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<p>Robinhood has launched perpetual futures tied to commodities, ETFs, and currencies for eligible European users.&nbsp;</p>
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   <li>Robinhood added perpetual futures tied to gold, silver, crude oil, ETFs, and currencies in Europe.</li>
   <li>The company also unveiled Robinhood Chain mainnet, stock tokens, Crypto Earn, and AI trading accounts.</li>
   <li>Robinhood plans U.K. crypto services while its Singapore unit secured a capital markets services license.</li>
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<p>The new contracts bring a crypto-style trading format to traditional assets, with leverage of up to 10x.</p>
<p>The rollout covers widely followed markets, including gold, silver, crude oil, QQQ, EUR/USD, Brent crude oil, and EWY. The products are being released in waves to eligible users in Europe.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-01/robinhood-rolls-out-perpetual-futures-tied-to-commodities-etfs" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">According to Bloomberg</a>, the move extends Robinhood’s derivatives push beyond crypto. Robinhood also used its London event to unveil a wider product plan covering tokenized stocks, decentralized lending, AI trading accounts, and a new blockchain.</p>
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<p>Robinhood said perpetual futures had become one of its fastest-growing products in the EU after its earlier crypto launch. The new rollout adds commodity, ETF, and FX perpetuals to a product line that was previously focused on crypto assets.</p>
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   <p>New perpetual futures referencing commodities, ETFs, and FX with up to 10x leverage are rolling out in the EU.<br><br>We've spent the last year building a MiCA and MiFID II regulated platform for Europe, and we're celebrating with two offers for eligible customers:<br><br>– 5% crypto deposit… <a href="https://t.co/FwCEjLuhWy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/FwCEjLuhWy</a></p>— Robinhood (@RobinhoodApp) <a href="https://x.com/RobinhoodApp/status/2072384523061641624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">July 1, 2026</a>
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<p>Perpetual futures have no expiry date and allow traders to hold leveraged positions as long as margin rules are met. They are common in crypto markets, but Robinhood is now applying the format to traditional assets inside its European trading platform.</p>
<p>In addition, the company also announced the public mainnet launch of <a href="https://robinhood.com/us/en/newsroom/robinhood-accelerates-global-expansion-robinhood-chain-mainnet-stock-tokens-agentic-trading/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Robinhood Chain</a>, a Layer 2 network built using Arbitrum technology. Robinhood said the network is designed for tokenized real-world assets and will support builders, liquidity venues, and DeFi tools.</p>
<p>Stock Tokens are now available through Robinhood Wallet in more than 120 countries, subject to local availability. The company said eligible users can trade tokenized stocks around the clock on Robinhood Chain and use them across DeFi tools such as lending pools and collateral markets.</p>
<p>As previously <a href="https://crypto.news/robinhood-chain-testnet-records-4m-transactions/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">reported</a>, Robinhood Chain’s testnet processed 4 million transactions in its first week. The network was described as an Arbitrum-based Ethereum Layer 2 focused on tokenized real-world assets and onchain finance.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="strong-robinhood-adds-usdg-lending-and-ai-crypto-accounts-strong"><strong>Robinhood adds USDG lending and AI crypto accounts</strong></h2>
<p>Robinhood also started rolling out Robinhood Earn to eligible U.S. users. The product lets users lend dollar-backed USDG stablecoins through a self-custody wallet for an estimated 7% APY. Robinhood said the lending infrastructure is powered by Morpho and supported by partners including Steakhouse, Ethena, Spark, and Maple.</p>
<p>The company also plans to bring agentic accounts to crypto trading. Eligible U.S. traders will be able to connect an AI model to Robinhood data and tools through its Trading MCP. Robinhood said users will still control capital allocation and safety limits.</p>
<p><a href="https://crypto.news/robinhood-opens-door-for-ai-agents-as-crypto-trading-plans-loom/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Robinhood opened the door for AI agents</a> in May, starting with AI-enabled trading tools before the planned crypto rollout. The latest update moves that plan closer to digital asset execution.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="strong-global-crypto-expansion-continues-strong"><strong>Global crypto expansion continues</strong></h2>
<p>Robinhood said it now serves nearly 28 million customers across 38 countries and three continents. The company plans to launch crypto trading in the U.K. soon, while its Singapore unit has received a capital markets services license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.</p>
<p>Robinhood also said it is changing fees for eligible professional and advanced crypto traders in the U.S. Maker order types will allow some users to access fees as low as 0%, depending on volume.</p>
<p>The update comes as Robinhood’s business becomes less tied to Bitcoin price moves. As crypto.news reported, <a href="https://crypto.news/robinhood-stock-decouples-from-bitcoin-after-months-of-tight-correlation/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Robinhood stock recently decoupled from Bitcoin</a> as investors priced in growth from prediction markets, AI tools, and international expansion.</p>
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