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Popular trading app Robinhood has announced it’s looking to add a healthy number of staff members to its cryptocurrency department due to the increasing demand for and interest in digital currencies. Robinhood Will Build on Its Digital Currency Offerings Crypto has no doubt come a long way over the past several months. Bitcoin, for example, was initially trading for less than $4,000 during March of last year. Today, it is worth nearly $60,000. The currency has...

RobinHood: Das US-Start-up ermöglicht mit seiner App den kostenloses Trading und treibt damit die Digitalisierung des Börsenhanels voran. Die Trading-App Robinhood hat ihr Kapital um weitere 320 Millionen US-Dollar vergrössert. Im Rahmen ihrer Series F Finanzierungsrunde konnte das Unternehmen aus den USA bislang insgesamt 600 Millionen sammeln. Post-Money steht Robinhood nun...

Last week major stock and cryptocurrency trading app Robinhood experienced a major outage. On March 9, it went offline again.The Robinhood app went offline again. This comes as the fintech app reportedly ceased to function. Sources say that this is the second time this has occurred. This puts the commission-free trading app in a position where losses are mounting. Already various social media show that some users are migrating to other platforms. Goodbye #RobinHood ✌?...

Robinhood online brokerage app crumbled on March 2 when the Dow Jones gained its most single-day points, leaving investors frustrated unable to take advantage of the market recovery.After the stock markets imploded last week due to the fears of the coronavirus spread, traders were ready on March 2 to cut some of those losses. However, that was not meant to be for all Robinhood investors. Robinhood, the brokerage platform, suffered a prolonged outage and was offline for a whole U.S. trading...

Having moved its operations to Dublin due to Brexit issues, Europe’s popular fintech startup is planning to join Monzo and N26 in the competitive U.S. market. In the U.S., Revolut will specifically target exchange students and business travelers.London-based fintech firm Revolut is now planning to move its operations to Ireland’s capital city Dublin and Lithuania. This decision from the startup comes as the UK moves out of the European Union with Brexit.In the last few years, Revolut has...

The initial public offering (IPO) market for 2020 is widely-anticipated in the finance industry. This is because more than a few companies last year, expressed intentions to go public sometime this year. While last year was a somewhat disappointing year for IPOs, 2020 is expected to be better. Top of the list is the GE Healthcare IPO and that of Airbnb as well.GE Healthcare IPO 2020American multinational healthcare manufacturing conglomerate GE Healthcare will go for an IPO this year. The...

Credit card giant Visa is acquiring Plaid, San Francisco-based company that focuses on democratizing financial services through technology. The sum of the acquisition made up $5.3 billion, which is twice as much as Plaid’s valuation in 2018.We’re incredibly excited to share that Plaid is joining @Visa!Together, we’re looking forward to expanding our products for developers and connecting consumers with the fintech services that are making money easier for everyone. More details...

Airbnb, DoorDash, and GitLab are among 18 unicorn companies that are set to run an initial public offering (IPO) sometime in 2020. The expectation for a more definite announcement at some point this year, already means that there is more than enough to anticipate in the financial clime. While there will most likely still be more public announcements, these 18 are already making the rounds.The market for initial public offerings in 2019 was a little disappointing, to say the least. Compared to...

The most lucrative stocks in the market today seem to lock out the less-wealthy investors. For instance, one share of Amazon stock costs over $1,700 and that of Google is over $1,300. However, a solution came up in the form of fractional stock-trading.To continue its quest to democratize the world of stock trading, Robinhood has announced that it is launching fractional share trading this week. If anyone has $1 to spare, they have no excuse for not investing.The new strategy enables users to...

Many things have been said about the champions who have been at the forefront of making things happen in the crypto space but not much has been known about them. The list below and the descriptions indicate the biggest companies in the industry not only by valuation and capitalization but also by goodwill and corporate presence both online and offline as well. They shall be listed in no particular order of preference. Ripple (Valuation of about $5 Billion)Many people have heard one way or the...