Robinhood Adds 9.5 Million New Crypto Users As Mainstream Adoption Continues
As cryptocurrencies continue to surge to new highs and bask in the media’s limelight, Robinhood reported major growth in the number of users trading crypto on their platform. According to their blog post, the California-based broker saw its crypto user base grow to an all-time high of 9.5 million — up approximately 558% from 1.7 million in the previous quarter. Robinhood began offering cryptocurrencies on its platform back in 2018. Since then, its offerings have […]
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More Than 2 Million Users Can Now Use Robinhood Crypto Wallets
Popular trading platform Robinhood made an announcement Thursday about its new crypto wallets at the Bitcoin conference in Miami, Florida. Robinhood Chief Product Officer Aparna Chennapragada shared:
We’ve rolled out crypto wallets to every....
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