These Robinhood Announcements Will Change the Way You Trade

Chart of the Day — Key activity on Robinhood Chain
Trade of the Day — HYPE looking to move above $100
Alpha Leaks — Micron smashes earnings, NEAR ETF launched
News Roundup — HOOD Summit, NEAR blocks hackers, macro data is positive

Robinhood Chain Consolidation

Robinhood Chain has been cooling off recently, so let’s take a look at this chart showing activity on the network. You can see how there was a peak in DEX volume at the beginning of September, and a drop off after that, but volume is now actually holding at a steady level.

And at the same time, TVL growth appears to have levelled off after initial rapid growth, but is maintaining its current level. Overall then, this is a reasonably healthy-looking picture, with a period of consolidation following initial interest, potentially setting the stage for the next growth stage, although it remains to be seen how it plays out.

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Since its $98 ATH earlier this month, HYPE has retraced into a range which has its lower edge around the previous $76 ATH, and extends up to around $89. As such, HYPE is in the zone at which a long position makes sense, with price targets above the psychologically-important $100 mark.

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Robinhood Summit Announcements

This week brought Robinhood's two-day HOOD Summit '26 in Houston, so let’s catch up on the key developments from the event. Major announcements included:

● Perps trading in the US on the main Robinhood app, going through Bitstamp

● 24/7 stock trading

● Options trading hours to be extended

● Agentic trading with Robinhood Agents

● Robinhood Social for social trading

Additionally, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev explained in an interview that he intends to expand Stock Tokens into the thousands (from around 200 now), and that Robinhood is focused on providing private stock tokens.

As for perps trading, Vlad clarified that Robinhood can offer both onchain and offchain products, stating, “what product we offer first depends on regulatory structure and what’s permissible. And I think we’re also open to offering multiple products”.

NEAR Intents Blocks Bitget Hackers

After the Bitget hack last week, in which $387.5 million was stolen, the attackers began moving funds across chains and trying to swap assets, and one route tried was through NEAR Intents, the cross-chain swapping protocol built on NEAR.

According to NEAR Intents GM Alex Shevchenko, its SHIELD security system identified more than $50 million of hacker-linked attempted swaps, and refused to process them. And while most of those assets weren't recovered, NEAR says that it did manage to freeze assets worth $503,000.

Also though, this episode has initiated another debate around the topics of decentralization and onchain ethics. NEAR Intents describes itself as a permissionless system, yet it evidently has mechanisms capable of blocking suspicious flows, which seems to be in contradiction of true decentralization.

The market doesn’t seem to mind the debate though, as NEAR is trading around local highs, putting it at above a $7B market cap.

Macro Data Positive for Risk Assets

US macro data brought the markets a positive combination on Wednesday, as inflation came in softer than expected while growth and consumer demand were stronger.

August headline PCE rose 0.3% month-on-month versus 0.4% expected, while annual inflation printed at 3.4% against 3.7% expected. And importantly for the Fed, core PCE increased just 0.2% versus the 0.3% forecast, with the annual rate falling to 3% against expectations for 3.3%, although some of that improvement reflects methodology revisions.

And at the same time, Q2 GDP was revised higher to 2.2% annualized, from 1.5%, while August consumer spending went up 0.9%.

That creates an ideal macro mix for crypto right as it attempts to establish a new bull market: cooling inflation reduces pressure for further Fed tightening, while stronger growth lowers recession risk, and as a result, the odds of an October rate-hike have fallen to 37.1%.

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