Robinhood is now a stonk
The wild swing in the price of Robinhood today appears from our vantage point to be another stonk moment. Update: Trading of Robinhood shares has been halted due to volatility. The company’s stock paused at $65.60 on Robinhood itself......»»
Robinhood’s epic Q1 growth explains its fundraising boom
Each month in Robinhood's Q1 2021 produced more PFOF revenues than its entire year-ago quarter in aggregate. An initial analysis of Robinhood’s Q1 2021 payment for order flow (PFOF) revenues sourced from company filings shows that the.....»»
Dogecoin Spike Crashes Robinhood Token Trading
Robinhood's trading app crashed for around an hour this morning, as Dogecoin hit record highs and Ethereum continued to gain ground. The outage is reminiscent of the Robinhood-GameStop fiasco last January, where Robinhood deliberately blocked users f.....»»
Will fintech unicorn Flywire’s proposed IPO reach escape velocity?
What we're looking at here is a fintech unicorn IPO. A great way to kick off the week, to be honest, though I'd thought that Robinhood would be the next such debut. It’s a big morning for fintech startups today: Flywire, a Boston-base.....»»
Optimism reigns at consumer trading services as fintech VC spikes and Robinhood IPO looms
You could be excused for expecting the boom in consumer asset trading to keep going up and to the right. But will it? There are data in both directions. With the Coinbase direct listing behind us and the Robinhood IPO ahead, it’s a heady.....»»
Injective Protocol raises $10M from Pantera Capital, Mark Cuban for its ‘DeFi Robinhood’
Back in December last year Injective Protocol, launched the testnet for its DeFi protocols for cross-chain derivatives trading, with backing from giant crypto exchange Binance. It has now raised $10 million in a “party” funding round. Partici.....»»
Massachusetts Wants To Pull the Plug On Robinhood
Regulators in Massachusetts are seeking to revoke Robinhood's broker-dealer license in the state, after accusing the company of failing to properly account for fractional shares traded by customers on its platform. They also say the company "continue.....»»
Crypto trading on Robinhood spiked to 9.5M customers in first quarter
It’s been a big year for crypto, and Robinhood shared some stats today providing more evidence that the crypto boom is more than just hype — at least for now. In a blog, Christine Brown, Robinhood’s head of crypto operations, revealed that.....»»
Equity Monday: Deliveroo, ServiceTitan and Robinhood for everywhere
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, dig.....»»
Equity Monday: Deliveroo, ServiceTitan, and Robinhood for everywhere
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, dig.....»»
Ajaib raises $65M Series A extension led by Ribbit Capital, increasing the round’s total to $90M
Ajaib, the Indonesian investment app, has added $65 million to its Series A, bringing the round’s new total to $90 million. The extension was led by Ribbit Capital, the fintech investor that also led Robinhood’s $3.4 billion funding last mont.....»»
Robinhood Aims To Allow Users To Buy Into IPOs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Robinhood is building a platform to "democratize" initial public offerings (IPOs), including its own, that would allow users of its trading app to snap up shares alongside Wall Street funds, according.....»»
Will fading YOLO sentiment impact Robinhood, Coinbase and other trading platforms?
What would happen to Robinhood and its cohorts if the apparent cooling in consumer trading demand continues? Let's talk about it. What happens to hot fintech startups that have benefited from a rise in consumer trading activity if regular f.....»»
Robinhood files confidentially to go public
Today Bloomberg reported, and Axios confirmed that Robinhood has filed privately to go public. The well-financed Robinhood is an American fintech company that provides zero-cost trading services to consumers. Private IPO filings have become common in.....»»
What eToro’s investor presentation and $10B valuation tells us about Robinhood
Trading platforms are being valued more like high-margin video games than software stocks. Amid all the news of the last few days, you might have missed that eToro, an Israeli consumer stock-trading service, is going public in the United St.....»»
The Robinhood competitor landscape intensifies as Invstr raises $20M
One of the biggest gripes about investing apps is that they are not acting responsibly by not educating users properly and allegedly letting them fend for themselves. This can result in people losing a lot of money, as evidenced by the number of laws.....»»
Trading platform eToro to go public via SPAC merger in $10B deal
Multi-asset investing and trading platform and Robinhood competitor eToro announced Tuesday it will go public via a merger with SPAC FinTech Acquisition Corp. V in a massive $10.4 billion deal. Once the transaction closes sometime in the third quarte.....»»
The great Gatsby raises millions to take on Robinhood
Millennials and GenZers seem interested in investing more than ever these days. As a result, a number of startups have emerged in recent years to give them more options. One such startup, Gatsby, announced Monday that it has raised $10 million in a S.....»»
As Coinbase looks to list, Robinhood rides the crypto boom
Let's see what we can learn about Coinbase's recent trading volume before looking into Robinhood's. Is Robinhood crypto a possible threat to Coinbase's consumer trading volumes? The impending Coinbase direct listing is a fintech debut to wa.....»»
Millions are flocking to Robinhood to trade cryptocurrencies
In comparison, the number of new crypto customers on Robinhood peaked at 401,000 in a single month last year with a monthly average of around 200,000 users trading on the platform for the first time in 2020......»»
Millions of people are flocking to Robinhood to trade cryptocurrencies
In comparison, the number of new crypto customers on Robinhood peaked at 401,000 in a single month last year with a monthly average of around 200,000 users trading on the platform for the first time in 2020......»»