More Cryptocurrency wallet application Abra has inked a deal with fintech unicorn Plaid that'll allow customers across 1,000 banks to connect to its platform. Prior to the partnership, only dozens of banks were connected to Abra's platform, according to a news release. Abra founder and CEO Bill Barhydt called the move a step towards further democratizing access to financial services in an announcement post on the company’s site. Abra offers synthetic trading of stocks and alternative...

More Buying and selling on popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase was disabled Friday. The entire market for digital currencies was under intense pressure with bitcoin trading down 20% on Coinbase's GDAX exchange. Buys and sells on Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US, were disabled for a little over two hours Friday amid a massive cryptocurrency sell-off. "Due to today's high traffic, buys and sells may be temporarily offline, the comapny said in an alert posted at 11:35...

More Robinhood, the zero-commission stock broker, has a new sophisticated investment product for its more than 3 million users. The Palo Alto-based company announced Wednesday it would offer free options trading. An option is a financial product that gives investors the right to buy or sell a security at a specified price in the future. Palo Alto-based Robinhood, a zero-commission stock broker, announced on Wednesday that it would start offering free options trading to its more than 3 million...