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Survey Shows 40% of US Crypto Owners Forget Their Password, 20% Write Passwords on Paper
4.8.2021
According to a recent study on crypto asset storage and passwords, a survey that polled over 1,000 digital currency owners shows 39.7% have forgotten their passwords. The study produced by cryptovantage.com indicates that users unable to recover their passwords lost an average of $2,134. Survey...
Report Suggests Robinhood Owns Largest Dogecoin Address and Third-Largest BTC Wallet
30.7.2021
Last February the crypto community was obsessed with a specific dogecoin address that happens to be the largest dogecoin holder today with over 36 billion DOGE. One armchair sleuth studied a number of onchain transactions and suspected the company Robinhood owned the wallet. Now the individual...
Crypto-friendly app Robinhood loses 8% in public Nasdaq debut
30.7.2021
Unlike traditional IPOs with a six-month lockup period, Robinhood will allow its employees to sell 15% of its shares immediately after the public debut
Robinhood Raises Almost $2 Billion in IPO, Falls Short of Expected $35 Billion Valuation
29.7.2021
Robinhood, the fee-free cryptocurrency, stock, and options exchange, raised almost $2 billion in its initial public offering, reaching a valuation of $32 billion. While the company is more valuable than Nasdaq itself, the IPO failed to give the company an expected valuation of $35 billion....
Tax-Free Bitcoin Mining, Robinhood Debuts on Nasdaq + More News
29.7.2021
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Mining news
Crypto platform Choice and Compass Mining, a marketplace for Bitcoin (BTC) miners, said that their US-based clients can now mine...
Robinhood introduces feature aimed at protecting investors from crypto volatility
27.7.2021
“We’ve been doing a lot of work behind the scenes to provide our crypto customers with the functionality that they’ve been asking for,” said Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev
Robinhood's Crypto Plans, BTC and ETH Investment Flows + More News
26.7.2021
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Adoption news
Vlad Tenev, CEO of the popular trading app Robinhood, said that crypto is vital to the app’s future and that a wallet may be...
Robinhood Aims for $35 Billion Market Valuation in Upcoming IPO
20.7.2021
An amended prospectus filed yesterday by Robinhood indicates the company is aiming to get a valuation of up to $35 billion in its upcoming IPO. The fee-free options, cryptocurrency, and stock trading service is expecting to sell up to 55 million shares and raise more than $2 billion when the...
Robinhood warns a crypto drop is coming amid IPO filing
19.7.2021
According to the trading app, it expects its Q3 2021 revenue to be lower as a result of increased crypto trading in the first quarter, driven in part by Dogecoin
Robinhood COO: We have enabled more women to trade crypto
7.7.2021
Gretchen Howard described crypto investments "stereotyped as a male-dominated space,” but she has seen significant growth for women during her two years at Robinhood
Robinhood's cash cow under SEC scrutiny amid IPO filing
7.7.2021
Robinhood’s main revenue source for the first quarter of 2021 could come under SEC review
GameStop's New Discord Haunted By Gamers, Stonk Bros
7.7.2021
GameStop decided to meet the gamers where they live today, opening a new Discord server where thousands are coming together under the enriching banner of a video game retailer. The community launched without a filter, as evidenced by a torrent of the n-word flooding chat on Tuesday night....
This Is Why Robinhood Doesn't Allow You to Withdraw Bitcoin, DOGE & Co.
2.7.2021
As US online trading platform Robinhood is gearing toward its initial public offering (IPO), its filing with the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reveals why the company does not currently allow users to deposit and withdraw cryptoassets into or from its platform. This said...
Robinhood IPO Filing Reveals $88 Billion in Cryptocurrency Trading, Dogecoin 34% of Crypto Revenue
2.7.2021
Robinhood’s IPO prospectus shows that 9.5 million customers traded $88 billion of cryptocurrency on its platform in Q1 and the company held approximately $12 billion in crypto assets under custody, a 23-fold increase from last year. Meanwhile, 34% of Robinhood’s cryptocurrency revenue...
Facing $70M in fines from regulators, Robinhood files for IPO
1.7.2021
The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority delivered its biggest financial penalty against the trading app on Wednesday, and Robinhood still reportedly faces scrutiny from the SEC regarding its business practices
tZERO to tokenize $18M of stock for the ‘Robinhood of real estate investing’
1.7.2021
Around $18 million worth of NYCE’s common shares will be tokenized and supported for secondary trading on tZERO’s security token trading platform
FINRA orders Robinhood to pay $70M due in part to 'significant harm' platform caused users
30.6.2021
Regulators said the trading app should pay restitution to users like the 20-year-old who committed suicide after an erroneous negative balance appeared in his account
Robinhood Gets USD 70M Penalty Due To 'Signigificant Harm' + More News
30.6.2021
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Regulation news
The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) said it has fined Robinhood, the major online trading platform, USD...
SEC Delays Robinhood IPO Over Questions Concerning the Company’s Crypto Business: Report
26.6.2021
Robinhood Markets Inc., the American financial services company headquartered in Menlo Park, California, has seen its initial public offering (IPO) delayed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to a report citing “people familiar with the matter” the SEC...
SEC inquiry regarding Robinhood’s crypto business reportedly delays IPO
25.6.2021
Robinhood had initially hoped to begin its public offering after American investors returned from the July 4 holidays