Robinhood

Robinhood

Regulación

Crypto execs Armstrong, Garlinghouse among many named to U.S. CFTC advisory group

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's new chief, Mike Selig, repurposed the agency's previous CEO innovation council, almost tripling its members.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Mercados

Analysts react as Robinhood slumps 10%, with slowdown in crypto trading weighing on results

JPMorgan and Compass Point were among the sell-side teams trimming price targets on HOOD.

Robinhood logo on a smartphone screen

Finanzas

Robinhood believes yields should be passed on to the customer, criticizes traditional finance

Robinhood’s Johann Kerbrat took the stage along with Bullish CEO Tom Farley to speak of his platform's views on stablecoin yields and traditional financial systems.

Tom Farley and Johann Kerbratt (Photo: Olivier Acuna/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Robinhood starts testing its own blockchain as crypto and tokenization push deepens

The Robinhood Chain, built on Ethereum-based Arbitrum, aims to become key plumbing for around-the-clock trading and plugging tokenized stocks into DeFi.

Robinhood Senior Vice President Johann Kerbrat (CoinDesk archives)

Mercados

Crypto stocks sink as spot volume plunges and bitcoin tumbles below $84,000

Bellwether crypto exchange Coinbase was lower for an 8th straight session on Thursday to its weakest level since May.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Finanzas

Robinhood is investing in crypto trading platform Talos at $1.5 billion valuation

The $45 million Series B extension also includes participation from new strategic investors Sony Innovation Fund, IMC, QCP and Karatage.

Robinhood logo on a screen

Regulación

SEC clarifies rules for tokenized stocks, tightening scrutiny on synthetic equity

The agency says issuer approval is required for true tokenized ownership, warning that many stock tokens sold to retail investors provide only indirect or synthetic exposure.

SEC headquarters (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Mercados

Robinhood CEO says tokenized stocks could prevent another GameStop freeze

Vlad Tenev blamed the buying halt on its app in 2021 on bad infrastructure, a problem that he says tokenization would solve.

Robinhood's Vlad Tenev speaks at Token2049 in Singapore (Token2049)

Finanzas

Robinhood explains building an Ethereum layer-2: 'We wanted the security from Ethereum'

CoinDesk sat down with Robinhood’s head of crypto, Johann Kerbrat, to get an update on its upcoming layer-2 network, its tokenized stocks program, and its staking offerings.

Johann Kerbrat (on left), GM of Robinhood Crypto (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Robinhood leaning into advanced traders as crypto volatility reshapes user behavior

The trading platform is increasingly catering to advanced crypto traders with tools tailored to active, tax-aware users, its head of crypto said.

Johann Kerbrat, GM of Robinhood Crypto (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)