Nasdaq announced it will present at two major conferences in March 2026, with executives discussing strategy and financial crime management. The company raised its medium-term Solutions revenue growth outlook to 9-12% while maintaining expense growth guidance of 5-8%, reinforcing its position as a transformation partner in AI.

Despite a 40% drop over three months and 60% decline from its all-time high, Ethereum is positioned as a solid $100 investment due to its role as the backbone of decentralized finance, stablecoins, and tokenization. With stablecoin legislation legitimizing these assets and projections of the stablecoin market growing from $307 billion to $1.9-4 trillion by 2030, over 50% of stablecoins currently issued on Ethereum could drive significant usage and value growth. However, cryptocurrencies remain high-risk and should comprise only a small portion of a balanced portfolio.

The investor relations solutions market is experiencing rapid growth, projected to expand from $3.3 billion in 2025 to $5.32 billion by 2030 at a 10% CAGR. Growth is driven by cloud-based solutions, AI-powered analytics, ESG integration, and increased regulatory requirements. North America leads the market while Asia-Pacific shows the fastest growth potential.

Notified announced the renewal of its exclusive five-year partnership with Nasdaq to provide complimentary investor relations communications services to qualifying IPOs and companies switching exchanges. The partnership builds on a previous seven-year agreement and includes integrated IR Hub platform access with GlobeNewswire press release distribution, dedicated customer support, and educational resources for newly listed companies.

Nasdaq Inc. (NDAQ) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share, payable on March 30, 2026 to shareholders of record as of March 16, 2026. The Board of Directors approved the dividend, with future declarations subject to board approval.

Moomoo, with 28 million investors globally, has rolled out access to Nasdaq's newly launched Monday and Wednesday weekly options for nine major securities including Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, Meta, Broadcom, Alphabet, Microsoft, and iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF. The expansion provides traders with greater flexibility to align options strategies with market events and enables more frequent premium collection opportunities. Moomoo Australia and New Zealand reported significant growth in options trading during 2025 and expects strong local demand for these new weekly options.

Nasdaq Private Market announced the successful closing of its Series C financing round of $37.6 million, led by new investor Cerity Partners with participation from Optiver and existing backers. The funding reflects the company's strong momentum, with record transaction volume of nearly $15 billion in the previous year. The valuation represents a 4x increase from the 2024 Series B round, underscoring growing demand for private company liquidity solutions.

Nasdaq reported short interest data as of December 15, 2025, showing 18.38 billion shares sold short across 5,169 securities, up from 18.19 billion shares in the prior period. Short interest represented 2.36 days of average daily volume compared to 1.82 days previously, indicating increased short selling activity across Nasdaq-listed stocks.

Nasdaq plans to expand stock trading hours from 16 to 23 hours per weekday, starting in the second half of 2026, responding to growing global demand for U.S. equities and international trading access.

The carbon credit trading platform market is projected to grow from USD 253.91 million in 2025 to USD 1513.44 million by 2033, driven by stricter emission regulations, corporate net-zero goals, and increasing demand for digital carbon credit transactions.

Nasdaq has expanded its strategic regulatory technology partnership with Revolut, deploying the AxiomSL platform to help Revolut streamline regulatory reporting across multiple jurisdictions and support its global expansion.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management announced cash distributions for two ETFs traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, with monthly distributions of $0.12426 and $0.21875 per share for their Active U.S. Income and Nasdaq Income ETFs.