Overview
- Ethereum and Solana staking goes live for New York customers on Dec. 9, with broader U.S. access pending additional regulatory clearance.
- U.S. traders gain seven fee tiers with rates down to 0.03% and can manually enter crypto cost basis starting Dec. 22 for improved tax tracking.
- In Europe, perpetual futures now include XRP, SOL, DOGE, and SUI with up to 7x leverage, plus access to over 1,000 U.S. stock tokens and money market funds.
- Robinhood is building Robinhood Chain, an EVM-compatible Layer 2 on Arbitrum designed to support tokenized real-world and digital assets.
- The company reports $232 billion in crypto trading volume over the past year and $51 billion in customer assets, and it says it is pursuing entry into Indonesia through acquisitions.