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Robinhood said on Wednesday it plans to launch crypto trading in the UK and broadened its ‌perpetual futures offering in Europe beyond cryptocurrencies. • Eligible European investors will now be able to trade perpetual futures tied to ​commodities, ETFs and foreign exchange markets, including gold, silver, crude oil and the euro-dollar pair, with leverage of up to 10 times and round-the-clock trading, the company said. • Perpetual futures, commonly known as "perps," ‌are futures contracts with ⁠no expiration date and have drawn significant attention in the U.S. after the CFTC in May permitted ⁠their trading on domestic exchanges.

Robinhood is expanding its toolkit for investors and its reach abroad. On Wednesday, the company unveiled new AI cryptocurrency trading capabilities for U.S. customers, new perpetual futures contracts for European customers, and expansion efforts in Canada and Singapore. Johann Kerbrat, general manager of crypto and international at Robinhood, says the initiatives are intended to broaden access to investment strategies and products to more customers in markets outside the U.S. “We want to extend this vision to the rest of the world,” Kerbrat tells Barron’s.

Robinhood Markets is continuing its push into the world of crypto, unveiling a flurry of new products and platform updates at a product event in London. In Europe, Robinhood will offer a broader variety of perpetual futures to traders, including those tied to currencies, commodities and major exchange-traded funds. Perpetual futures are a kind of derivative that trades at all hours and allows investors to pile on leverage.

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