Robinhood expands cryptocurrency offering with futures, staking, and stock tokens

Source: PortaldoBitcoin Original Title: Robinhood expands cryptocurrency offering with futures, staking, and stock tokens Original Link: Robinhood announced on Monday that it is launching a wide range of cryptocurrency features and services in its race to become a global digital finance platform.

Support for Ethereum and Solana staking in New York, with nationwide access subject to regulatory approval, will be available starting Tuesday, according to the company.

The company also introduced new fee tiers for high-volume traders in the US, improvements to its cryptocurrency trading API, and plans for cost basis tracking to simplify tax reporting.

In Europe, Robinhood added perpetual futures contracts with leverage of up to 7x on coins such as XRP, Dogecoin, and SUI, expanding its initial launch of BTC and ETH.

“When we decided to expand our perpetual futures offering in the EU, we closely analyzed customer behavior, requests, market trends, and the evolving regulatory environment,” the company wrote in a statement. “We found that many experienced traders want access and flexibility, but also value transparency and safeguards.”

Tokenized stocks will also be available to EU users, with over 1,000 US stocks tradable 24/7, as well as money market funds managed by partner companies.

According to the company, higher leverage allows traders to open positions with less upfront capital. New trades start at the lowest setting, and clients must manually choose a higher level.

Robinhood states that this approach reflects how most platforms in Europe handle leverage. Its app on the continent remains mobile-only for now, but the company plans to expand it into a more comprehensive web platform.

All on-chain

Perhaps the most significant product to be officially launched in this suite is its own second-layer scalability network project, which was first unveiled in July this year. This project now has an official name: Robinhood Chain.

“For us, having an EVM-compatible blockchain was very important,” said Johann Kerbrat, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Robinhood Crypto. “The idea of putting stocks on the blockchain was to remove that walled garden.”

At least for its European app, the company stated that its goal was to become a “full investment app powered by cryptocurrencies.”

Cryptocurrencies remain one of Robinhood’s main growth drivers, the company said, highlighting a trading volume of $232 billion this year and $51 billion in client assets held on the platform in the third quarter of 2025.

“Cryptocurrencies play a unique role in our vision of becoming the leading global financial ecosystem,” the company said.

Compared to other major platforms, Robinhood has historically lagged behind in launching features such as staking, derivatives, and non-custodial access.

That changed this year, with the expansion of staking services and the addition of futures in Europe. In September, its shares hit a new price record after confirmation of plans to expand its prediction markets platform outside the US.

Recently, Robinhood has sought to enter the Indonesian market through two new acquisitions of licensed brokerage and cryptocurrency firms.