Daily Summary2026-09-30
Stories clustered across sources, with day-to-day continuity and threading.
Robinhood Rolls Out US Crypto Perpetual Futures With Up to 10x Leverage via Bitstamp
Robinhood began rolling out US crypto perpetual futures with leverage up to 10x through its Bitstamp entity, per CoinDesk and the company's HOOD Summit announcements, which also unveiled AI trading agents, weekend US stock trading and planned perpetuals on traditional assets. Robinhood Chain's weekly perp volume reportedly hit an all-time high near $4.5 billion. The LIT token fell over 14% on the launch news, per coverage attributing the move to the competitive catalyst.
El Salvador Launches $2 Stablecoin Remittance App on Base — While Its Bitcoin Reserve Keeps Growing
El Salvador launched Sivar, a government-backed stablecoin remittance app built on Base with Modveon and Coinbase, offering transfers for roughly $2 against the country's ~$9 billion annual remittance flows, per Bloomberg and multiple outlets. Bloomberg framed the move as a retreat from the bitcoin legal-tender experiment; the country's bitcoin holdings were separately reported as still growing. The app assigns payments to dollar stablecoins while the state's reserve position remains in bitcoin.