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New York regulators slap Robinhood's crypto business with $30 million fine
Robinhood allegedly violated New York's bank secrecy and anti-money laundering regulations.
Robinhood lays off almost a quarter of its staff
For the second time this year, Robinhood is cutting its headcount.
Robinhood lays off nine percent of its full-time employees
Tenev explained that Robinhood's rapid growth in headcount led to "some duplicate roles and job functions."
Plaid must pay $58 million to users of Venmo, Robinhood and other apps
Even if you've never heard of a company called Plaid, they may owe you part of a multi-million dollar lawsuit settlement.
Robinhood opens cryptocurrency wallet to beta testers
The company expects to make the feature available to everyone later in the year.
Robinhood security breach compromised data of 7 million users
Robinhood has revealed that it experienced a security breach incident on November 3rd, which exposed the data of as many as 7 million users.
Robinhood will start testing crypto wallets next month
Robinhood is finally preparing to test cryptocurrency wallets.
Robinhood CEO's plan for the future sounds a lot like a bank
Newly public Robinhood has ambitions to be much more than just a stock-trading app, according to its CEO.
Robinhood and Reddit CEOs to testify at GameStop hearing
Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters has released the list of witnesses for the GameStop House hearing, and it includes Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, Reddit CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman, as well as Redditor and YouTube streamer Keith Gill, who's also known as Roaring Kitty.
Reddit celebrated WallStreetBets in a five-second Super Bowl ad
Reddit has aired its first Super Bowl spot though you might have missed it while reaching for a snack.
Robinhood's Super Bowl ad won't let class-action lawsuits spoil the mood
Users hit the app with dozens of suits after it restricted trades on certain stocks.
Robinhood raises $1 billion, will reopen GameStop stock purchases on Friday
Robinhood claimed its decision to freeze purchases of 13 stocks, including GameStop, on Thursday was a "risk-management" decision. After raising $1 billion from investors, it will reopen trading access on Friday morning.
GameStop stock market squeeze attracts attention from Congress
The Senate Committee on Banking will hold a hearing “on the current state of the stock market,” after Reddit’s GameStop squeeze.
Robinhood hit with class action lawsuit after it restricts GameStop stock
Robinhood can now add a class action lawsuit to its growing list of headaches after it said it would restrict users from trading GameStop and other stocks.
SEC fines Robinhood $65 million for misleading users
Robinhood’s issues with it boil down to two things.
Robinhood reportedly facing SEC probe for selling to high-speed traders
The SEC requires brokers to disclose to investors if they use the practice, which is called “payment for order flow.” However, Robinhood didn’t put the information on its website until 2018, five years after it was founded.
Investment app Robinhood scraps UK expansion
Robinhood will not attempt to crack the UK until 2021 at the very earliest.
Robinhood's commission-free cryptocurrency trading is live
The zero-fee stock trading app, Robinhood, announced its plan to enable users to buy and sell Bitcoin and Ethereum last month. Now the company is making good on its promises. Starting today, Robinhood is rolling out access to trade the two cryptocurrencies in California, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana and New Hampshire, with plans to expand to many more states later.
Twitch’s Stock Stream gives you real money to invest
Ever since the start of Twitch Plays Pokemon, we've seen gamers collectively play everything from Dark Souls to a claw machine, beat every Pokemon generation and create modern art. And now with Stock Stream, Twitch viewers can play the stock market in the best way possible -- with someone else's money.
ICYMI: Virtually globetrot in Google Earth
try{document.getElementById("aol-cms-player-1").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: Google Earth just released an update that supports virtual reality, letting users teleport all around the globe, easily. So far it's free in Steam so anyone with an HTC Vive: Get going. Meanwhile Urban Aeronautics took its first pre-routed flight with a autonomous flying machine meant to be the air taxi first foretold in The Fifth Element. The 'ticking a GoPro on things' video from Sam and Niko is here, 'Quick, Draw!' is here (and God have mercy on your self-esteem if you ever play it). As always, please share any interesting tech or science videos you find by using the #ICYMI hashtag on Twitter for @mskerryd.
