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Robinhood Markets has announced a new plan aimed at giving everyday investors access to private companies before they go public, an area that has usually been limited to venture capital firms and large institutions. The company has launched Robinhood Ventures Fund I (RVI) and started its IPO roadshow for a public offering of about $1 …
Guys it’s official After this recent issue from AWS… And the two previous times that $HOOD disabled buying and selling I will be transferring all my assets into $SOFI as well as cutting up my $HOOD Gold card and throwing it away pic.twitter.com/9KrJDHKkyA — The Wheelie Investor (@WheelieInvestor) October 20, 2025
Robinhood $HOOD CEO Vlad Tenev at Token2049: “Tokenization is a freight train and it’ll eat the entire financial system. It really starts to get interesting when all of those assets, public and private, get on crypto technology.” 'The push to make it easier to trade real-world… pic.twitter.com/UACBNgGSiy — Wall St Engine (@wallstengine) October 2, 2025 …
AppLovin and Robinhood will join the S&P 500 index. The changes will go into effect before the beginning of trading on Sept. 22. Datadog and DoorDash entered the index earlier this year. Shares of advertising technology company AppLovin and stock trading app Robinhood Markets each jumped about 7% in extended trading on Friday after S&P …
Robinhood built OpenAI and SpaceX tokens with no equity rights. CEO says it doesn’t matter. OpenAI rejects the deal. This is synthetic ownership rebranded as access.
Robinhood just dropped a product that’s already drawing heat. On July 1, the company launched blockchain-based tokens tied to the valuations of OpenAI and SpaceX. These aren’t shares. They don’t come with voting rights. They don’t grant ownership. They’re synthetic contracts built on Arbitrum that track price movement. That’s the pitch. The tokens are only …
The surface looks euphoric. Underneath, it’s leaking pressure. U.S. equity markets are flashing signals that don’t line up. On one side, retail traders are piling into penny stocks, margin debt is hitting new highs, and social media is pumping vaporware IPOs like it’s 2021 again. On the other side, corporate insiders are quietly heading for …
Robinhood is trying to redefine banking by offering a cash delivery service, and while it sounds like a neat innovation, the reality raises a few eyebrows. The platform, known for its disruptive approach to stock trading, is extending its reach into banking with this service, which promises to deliver cash directly to the doorstep of …
Robinhood reported an almost 500% jump in revenue from cryptocurrency transactions on Wednesday as the online brokerage and trading app announced a record-breaking quarter for profit and revenue. Crypto revenue rose to $358 million in Q4, and overall revenue skyrocketed 37% to $1.01 billion from the previous quarter. With an earnings per share of $1.01, …
On Wednesday, Ark Invest, through its ARK Innovation ETF ARKK + Free Alerts , decided to offload 5,495 shares of Palantir. This move came as Palantir’s stock soared following its impressive fourth-quarter earnings report. The company reported a 36% year-over-year increase in total revenue, with substantial growth in its U.S. commercial and government sectors. The …
In a stark revelation, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slapped Robinhood with a hefty $45 million fine for failing to adhere to critical regulatory standards, including those under Regulation SHO. This settlement, announced by the SEC, outlines significant breaches by Robinhood Securities LLC and Robinhood Financial LLC, casting a shadow over the …
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Stephen Hall, Legal Director and Securities Specialist, issued the following statement on today’s decision in Robinhood Financial LLC v. Galvin, from the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, reversing a lower-court judge’s decision that struck down the state’s fiduciary duty rule. Better Markets filed an amicus curiae brief in the case …