Robinhood ordeal shows broken system and importance of regulation, crypto ind...
Richard Byworth of EQUOS and Aleks Svetski of Amber share their thoughts on Robinhood's suspension of GameStop stock buys. Over the past few days, a number of stocks, such as GameStop (GME) and AMC Entertainment (AMC), have risen dramatically in price, reportedly in line with attention from Reddit users buying in the face of selling pressure from big players. Popular trading platform Robinhood subsequently began restricting customers’ ability to buy multiple assets associated with the drama. When asked about his thoughts about Robinhood suspending GameStop stock purchases, Richard Byworth,....
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Robinhood saw the ire of traders last week because it promised to be different. It turned out to be fancy app on top of an antiquated system.
After Robinhood Markets launched the company’s beta Web3 wallet on Tuesday and listed the stablecoin usd coin on the exchange platform Robinhood Crypto last week, the company announced a strategic partnership with Circle Financial. The deal revealed on Wednesday will provide Robinhood Crypto and Robinhood Wallet users with the ability to purchase and sell usd coin, and access “exclusive in-app educational modules to earn USDC rewards.” Robinhood and Circle Partner to Offer USDC Accessibility On Wednesday, Robinhood Markets (Nasdaq: HOOD) published an “Under the....