Eyes Broader Asset Classes for Perpetual Futures After $5.5B Crypto Launch
After generating $5.5 billion in trading volume in two weeks, Kalshi is pushing to extend its CFTC-regulated perpetual futures beyond crypto into a wider range of asset classes.
Coinbase Stakes Out Brokerage Territory With SEC-Registered AI Advisor and Stock Options Push
Coinbase used its latest "System Update" Tuesday to push deep into territory long held by retail brokerages, rolling out an SEC-registered AI investment advisor, stock and ETF trading on its professional platform, and options markets for both equities and crypto. The bundle moves the exchange's competitive frame from Binance and Kraken toward Robinhood, Schwab, and Interactive Brokers.
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Kalshi Eyes Broader Asset Classes for Perpetual Futures After $5.5B Crypto Launch
After generating $5.5 billion in trading volume in two weeks, Kalshi is pushing to extend its CFTC-regulated perpetual futures beyond crypto into a wider range of asset classes.
Coinbase Stakes Out Brokerage Territory With SEC-Registered AI Advisor and Stock Options Push
Coinbase used its latest "System Update" Tuesday to push deep into territory long held by retail brokerages, rolling out an SEC-registered AI investment advisor, stock and ETF trading on its professional platform, and options markets for both equities and crypto. The bundle moves the exchange's competitive frame from Binance and Kraken toward Robinhood, Schwab, and Interactive Brokers.
Robinhood Cuts 10% of Workforce, Takes $28M Restructuring Charge
Robinhood is cutting roughly 10% of its full-time employees in a corporate restructuring CEO Vlad Tenev has framed as a push for a high performance culture, with $28 million in charges expected in Q2 2026.
Kraken and Coinbase Bring Perps Onshore as US Derivatives Markets Shift
Kraken and Coinbase each launched perpetual futures products Monday, with Kraken going live on CFTC-regulated crypto contracts via Bitnomial and Coinbase introducing four thematic equity-index perpetuals on US soil.
Paradigm Leads $9 Million Round in Latin American Stablecoin App El Dorado
Paradigm has led a roughly $9 million round in El Dorado, the stablecoin-powered payments app that has signed up more than a million users across Latin America. The bet extends the venture firm's push into dollar-rails for emerging markets.
Strategy Buys 1,587 Bitcoin for $100M Below Its Blended Cost Basis, Lifting Stack to 846,842 BTC
Michael Saylor's firm paid an average $63,024 a coin this week, roughly 17% under the $75,656 it has paid across its entire 846,842-BTC treasury.
World Liberty Financial Pays UFC Freedom 250 Fighters in USD1 at White House
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial funded a $250,000 Performance of the Night bonus pool at UFC Freedom 250, distributing the awards in its USD1 stablecoin on the White House South Lawn.
Bybit, Binance and Bitget Wallet Cancel Tokenized SpaceX Allocations as xStocks Fails to Deliver Shares
Three major crypto exchanges canceled their tokenized SpaceX IPO allocation campaigns Friday after xStocks could not source underlying shares, while rival onchain protocols from Ondo, xStocks' DeFi arm and Backpack launched successfully on the same morning.
Coinbase Adds Two USDC Lending Vaults on Morpho, With a Choice of Risk Tier
Coinbase has launched two onchain USDC lending vaults built on Morpho and curated by Steakhouse Financial: a conservative Prime tier backed by BTC and ETH collateral, and a Higher Yield tier drawing on Ethena-powered assets.
Coinbase Gives AI Agents Their Own Accounts to Trade and Pay
Coinbase launched Coinbase for Agents, a standalone account that lets AI assistants including ChatGPT and Claude execute crypto trades, manage portfolios, and pay for data autonomously under user-defined guardrails. x402 payments integration arrives next week.