{"id":870376,"date":"2025-09-04T01:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/robinhood-launches-micro-bitcoin-solana-and-xrp-futures-contracts\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T01:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:13:07","slug":"robinhood-launches-micro-bitcoin-solana-and-xrp-futures-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/robinhood-launches-micro-bitcoin-solana-and-xrp-futures-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Robinhood Launches Micro Bitcoin, Solana and XRP Futures Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoins <\/p>\n<div data-module-name=\"article-header\" data-module-version=\"1.0.0\" data-module-instance=\"default\">\n<h2>Bitcoins The move expands its existing crypto futures offering to its nearly 26 million funded accounts.<\/h2>\n<p><span class> Jun 28, 2025, 4:15\u202fp.m. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-module-name=\"article-body\" data-module-version=\"1.0.0\" data-module-instance=\"default\">\n<p>Robinhood (HOOD) has introduced micro futures on bitcoin <span data-submodule-name=\"price-chip\" data-submodule-version=\"1.0.0\" data-submodule-instance=\"default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/price\/bitcoin\"><span><span><span>BTC<\/span><span><svg fill=\"none\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\"><path d=\"M15.79 11.71L13.2 14.3C12.81 14.69 12.18 14.69 11.79 14.3L9.19995 11.71C8.56995 11.08 9.00995 10 9.89995 10H15.09C15.98 10 16.42 11.08 15.79 11.71Z\" fill=\"#BB020A\" \/><\/svg><\/span><span>$110,666.43<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>, solana <span data-submodule-name=\"price-chip\" data-submodule-version=\"1.0.0\" data-submodule-instance=\"default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/price\/solana\"><span><span><span>SOL<\/span><span><svg fill=\"none\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\"><path d=\"M15.79 11.71L13.2 14.3C12.81 14.69 12.18 14.69 11.79 14.3L9.19995 11.71C8.56995 11.08 9.00995 10 9.89995 10H15.09C15.98 10 16.42 11.08 15.79 11.71Z\" fill=\"#BB020A\" \/><\/svg><\/span><span>$206.89<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> and XRP in the United States., expanding its existing crypto futures offering for its nearly 26 million funded accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Micro contracts need far less collateral than full-size futures, letting traders take directional positions while committing a smaller slice of capital.<\/p>\n<p>The contracts offer traders more flexibility to bet on a cryptocurrency\u2019s future price direction or hedge current positions given their smaller size.<\/p>\n<p>The launch rounds out a futures suite that began with BTC and ETH in January. It also comes weeks after the firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2025\/06\/03\/robinhood-completes-200m-acquisition-of-crypto-exchange-bitstamp\">closed its $200 million purchase of Bitstamp<\/a> and finalized a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2025\/05\/13\/robinhood-to-acquire-canadian-crypto-firm-wonderfi-for-usd179m\">$179 million deal for Canada\u2019s WonderFi.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robinhood\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.robinhood.com\/static-files\/da19a20a-8e88-445e-8c71-3a1029ac0c51\" target=\"_blank\">data<\/a> shows that crypto notional volumes have exploded upward over time, reaching $11.7 billion in May. The figure marks a 36% rise month-over-month, and a 65% growth year-over-year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-module-name=\"read-next\" data-module-version=\"1.0.0\" data-module-instance=\"default\">\n<p>More For You<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Asia Morning Briefing: Bitcoin Holds Steady as Traders Turn to Ethereum for September Upside<\/p>\n<figure><img alt=\"bitcoins Gold ether coins in a small pile, symbolizing ETH investment\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Fs3y3vcno%2Fproduction%2F2705207ecd0a8c9828b9cd6c5f5a0985a610992a-6048x4024.jpg%3Fauto%3Dformat&#038;w=3840&#038;q=75\"><\/figure>\n<p>QCP flags governance risk and a softer dollar as tailwinds for hedges like BTC and gold, but Flowdesk\u2019s options desk and Polymarket traders point to ETH as the market\u2019s upside play into September.\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>What to know: <\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Bitcoin is viewed as a macro hedge, while Ethereum is seen as a high-conviction upside play heading into September.<\/li>\n<li>Ethereum&#8217;s rally is supported by institutional interest and anticipation of the Fusaka network upgrade.<\/li>\n<li>Asia-Pacific stocks rose, led by Japan&#8217;s Nikkei 225, as Wall Street&#8217;s tech rally lifted sentiment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/09\/04\/asia-morning-briefing-bitcoin-holds-steady-as-traders-turn-to-ethereum-for-september-upside\">Read full story<svg width=\"21\" height=\"21\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" fill=\"none\"><mask id=\"mask0_2473_9121\" style=\"mask-type:alpha\" maskUnits=\"userSpaceOnUse\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\"><rect x=\"0.5\" y=\"0.500366\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\" \/><\/mask><g mask=\"url(#mask0_2473_9121)\"><path d=\"M12.0385 15.2119L11.1602 14.3081L14.3429 11.1254H4.25V9.8754H14.3429L11.1602 6.69269L12.0385 5.78894L16.75 10.5004L12.0385 15.2119Z\" fill=\"#262626\" \/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Francisco Rodrigues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/06\/28\/robinhood-launches-micro-bitcoin-solana-and-xrp-futures-contracts\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The move expands its existing crypto futures offering to its nearly 26 million funded accounts. Jun 28, 2025, 4:15\u202fp.m. Robinhood (HOOD) has introduced micro futures on bitcoin BTC $110,666.43 , solana SOL $206.89 and XRP in the United States., expanding its existing crypto futures offering for its nearly 26 million funded accounts. Micro contracts need<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":870377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2432,22144],"tags":[11476],"class_list":["post-870376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-launches","category-robinhood","tag-bitcoins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}