Robinhood owns $3 billion in bitcoin, making it the 3rd-biggest holder of the token
Robinhood holds over $3.2 billion worth of bitcoin in a single wallet, making it the third-largest bitcoin holder globally, behind Binance and Bitfinex.
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Posted 8/29/2023, 3:41:00 PM
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A wallet that accumulated $3 billion worth of Bitcoin in the last three months has revealed its owner to be Robinhood, although there is also evidence pointing to crypto exchange Gemini, raising doubts about Robinhood's ownership.
Bitcoin holds steady at $26,000 ahead of Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole, while Binance reaches out to projects with low-liquidity tokens to enhance liquidity protection, and Num Finance introduces a Colombian peso-pegged token on the Polygon network.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautions that inflation is still too high and hints at the possibility of raising interest rates further, leading to uncertainty in the markets; meanwhile, Pantera Capital predicts that Bitcoin could reach $35,000 by 2024 and potentially climb to $148,000.
Bitcoin's recent surge in value may be attributed to a $10 billion investment by whales, Robinhood's involvement in a $3 billion Bitcoin purchase, and JPMorgan analysts predicting an end to the crypto bear market.
Robinhood expands its crypto wallet to include support for bitcoin and dogecoin, allowing users to send and receive these cryptocurrencies in addition to ether and tokens built on the Ethereum blockchain. They also introduce swap features for select users to trade ether for over 200 different assets.
Bitcoin, the first leading cryptocurrency, has been the top-performing asset over the past decade and offers a hedge against inflation and potential diversification benefits for portfolios.
Robinhood has entered into a $605.7 million share repurchase agreement with the United States Marshal Service to buy back stock from Sam Bankman-Fried's Emergent Fidelity Technologies.
Deep-pocketed Bitcoin holders have accumulated over $1 billion worth of BTC in the last two weeks, while the number of investors holding at least 10 BTC has reached a three-year high; the growth in market caps of the top six stablecoins suggests a potential reversal in the crypto market.
Bitcoin is expected to become a larger portion of global wealth as individuals allocate a higher percentage of their net worth to the digital asset, according to macro expert Lyn Alden.
Bitcoin is predicted to reach $22,000 due to worsening investor sentiment and the impact of lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase, while BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes claims the bull market began in March.
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, the second-largest BTC entity globally, holds over $16 billion worth of Bitcoin across more than 1,750 addresses, according to blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence.