Bankless · Friday, October 2, 2026
At the Robinhood Hood Summit, the company announced significant expansions, including 24-7 stock trading, corporate earnings prediction markets, and the introduction of perpetual futures for eligible U.S. customers. They are also rolling out AI trading agents and a social trading platform, aiming to cater to a more speculative audience. These moves signal Robinhood's aggressive push into diversifying its financial offerings.
“24-7 stock trading, including weekends. Corporate earnings prediction markets. I guess corporate earnings, you can open up prediction markets on that. Perpetual futures for... U.S. customers, it says eligible U.S. customers, by the way, AI trading and also a social trading platform.”
“The highlights you had to run through with Frank Shapar, they opened up with 24-7 markets. So you can kind of see the priority and emphasis that they had.”
“The crypto element was the perpetual in the main Robinhood app. And so this was the big... Wait, wait. For U.S. users? For U.S. users. Eight markets. Bitcoin, ETH, Sol, XRP, Doge, Cardano, Link, and Hype.”