DFSRegulated
United States Crypto Asset Exchange License (CEX)
Robinhood
Regulated in United States
Crypto Asset Exchange License (CEX)
Global Business
Basic Information
Country/RegionUnited States
Exchange AbbreviationRobinhood
Operating Period5-10 years
Websitehttps://robinhood.com/us/en/
Influence
AAARating
Main Affected Regions
NMLSRegulated
United States Crypto Asset Transfer License (MTL)
LBRegulated
Lithuania Crypto Asset Trading License (STP)
Exchange Overview
Exchange Overview
Robinhood means Robinhood Markets and its in-application and web experiences with its family of wholly owned subsidiaries which includes Robinhood Financial, Robinhood Securities, and Robinhood Crypto.
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Coinbase and Robinhood Futures Arms Now Hold More Client Money Than the US Retail Forex Pool
The futures brokers of Coinbase and Robinhood held $581.4 million of segregated client money at the end of August. That is more than the $470 million all six US retail forex dealers owed their clients in the same month. Two years earlier the two firms futures commission merchants (FCMs) held $40.3 million, according to FM Intelligence calculations from Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC CFTC The 1974 Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) in the United States created the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The Commission protects and regulates market activities against manipulation, fraud, and abuse trade practices and promotes fairness in futures contracts. The CEA also included the Sad-Johnson Agreement, which defined the authority and responsibilities for the monitoring of financial contracts between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commiss The 1974 Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) in the United States created the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The Commission protects and regulates market activities against manipulation, fraud, and abuse trade practices and promotes fairness in futures contracts. The CEA also included the Sad-Johnson Agreement, which defined the authority and responsibilities for the monitoring of financial contracts between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commiss Read
WikiBit Exchange Exit Risk Ranking Episode 41: Bithumb — The Darkest Moment for South Korea’s “Perpetual No.2” Exchange, and the “Ghost Ledger” Behind the Accidental Transfer of 620,000 BTC
Introduction: A “Self-Destructing” Second-Largest Korean Exchange In the first 40 episodes, we dug into a series of exchanges ranging from HashKey to XT.com. Today, in Episode 41, were looking at a “self-destructing player” — Bithumb. On paper, Bithumb‘s resume in the Korean market looks like a textbook example of a “top-tier compliant platform”: founded in 2014, South Korea’s second-largest crypto exchange, approximately 22.3% market share, a VASP-licensed exchange approved by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), a real-name banking partnership with KB Kookmin Bank, and even a previous plan for an IPO. Sounds like the perfect profile of a leading regulated Korean exchange, right？ But on the other side of the story: On February 6, 2026, Bithumb accidentally distributed 620,000 BTC to 695 users due to an employee operational error — a mistake involving more than $40 billion worth of Bitcoin, about 15 times the amount of BTC actually held by the platform. Bithumb CEO Lee Jae-won admitted during a parliamentary hearing that the companys “internal control system had serious deficiencies.” The FIU accused Bithumb of approximately 6.65 million regulatory violations, imposed a fine of 36.8 billion Korean won (around $27 million), and issued a six-month “partial business suspension” sanction. In the first half of 2026, Bithumb recorded
Robinhood Chain considers technology that gives paying traders priority
Robinhood Chain, the popular Layer-2 blockchain tailor-made for tokenized real-world financial assets, is evaluating a transaction-ordering system that would allow users to pay a fee to prioritize certain trades, according to a person familiar with the matter. The technology is being developed by Arbitrum, which provides the infrastructure behind Robinhood Chain. The system, which isnt affiliated with the chain, had been offering a paid-for transaction-ordering technology called “Timeboost” that gives users a priority-sequencing advantage in the form of a 200-millisecond head start. However, on September 24, Arbitrum replaced its Timeboost transaction-ordering system with a new model, Priority Gas Auctions, that allows traders to pay higher fees to have individual transactions processed ahead of others. It is this newer version of the tech that Robinhood Chain is understood to be evaluating, the person said, under the condition of anonymity because the matter is private. Currently, Robinhood Chain uses a first-come, first-served transaction ordering policy and has not availed itself of Arbitrums original Timeboost application. Since launching its Ethereum-compatible network back in July, Robinhood Chain has surged in popularity, entering the top 10 list of blockchains ranked by total locked value. Robinhoods traditional brokerage business, which is now melding with a 24/7 onchain model for distributing tokenized