{"id":93425,"date":"2026-07-02T16:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/93425\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:07:13","slug":"robinhood-stock-soars-on-global-expansion-ai-agents-and-a-push-for-24-7-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/93425\/","title":{"rendered":"Robinhood stock soars on global expansion, AI agents, and a push for &#8217;24\/7&#8242; trading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">What happened: Robinhood (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/HOOD\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:HOOD;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:1;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;HOOD&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HOOD<\/a>) jumped as much as 7% on Thursday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">What&#8217;s behind the move: The trading platform announced a flurry of developments during its first UK-based event, including perpetual futures for commodities, AI trading, and new <a href=\"https:\/\/robinhood.com\/us\/en\/newsroom\/robinhood-accelerates-global-expansion-robinhood-chain-mainnet-stock-tokens-agentic-trading\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:stock%20tokens%20%20tradable%20%E2%80%9824%2F7;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:2;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;stock tokens  tradable \u201824\/7&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"link\">stock tokens<\/a> that are tradable 24\/7.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Robinhood, known as a retail trading platform in the US, has been expanding internationally, launching in Europe and the UK last year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">It also rolled out Robinhood in Canada for crypto products and has received its Singapore license to expand there.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">&#8220;We see a lot of demand for this idea of having a very simple, easy to use UX and UI and put the customers first and not adding a lot of fees like some of our competitors,&#8221; Johann Kerbrat, Robinhood crypto vice president and general manager, told Yahoo FInance on Thursday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The company has also leaned into agentic AI. Customers can create their own agents to analyze their investments, find opportunities, and make trades.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s going to level the playing ground, and it&#8217;s going to make retail able to participate in the market a lot more than they used to be,&#8221; said Kerbrat.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">What else you need to know: The company said it&#8217;s giving eligible European customers access to perpetual futures contracts with no expiration date \u2014 linked to assets such as gold, silver, crude oil, and foreign exchange rates.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">&#8220;Perps&#8221; have become popular on decentralized platforms like Hyperliquid in the weeks following the war in Iran. Traders have bet on oil prices on weekends, when traditional markets are closed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Robinhood also announced the launch of the public mainnet of <a href=\"https:\/\/robinhood.com\/us\/en\/chain\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Robinhood%20Chain;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:3;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Robinhood Chain&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"css-mjct4p link\">Robinhood Chain<\/a>, a Layer 2 blockchain that provides a turnkey environment for builders.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Ines Ferre is a senior business reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow her on X at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ines_ferre\" data-ylk=\"slk:%40ines_ferre;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:4;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@ines_ferre&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"link\">@ines_ferre<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/topic\/stock-market-news\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click%20here%20for%20in-depth%20analysis%20of%20the%20latest%20stock%20market%20news%20and%20events%20moving%20stock%20prices;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:5;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click here for in-depth analysis of the latest stock market news and events moving stock prices&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for in-depth analysis of the latest stock market news and events moving stock prices<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read%20the%20latest%20financial%20and%20business%20news%20from%20Yahoo%20Finance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:6;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo Finance&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo Finance<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>   <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What happened: Robinhood (HOOD) jumped as much as 7% on Thursday. 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