This week, news outlets reported that digital financial planning platform Wealthfront – one of the early so-called robo-advisers – is exploring a sale.

Investment firm VanEck is launching a bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) this week, following in the footsteps of ProShares, which rolled out a similar product in October.

Earlier this year, Vanguard – the largest issuer of mutual funds in the world and the second-largest issuer of exchange-traded funds – claimed it would roll out a new app designed with clients’ needs in mind.

Trading app Robinhood – which earlier this year faced scrutiny over its GameStop trading halt – is now reeling from the consequences of a data breach that exposed the names or email addresses of more than seven million people.

Greenlight, a fintech firm that offers a debit card and personal finance tools for kids, is launching a new offering to help parents learn how to invest and set up portfolios.

TD Bank this week launched robo-adviser and hybrid wealth adviser offerings, joining a crowded market of banks and fintechs vying for market share among mass-market retail investors.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETFs) from ProShares that’s launching this week.

Bank of America announced that Life Plan – a digital financial planning tool it launched a year ago – has crossed five million users, calling it the company’s “most rapidly adopted digital feature of all time.”

Activity on stock trading app Robinhood plunged during the third quarter of this year, a development that may be connected to the end of the meme stock fad.

Revolut, the U.K.-based challenger bank with a global footprint, will roll out commission-free stock trading capabilities for U.S. customers in an effort to compete with the likes of Robinhood, Public, and SoFi.

Pagaya, an American and Israeli fintech firm that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to manage institutional money, is going public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company EJF Acquisition Corp.

Money transfer giant Wise (formerly TransferWise) – which went public in July and boasts a market capitalization of more than $14B – is expanding its wings beyond payments and testing investing products for its U.K. customers.

Banking and investing app Acorns is waiving subscription fees for veterans in an effort to reach more underserved customers.

Human Interest, a San Francisco-based startup 401(k) provider, claims to “launch a retirement plan in minutes and put it on autopilot.”

Shares of trading app Robinhood, which gained notoriety earlier this year by enabling retail investors to pump up so-called meme stocks including Gamestop and AMC Entertainment, are surging a few days into its launch on the Nasdaq.