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23 Jul 2026

FINRA fines tastytrade $850,000 over payment-for-order-flow failures

FINRA found tastytrade routed 8.8 million customer equity orders to five payment-for-order-flow market makers over three years without ever benchmarking execution quality elsewhere.

22 Jul 2026

Alpaca partners with Broadridge to give tokenized stockholders actual shareholder rights

Alpaca and Broadridge are bringing proxy voting, disclosures and investor communications to holders of tokenized US equities, closing a gap that's dogged tokenized stocks since they launched.

18 Jul 2026

TradeStation's gated AI connector isn't Claude-only anymore: ChatGPT joins the walled garden

TradeStation's MCP connector, previously restricted to Claude Pro subscribers with a $10,000 account minimum, now also supports ChatGPT. The gate stayed, the guest list got longer.

17 Jul 2026

Alpaca raises $135M, and Kraken's parent company is one of the backers

Alpaca closed a $135M round led by Peak XV, bringing total financing to $435M, earmarked for agent-first brokerage infrastructure and a push into tokenized markets.

15 Jul 2026

Kraken wants trading tools plugged into its API, and it's paying for the privilege

Kraken launched an API Partner Program offering lifetime revenue-share to platforms that route order flow through its spot, futures and xStocks infrastructure.

11 Jul 2026

Databento raises $97M to challenge Bloomberg and LSEG, with a 24-person team

Databento closed a $97M Series B, positioning it as a challenger to Bloomberg and LSEG: pay-per-use market data, direct feeds from 80+ venues.

9 Jul 2026

It's not just IBKR and Alpaca anymore: five more brokers wired up AI agents in June

Deriv, Webull, IG Group, ThinkMarkets and eToro all shipped AI-agent connectors in about two weeks in June, mostly on infra they didn't build.

8 Jul 2026

While the EU shut Binance out, the SEC is drafting rules to make US crypto easier

The SEC is targeting three crypto rulemaking proposals this month: token-offering safe harbors, custody and net-capital rules for crypto broker-dealers, and market-structure changes for crypto trading venues.

6 Jul 2026

A data provider joins the AI-agent wave: Eulerpool partners with Anthropic, raises $20M

Eulerpool, a data provider used by BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, opened its data to Claude agents in February, then raised its first funding round in March.

3 Jul 2026

Binance shuts off EU trading after missing its MiCA license deadline

Binance suspended new orders, deposits and sign-ups for EU users after failing to secure a MiCA license in time. Withdrawals stay open while it pursues a French license instead.

30 Jun 2026

Six weeks, five brokers: the industry just handed AI agents the keys

Robinhood, IBKR, Coinbase and more opened their platforms to AI agents in mid-2026. The timeline, and what actually changed under the hood at each.

23 Jun 2026

IBKR opens agentic AI trading: Claude first, then ChatGPT and Grok

Interactive Brokers now lets Claude, ChatGPT and Grok draft trade instructions on your account, here's exactly what they can (and can't) do.

17 Jun 2026

Coinbase now lets AI agents trade for you, and some don't need your approval

Coinbase for Agents connects Claude or ChatGPT to your account for crypto trading, and unlike most brokers, the agent can run fully autonomously.

8 Jun 2026

Alpaca's API traffic nearly 4x'd in Q1 2026, AI agents are the reason

Alpaca's broker API usage jumped to ~30% month-over-month as AI agents trade through it, and it shipped a CLI and enhanced MCP Server to match.

8 May 2026

Schwab adds an AI narrator to your portfolio: daily summaries, no agent trading involved

Schwab's AI Portfolio Insights writes a daily narrative of what moved your portfolio and why, for every retail client. No trading authority involved.

16 Jan 2026

TradeStation's new AI-agent connector isn't free: $10,000 minimum, Claude Pro required

TradeStation launched an MCP connector for Claude, but gated behind a $10,000 account minimum and an active Claude Pro subscription.