According to @StockMKTNewz, Robinhood (HOOD) will add 100+ new Kalshi prediction markets on its platform in the coming week, signaling an imminent expansion of event-contract trading access for retail users, source: @StockMKTNewz on X dated 2025-10-17 and the referenced RobinhoodApp post on X. Kalshi operates a CFTC-regulated designated contract market for event contracts, ensuring listings are under U.S. derivatives oversight, source: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Designated Contract Markets list and Kalshi exchange disclosures. Kalshi’s product set includes macro event markets such as CPI releases and FOMC outcomes that are commonly used to trade or hedge data risk, source: Kalshi market catalog and product descriptions. For crypto impact, BTC and ETH volatility tends to rise around CPI and FOMC windows, making event contracts relevant for traders positioning around those catalysts, source: CME Group research on Bitcoin volatility around macro events; Robinhood offers crypto trading including BTC and ETH, source: Robinhood Crypto product page.

According to @StockMKTNewz, citing Reuters, Robinhood (HOOD) said it is open to potential acquisitions in the fast-growing prediction markets space if the right opportunity presents itself, with JB Mackenzie stating, "We as a firm are going to be looking to see if there is an acquisition that's available" (source: Reuters via @StockMKTNewz). This places explicit M&A optionality in prediction markets on HOOD’s roadmap, a headline traders can monitor for deal-related developments and market structure implications in the prediction markets sector (source: Reuters via @StockMKTNewz).

According to @business (Bloomberg), Robinhood’s co-founders Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt have joined the ranks of the world’s richest after the brokerage staged a comeback amid a crypto trading resurgence, as reported by Bloomberg (@business).

According to @stocktalkweekly, the current focus is on reasonably priced, theme-relevant equities with positions in AMKR, PLAB, PLPC, GXO, DOCN, MTRN, HII, and LYFT. Source: @stocktalkweekly on X, Oct 8, 2025. According to @stocktalkweekly, there is no need to chase or add to high-flyers, given early positions with strong cost basis in NBIS, KTOS, HOOD, LEU, UUUU, and DPRO. Source: @stocktalkweekly on X, Oct 8, 2025. According to @stocktalkweekly, the inclusion of HOOD introduces exposure to a platform that offers crypto trading, linking the equity list to digital-asset market participation. Source: @stocktalkweekly on X, Oct 8, 2025; Robinhood Markets website, Robinhood Crypto product page.

According to @KobeissiLetter, tens of thousands of Robinhood (HOOD) users are reportedly unable to access their accounts amid a platform outage following an AMD (AMD) surge. Source: @KobeissiLetter. The report links the outage timing to AMD’s jump, making it immediately relevant for HOOD and AMD short-term traders monitoring order execution windows. Source: @KobeissiLetter. Robinhood also provides crypto trading to retail users, making the outage operationally relevant for crypto traders who use the platform. Source: Robinhood.

According to @StockMKTNewz, more than 30 equities set new 52-week highs today, including HOOD, INTC, SHOP, MU, JNJ, PANW, CAT, RKLB, LRCX, AZN, ASTS, KTOS, CEG, IBKR, GLXY, ETSY, MDT, BE, QS, IREN, RIOT, CIFR, RGTI, QBTS, CRSP, MNST, IVZ, PSTG, NVS, APTV, TSEM, VEEV, and NSC (source: @StockMKTNewz on X, Oct 3, 2025). According to @StockMKTNewz, crypto-linked names within the list include HOOD, GLXY, IREN, RIOT, and CIFR, highlighting the inclusion of several crypto-adjacent equities among today’s 52-week highs (source: @StockMKTNewz on X, Oct 3, 2025).

