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Morgan Stanley forecasts a 43% potential increase in Robinhood's valuation if the company reduces its reliance on crypto trading by expanding into prediction markets and other financial products.

Jain Global, a new hedge fund, reported $1.8 billion in gross trading profits over two years, but its net returns to investors were not disclosed or implied to be significantly lower.

Zoomex, a cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, expanded its Stock Perpetuals offering to over 50 contracts, signaling a deeper integration of traditional finance (TradFi) equities into its crypto-native derivatives infrastructure.

Bitfinex Securities has listed tokenized notes tied to Strategy and Metaplanet, enabling eligible non-US investors to trade these equity-backed instruments against dollars, USDT, and Bitcoin.

Payward plans to tokenize 100 London-listed stocks as 'xStocks' with trading support from LSE 24, pending regulatory approval.

XRP trading activity on Evernorth surged 100% during weekday hours, aligning with London and New York banking hours, indicating increased on-chain trading activity.

Institutional investors increased their exposure to XRP futures on the CME, a regulated exchange, during a broader market pullback, suggesting a preference for safer trading environments.

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) announced a partnership with Payward, the owner of Kraken and developer of the xStocks tokenized equities framework, to bring leading UK‑listed stocks onto a blockchain platform.

Gold prices declined 5.5% from a three-month high of 4,697 to 4,436, breaching the 200-day moving average.

The crypto market rose 0.87% to $2.64 trillion on September 1, reversing two days of losses after Trump ruled out extreme measures.

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETFs recorded $217 million in net inflows, contributing to a rebound in Bitcoin fund activity.

The article reports that outstanding XRP futures positions outside CME fell by more than 500 million tokens over two weeks, while exposure on CME’s regulated U.S.