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Customers of Robinhood, which benefited from a boom in retail trading during the pandemic, have long asked for crypto wallets

Robinhood to begin testing crypto wallets

Robinhood Markets has said it plans to begin testing cryptocurrency wallets next month, with a broader rollout in early 2022, allowing its users to move supported digital currencies in and out of their brokerage accounts.

Business • 22 Sep 21

The stock has risen far above its initial public offering price of $38 per share

Robinhood slides 10% after four days of surge

Robinhood Markets fell more than 10% in premarket trading on Thursday after a four-day surge during which its market value doubled as retail traders piled into the online brokerage's stock.

Business • 05 Aug 21

Robinhood was founded in 2013 by Stanford University roommates Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt

Robinhood aims for up to $35bn valuation in US IPO

Robinhood Markets is targeting a valuation of up to $35 billion in its initial public offering in the United States, the company revealed in a filing on Monday, setting the stage for one of the highly anticipated stock market listings of the year.

Business • 19 Jul 21

GameStop rally builds after puzzling ice-cream tweet

GameStop shares surged more than 50% today as amateur investors jumped back into the stock weeks after an unprecedented short squeeze triggered a 1,600% rally in the video game retailer.

Business • 25 Feb 21

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called the meeting with top market watchdogs

US market regulators to study recent trading frenzy

US financial market regulators will study the trading frenzy last week that saw shares like GameStop soar, and ensure investors are protected, the Treasury Department has said.

Business • 05 Feb 21

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wants to cool the recent trading frenzy

Trading frenzy fades as Yellen summons agencies

A social media-driven trading frenzy cooled today as US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called a meeting of top officials that could result in tougher markets regulation for hedge funds, small investors and stockbrokers.

Business • 03 Feb 21

The funding comes after Robinhood was strained by high volumes of trading last week

Robinhood raises another $2.4 billion from investors

Robinhood raised another $2.4 billion from shareholders, just days after existing investors pumped in $1 billion in funding, the online brokerage said in a blogpost.

Business • 01 Feb 21

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