According to @StockMarketNerd, a $HOOD prediction market contract saw a notable jump in September, but the move coincided with the start of football season, which historically strengthens sports-betting activity across vendors and can inflate related metrics, signaling caution in interpreting the surge. Source: @StockMarketNerd According to @StockMarketNerd, the author highlights that while the ramp is impressive, traders should avoid extrapolating September’s seasonally boosted data and instead contextualize it against prior football-season periods when assessing $HOOD-linked prediction market pricing. Source: @StockMarketNerd

According to @StockMKTNewz, Robinhood (HOOD) is up more than 10% intraday today, signaling strong momentum interest in the brokerage stock. Source: @StockMKTNewz on X (Sep 29, 2025). Robinhood offers cryptocurrency trading and has disclosed that crypto trading activity contributes to its transaction-based revenues, making its results sensitive to digital-asset activity levels. Source: Robinhood Q1 2024 and Q2 2024 Shareholder Letters (Robinhood Markets, Inc.). In June 2024, Robinhood announced a definitive agreement to acquire Bitstamp to expand its global crypto capabilities, with closing expected in 2025 pending regulatory approvals, reinforcing its crypto-market linkage. Source: Robinhood Markets, Inc. press release dated June 6, 2024. For trading setup, today’s double-digit move alongside the firm’s disclosed crypto operations makes HOOD a relevant crypto-adjacent equity to monitor with BTC and ETH volatility, including volume versus 20-day average and options implied volatility shifts for potential spillovers. Source: price action per @StockMKTNewz; crypto business exposure per Robinhood Q1/Q2 2024 Shareholder Letters and June 6, 2024 press release.

According to @StockMKTNewz, 23 tickers printed new 52-week highs intraday today, including BABA, HOOD, JPM, BKR, CCJ, CVS, GE, GLW, GLXY, HWM, IREN, LHX, MCK, MPC, NSC, OKLO, QBTS, RGTI, RIOT, RTX, TPR, VLO, and WELL, source: @StockMKTNewz on X. From a crypto-market perspective, the list features Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Riot Platforms (RIOT), and Iris Energy (IREN), which operate in digital-asset businesses and Bitcoin mining, and Robinhood (HOOD), which offers retail crypto trading, providing listed exposure to digital assets; these business descriptions are based on company disclosures, sources: Galaxy Digital, Riot Platforms, Iris Energy, and Robinhood company disclosures. These 52-week-high prints mark relative strength versus each name’s past-year range today, which traders use to track momentum in crypto-exposed equities, source: @StockMKTNewz on X.

According to @StockMKTNewz, 35 U.S.-listed stocks set new all-time highs intraday on Sep 23, 2025, including JPM, TSM, GS, AXP, GE, CAT, WFC, HOOD, WDC, STX, and WELL; source: @StockMKTNewz. The source also lists APH, APP, AU, AVAV, BK, CCJ, CLS, CMI, DGX, FLEX, HWM, IONQ, IREN, LRCXX, MCK, MS, NBIS, NEM, NU, QBTS, RGTI, TDY, and TPR among the names hitting all-time highs; source: @StockMKTNewz. For crypto-equity traders, note that HOOD, IONQ, QBTS, RGTI, and IREN are included in today’s all-time-high tape; source: @StockMKTNewz.

According to @StockMKTNewz, Robinhood (HOOD) will officially be added to the S&P 500 when the U.S. stock market opens tomorrow, setting up an index-event trading session. Source: @StockMKTNewz on X, Sep 21, 2025. Index-tracking funds and ETFs that replicate the S&P 500 are required by mandate to add new constituents at the effective time, creating mechanically forced buying and potential volume spikes in HOOD around the open. Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices, S&P U.S. Indices Methodology. S&P 500 additions are typically implemented at the opening auction on the effective date, which can produce notable opening imbalance orders and short-term price impact for the added stock. Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices, S&P U.S. Indices Methodology; NYSE/Nasdaq auction procedures. Because Robinhood’s business includes crypto trading in major assets such as BTC and ETH, HOOD’s fundamentals are partially sensitive to retail crypto trading activity, linking stock performance more closely to crypto market sentiment than many S&P 500 constituents. Source: Robinhood Markets Investor Relations and Robinhood Crypto product disclosures. Traders should monitor opening-cross imbalances, ETF basket activity for S&P 500 trackers, and cross-asset volatility in BTC and ETH as inputs for HOOD’s liquidity and intraday risk following the inclusion. Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices, S&P U.S. Indices Methodology; SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, Vanguard S&P 500 ETF fund mandates.

According to @stocktalkweekly, Bank of America raised its price target on Robinhood Markets (HOOD) to 139 dollars from 119 dollars on September 12, 2025, source: @stocktalkweekly. The update sets 139 dollars as the new target level versus the prior 119 dollars for HOOD, source: @stocktalkweekly.

