Robinhood plans to launch crypto perpetual futures for eligible U.S. customers within the coming months, covering Bitcoin, Ether and six other digital assets. The September 29 announcement also introduced Robinhood Agents, an in-app AI tool for market research, strategy development and trade execution.
Robinhood is preparing a U.S. crypto derivatives product covering eight assets, including Bitcoin and Ether, with Bitcoin and Ether perpetuals offering leverage of up to 10x while Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano, Chainlink and HYPE are capped at 3x. The company unveiled the plan alongside Robinhood Agents, an AI feature letting customers research markets, build strategies and place trades from dedicated agentic accounts.
US crypto perpetual futures
Perpetual futures differ from standard futures contracts because they carry no expiry date. Robinhood said the U.S. product will reach eligible customers in the coming months but did not set a specific launch date.
The Block independently reported that the perpetual-futures launch is planned for the coming months, describing it as part of Robinhood's broader push to expand offerings for active U.S. traders.
Bitstamp routing and trading tools
Robinhood said its U.S. perpetual contracts will be offered through Robinhood Derivatives via Bitstamp, advertising a promotional fee of 0.01% per trade through the end of 2026. The no-expiry contracts will include stop-loss and take-profit tools along with liquidation-price tracking.
Robinhood Agents and AI trading
Robinhood Agents lets customers create dedicated agentic accounts, select models from leading AI labs including OpenAI, research markets, develop strategies and place trades, the company said. Manual approval for each trade is enabled by default, giving users an initial control point over orders the agentic workflow generates. The Block reported that the agents can research markets, build strategies and trade automatically.
More than 150,000 customers had opened agentic trading accounts since third-party agent connectivity launched in May 2026, Robinhood said. It also reported that agents were using its tools nearly 30 million times per day. The figures are company-reported and do not independently assess trading activity or investment performance, but they indicate Robinhood had built a sizeable agentic-account base before introducing Robinhood Agents.
Source: Crypto Daily
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