Robinhood Markets is considering offering cryptocurrency futures in the U.S. and Europe in the coming months, Bloomberg News’ Olga Kharif and Paige Smith report, citing people familiar with the commission-free investing and trading platform’s plan. Once its $200M acquisition of Bitstamp closes next year, Robinhood is hoping to use the Luxembourg-headquartered crypto exchange’s licenses to offer perpetual futures for Bitcoin and other tokens in Europe, according to the people. It also wants to launch CME-based futures in the U.S. for Bitcoin and Ether, the people said.
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