Google Parent Alphabet Slashes Nearly 90 Percent Stake in Robinhood Markets

Google Parent Alphabet Slashes Nearly 90 Percent Stake in Robinhood Markets

Google-parent Alphabet said on Friday it had slashed its stake in Robinhood Markets by nearly 90 percent, days after the trading app said it had turned a profit for the first time as a public company. Robinhood has been struggling to regain its footing after emerging as the breakout financial…

Big Tech Is Firing Employees by the Thousands. Why? and How Worried Should We Be?

Big Tech Is Firing Employees by the Thousands. Why? and How Worried Should We Be?

Tech companies are always in the news, usually touting the next big thing. However, the tech news cycle recently hasn’t been dominated by the latest gadget or innovation. Instead, layoffs are in the headlines. In the last year, more than 70,000 people globally have been laid off by Big Tech…

Sam Bankman-Fried is fighting to keep $450m stake in Robinhood
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Sam Bankman-Fried is fighting to keep $450m stake in Robinhood

Sam Bankman-Fried is battling to keep a $450 million stake in retail stock Robinhood that FTX’s new boss is trying to claw back from the indicted crypto huckster, according to court records. The ousted FTX founder claims he is entitled to the assets listed under Emergent Fidelity Technologies, a holding…

Robinhood Lists Lending Protocol Aave and PoS Blockchain Tezos, Now Offers 19 Crypto Assets

Robinhood Lists Lending Protocol Aave and PoS Blockchain Tezos, Now Offers 19 Crypto Assets

Popular crypto trading app Robinhood has announced support for Tezos (XTZ) and Aave (AAVE), meaning users can buy and sell them on any of its platforms. The 18.7 million active monthly users on the trading app would also have the option to trade Solana, Polygon, and Avalanche that were added…

Robinhood Launches New Non-Custodial Web 3 Wallet to Rival MetaMask, Coinbase

Robinhood Launches New Non-Custodial Web 3 Wallet to Rival MetaMask, Coinbase

US-based stock trading and investing major Robinhood has announced that the company is building a non-custodial wallet that will allow its customers to have total control of their crypto in Web 3. Robinhood said that this new multichain Web 3 wallet will launch as a standalone app. Customers will be…