According to @StockMKTNewz, Robinhood (HOOD) unveiled a new feature that lets users create custom indicators powered by its AI Cortex, signaling a platform upgrade focused on technical analysis tools for traders; source: @StockMKTNewz.

According to @StockMKTNewz, Robinhood (HOOD) announced that customers will be able to open and manage multiple individual investing accounts, increasing account flexibility for active traders. Source: @StockMKTNewz on X, Sep 10, 2025. For context, Robinhood offers both stock and cryptocurrency trading on its platform, so this account-structure change pertains to users across both products. Source: Robinhood Help Center.

According to @PelosiTracker_, Robinhood (HOOD) has been added to the S&P 500 and the stock is up about 10% today, highlighting near-term momentum and elevated trading interest (source: @PelosiTracker_ on X). S&P Dow Jones Indices states that S&P 500 additions are tracked by passive index funds, which creates mechanical buy demand around inclusion dates—an important factor for short-term order flow and liquidity in HOOD (source: S&P Dow Jones Indices methodology). Robinhood also operates a cryptocurrency trading platform offering BTC and ETH and reports related transaction-based revenue, tying HOOD’s fundamentals partly to crypto trading activity on the platform (source: Robinhood Markets, Inc. investor relations and Robinhood Crypto disclosures).

According to @KobeissiLetter, Robinhood stock (HOOD) surged nearly 10 percent on news it will be added to the S&P 500, reported on Sep 5, 2025 (source: @KobeissiLetter).

According to @StockMKTNewz, he is positioning around Robinhood Markets (HOOD) on potential catalysts including hopes for S&P 500 inclusion and expected product announcements at the Robinhood Summit on Tuesday (source: @StockMKTNewz). He disclosed buying 20 shares of the Rex Shares 2x Robinhood ETF (ROBN) at $53.83 per share and will report results later (source: @StockMKTNewz). Robinhood also offers crypto trading in its app, making HOOD-related catalysts relevant for retail digital-asset activity on the platform (source: Robinhood Markets website).

According to @MilkRoadDaily, HOOD is one of the market’s hottest trades right now and traders are deciding whether to reduce risk or add exposure (source: Milk Road Daily post on X, Aug 16, 2025). Robinhood derives transaction-based revenue from cryptocurrency trading, so BTC and ETH volatility and volumes are material short-term drivers of platform activity and revenue mix (source: Robinhood Markets, Inc. 2024 Form 10-K). Robinhood announced a definitive agreement to acquire Bitstamp to expand its global crypto exchange capabilities, which would broaden crypto product offerings upon close and can influence user activity and transaction-based revenues (source: Robinhood Markets press release, June 2024). For trading decisions on HOOD, monitor BTC and ETH trend strength alongside Robinhood’s disclosed crypto trading volumes as leading inputs to near-term fundamentals and sentiment (source: Robinhood Markets, Inc. 2024 Form 10-K).

According to @StockMKTNewz, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev announced that the company now serves over 600,000 international customers. This expansion signals growing global adoption of Robinhood's trading platform, potentially increasing liquidity and access for cryptocurrency traders. Such growth could have a positive impact on trading volumes for digital assets offered on the platform, making Robinhood a more significant player in the global crypto market (source: @StockMKTNewz).

According to @EricBalchunas, Robinhood (HOOD) is significantly expanding its cryptocurrency offerings, which could impact trading volumes and accessibility for several major assets. The company has launched micro futures contracts for Bitcoin (BTC), Solana (SOL), and XRP for its U.S. customers, allowing traders to take positions with less required capital, as stated in the announcement. For its European users, Robinhood has introduced tokenized stock trading on the Arbitrum (ARB) layer-2 network and is rolling out perpetual futures routed through its recently acquired exchange, Bitstamp, according to the source. The firm also confirmed it is developing its own Arbitrum-based layer-2 blockchain specifically for tokenized assets. These moves are supported by strong growth in Robinhood's crypto notional volumes, which hit $11.7 billion in May, a 65% year-over-year increase, the data shows. Additionally, U.S. investors can now access staking for Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL) directly within the app.