Robinhood to Launch Bitcoin and Ether Perps Alongside 24/7 Stock Trading
TLDR
Robinhood plans crypto perpetual futures for eligible U.S. customers with up to 10x leverage on Bitcoin and Ether.
Eight crypto assets will be supported, with six of them capped at 3x leverage.
Trades will cost 0.01% through the end of 2026, with contracts offered through Bitstamp.
24/7 weekend trading for selected U.S. stocks and ETFs is expected early next year, pending regulatory review.
Robinhood Agents will let users build in-app AI agents that research markets and trade automatically.
Robinhood has announced plans to offer crypto perpetual futures to eligible U.S. customers. The company also plans to launch weekend trading for selected U.S. stocks and ETFs.
The news came at the HOOD Summit 2026 in Houston on Sept. 29. Robinhood said the new products are aimed at active traders.
Robinhood Perps Will Cover Eight Crypto Assets
The perpetual futures will cover Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano, Chainlink and Hyperliquid. Bitcoin and Ether contracts will offer leverage of up to 10x. The other six assets will be capped at 3x.
Perpetual futures have no expiration date. Traders can keep a position open as long as they meet margin requirements.
Users will be able to take long or short positions inside the app. They can set stop-loss and take-profit orders, track liquidation prices in real time and get alerts when a position is at risk.
CEO Vlad Tenev called the product “America’s first true perps” in a post on X. He said profit and loss will be settled every 15 minutes.
Robinhood plans to charge 0.01% per trade through the end of 2026. The company did not share a full fee schedule or a launch date, saying only that the rollout will happen in the coming months.
The contracts will be offered by Robinhood Derivatives through Bitstamp. Robinhood completed its $200 million purchase of the crypto exchange in June 2025. Robinhood Derivatives is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
On May 29, the CFTC approved KalshiEX’s BTCPERP contract as a futures contract. The agency said perpetual contracts tied to other asset classes should generally go through case-by-case review.
Robinhood already offers crypto perps in Europe through Bitstamp. Those contracts started with leverage of up to 3x.
Weekend Stock Trading Expected Early Next Year
Robinhood is also preparing 24/7 trading for a selected group of U.S. stocks and ETFs. The service is expected early next year and remains subject to regulatory review.
It will extend the company’s 24 Hour Market, which now runs from Sunday at 8 p.m. ET to Friday at 8 p.m. ET. Bruce ATS, an alternative trading system, will power the weekend sessions.
“Breaking news doesn’t wait for an opening bell,” said Chief Brokerage Officer Steve Quirk.
Robinhood also announced Robinhood Agents, which lets users build AI agents inside the app. The agents can research markets, build strategies and place trades using funds in a dedicated account. Manual trade approval is turned on by default.
The company said more than 150,000 customers have opened agentic trading accounts since May. Agents now use Robinhood tools nearly 30 million times per day.
Starting in October, options trading on selected symbols will run from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. ET. Eligible margin customers will also be able to opt into up to 4x intraday buying power, up from 2x.
Earnings contracts offered through Cboe will begin rolling out to eligible customers in the coming weeks, ahead of Q3 earnings season. They let users trade on whether companies hit targets such as earnings or revenue.
