As online trading platform Robinhood gears up to launch its IPO, could we see it go one step further than Coinbase in igniting fresh retail investor interest in the world of cryptocurrencies?
Robinhood is intending to go public in July 2021, as plans for a June initial public offering slipped by the wayside. According to Yahoo! reports, the company is intending to time its IPO to suit people returning from July 4 holiday travel in the US. Although the trading app's SEC filing is yet to be made public, parallels are already being drawn between the platform and Coinbase's public launch in April 2021. The arrival of Coinbase onto the Nasdaq was set to be a watershed moment for the world of crypto, with widespread hope that the listing would bring a new level of legitimacy t...
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