Robinhood
As Coinbase looks to list, Robinhood rides the crypto boom
Let's see what we can learn about Coinbase's recent trading volume before looking into Robinhood's. Is Robinhood crypto a possible threat to Coinbase's consumer trading volumes?
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A fraction of Robinhood’s users are driving its runaway growth
Borrowing a term from the casino trade, these whales generate the bulk of the company's revenue stream.
Robinhood goes to Congress
Update: There’s an entire second session of this? My lord. Update two: The hearing went on and on — it continues as I write to you! — but something did come out that was worth sharin
As expected, stock trading service Public raises $220M at unicorn valuation
The day before Robinhood goes under the the Congressional hammer, domestic rival Public.com announced this morning that it has closed a $220 million funding round at a $1.2 billion valuation. News of
There is infinite money for stock-trading startups
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Robinhood’s pain is Public’s gain as VCs rush to give it more money
Public.com, a social-focused free stock trading service, is nearing the close of a Series D just two months after raising a $65 million Series C, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Acco
Investor Alexa von Tobel on the biggest driver of social media-fueled stock trading
Alexa von Tobel has always felt strongly that too many people are shut out of the stock market. She felt this as a 23-year-old who didn’t have $5,000 to open a brokerage account. She felt it whi
Reddit raises $250 million in Series E funding
Reddit has raised a new funding round, totaling $250 million. This is the company’s Series E round of financing, and it comes hot on the heels of renewed public attention on the site that has du
How the GameStop stonkathon helped Robinhood raise $3.4B last week
In a single week, Robinhood raised more money than all startups in Spain, Italy, Ireland, Poland, Austria, Hungary and Russia combined last year.
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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat th
Trading app Public drops payment for order flow in favor of tips
Perhaps Public is correct in deciding that it needed another way to stand out from its in-market competitors.
Robinhood’s Q4 2020 revenue shows a return to growth
So much for a blowback!
Equity Monday: Rich tech folks chat rich tech things on rich tech app funded by rich tech investors
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest priv
5 ways Robinhood’s rushed UX changes exacerbated the GameStop crisis
The GameStop debacle has been hailed by many as a first of its kind form of digital activism, with the “crowd” coming together to stick it to Wall Street, and specifically hedge funds that
Institutional trust is the real meme
Hello friends, this is Week in Review. Last week, I dove into the AR maneuverings of Apple and Facebook and what that means for the future of the web. This week, I’m aiming to touch the meme sto
This Week in Apps: GameStop madness hits trading apps, Apple privacy changes, Clubhouse becomes a unicorn
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a
Daily Crunch: Robinhood raises $1B
Robinhood caps a wild week for new funding, Coinbase is going public and Johnson & Johnson reveals new vaccine trial data. This is your Daily Crunch for January 29, 2021. The big story: Robinhood
Robinhood limits users to a single share of GameStop and other stocks
Robinhood has detailed its latest step in the complex quagmire of market manipulation that is this week’s GameStop hedge fund Reddit army debacle. Users will for the present be limited to holdin
SEC issues statement on past week’s turbulent market activity prompted by Reddit-fueled GameStop run
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an official statement on the tumult of the past week in the public stock market. It’s a relatively brief statement and doesn’t