A commission-free US brokerage app for US residents, with crypto and options.
Last updated 2026-06-20
Robinhood is the reference consumer brokerage for US-resident retail investors. The UI is polished, the brokerage rails are mature, and the regulatory perimeter (SEC, FINRA, SIPC coverage) is well-understood. For someone in the US who wants a frictionless equity brokerage, Robinhood is hard to beat.
GM Markets is for everyone Robinhood cannot serve — investors outside the US, on-chain users who want to hold equities in a self-custodied wallet, treasuries that want stablecoin-denominated allocation, and AI agents that need a permissionless integration. Tokens settle on-chain in your own wallet and compose with the rest of DeFi (Aave, Morpho, Uniswap); a Robinhood share lives only inside Robinhood's book.
For US residents, no — Robinhood is the better fit for a US-domiciled brokerage account with SIPC protection. For investors outside the US, on-chain users, treasuries, and AI agents, GM Markets is the access path Robinhood does not provide.
No. SIPC covers US-registered broker-dealer accounts. GM Markets uses regulated US broker-dealers such as Alpaca Markets and Interactive Brokers for custody of the underlying shares, but the tokens you hold are on-chain assets in your own wallet, not a SIPC-eligible brokerage account.
No direct ACATS path exists between a US brokerage account and a tokenized-stock platform. The practical path is: sell on Robinhood, withdraw to a bank, fund GM Markets via Apple Pay, card, bank, or stablecoin, and buy the tokenized version.
The underlying share price drives both. Robinhood absorbs fees through PFOF spread; GM Markets surfaces a transparent 10–20 bps fee in the quote. Over time the gross P&L tracks the underlying; the all-in cost differs based on trade size and frequency.
