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Robinhood’s shaking up the trading world again, this time aiming squarely at futures. They’re not playing small, either. They’re dropping Bitcoin and Ethereum into the futures mix, right alongside oil and the S&P 500. This move signals their bid to bring seasoned traders into the fold, and it’s already catching eyes.

Micro Bitcoin Futures and Ethereum Contracts Are Coming

In an announcement during their first-ever HOOD Summit, Robinhood laid down its plans to enter the futures game in a big way. According to a company spokesperson, the lineup will feature Bitcoin contracts, micro Bitcoin futures, Bitcoin Friday futures, Ethereum futures, and micro Ethereum futures. These micro futures are designed for the retail crowd—smaller contracts that make the futures market way more accessible for anyone who’s not sitting on a pile of fiat.

Their spokesperson mentioned that the rollout for these futures products will hit the platform in the “coming months,” so traders won’t have to wait long. And yeah, it’s all part of a larger play, including their fresh new desktop platform, Robinhood Legend.

Robinhood Legend Aims to Dethrone the Big Dogs

Legend, the new beast in Robinhood’s platform lineup, isn’t for the casual stock app dabblers. This is where the big kids play. It’s built for active traders, offering tools that bring in real-time data, slick charting, and the ability to trade futures and index options right from the platform. It’s like they studied everything wrong with legacy trading apps and thought, “Nah, we can build it better.”

Steve Quirk, the chief brokerage officer, pointed out the pain traders feel when bouncing between apps and platforms. “Moving back and forth between apps or charting platforms can be cumbersome and time-consuming. We set out to reimagine what a modern, intuitively designed active trading platform should look like,” Quirk said. The man’s not wrong—nobody wants to juggle apps like it’s 2012.

Crypto Futures With Low Fees and High Hopes

Robinhood’s futures plan goes beyond shiny tools. They’re undercutting the competition with fees that’ll make any trader do a double take. Gold subscribers will pay just $0.50 per contract, while non-Gold users are at $0.75. It’s a direct shot at the likes of Charles Schwab and E*TRADE, who already dominate the crypto futures scene but can’t boast the kind of mobile ease Robinhood is banking on.

With Bitcoin knocking on $73,700’s door, Robinhood is positioning itself to ride that momentum and lure crypto futures traders who want more action without bloated fees. Traders now have another battlefield—one where legacy brokers might just get outflanked by a leaner, faster Robinhood.