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On 31 October, Tradeweb said Q3 2026 revenue rose 14.9% to $584.5 million as volume climbed 22.4%, with international business leading before folding in Trumid. On 30 October, Coinbase said prediction markets had passed $200 million and that it had record USDC balances in Q3. On 29 October, Motive Partners completed its purchase of Mobius from Phoenix Equity Partners, adding a £36 billion UK pension investment platform. On 29 October, Phantom opened Kalshi event contracts to US users inside its crypto wallet, and on 28 October Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launched JQQQ, a blockchain-native Nasdaq-100 fund on Stellar.
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TradeStation's Dutch-licensed arm cut prices and added pre-market options for European traders. Its new rate sits near the top of Interactive Brokers' range.
Marvin EvansNovember 1, 2026
Ripple says it will exit 2026 at $900 million in annualized product revenue and lists deals with BNY and Robinhood. Set against the target its CEO was reported to have set in June, the number falls short.
Marvin EvansOctober 29, 2026
Alpaca won in-principle approval from Abu Dhabi's FSRA for a UAE brokerage and virtual asset custody entity. Fintechbits notes it is Alpaca's second in-principle approval in a month, and neither one is a licence.
Marvin EvansOctober 27, 2026
TrueMoney users in Thailand will be able to buy US stocks from 30 baht through DriveWealth and Webull Securities (Thailand). Fintechbits notes the 30 million figure counts wallet users, not investors, and the release gives no fees.
Marvin EvansOctober 17, 2026
The brokerage-as-a-service firm wants stablecoin funding to match 24/5 trading. Fintechbits notes the release gives no volumes, fees or dates, and the equity piece is still exploratory.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 16, 2026
Brevan Howard, an investor in Ripple, has become a prime brokerage client of Ripple Prime. The relationship is circular, and the financing capacity behind it is the number to look for.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 9, 2026
Altruist has added charitable giving accounts to its adviser platform, priced below the usual sponsor fees. The real prize is keeping philanthropic assets under the adviser's management.
Marvin EvansOctober 9, 2026
M1 has put a fiduciary duty behind an AI adviser that reads clients' real accounts. The legal accountability is new; the conflicts around M1's own lending products are worth watching.
Marvin EvansOctober 8, 2026
A guest column argues that pure robo-advice loses clients when markets turn, and that a hybrid model with human advisors is how wealth platforms protect retention and margins.
Charitarth SindhuOctober 1, 2026
Brokerages can now feed Trading Central's licensed research into their AI agents and chatbots in a machine-ready format. The server went live after a six-month soft launch.
Charitarth SindhuSeptember 22, 2026
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