The news comes just over a month after FTX’s billionaire founder, Bankman-Fried, disclosed a sizable stake in Robinhood.
Shares of popular stock trading app Robinhood surged higher on Monday after reports that billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, is considering a deal to buy the company just over a month after he first disclosed a stake. Shares of Robinhood have largely struggled amid the wider market selloff in the first half of 2022, falling over 50% compared to the S&P 500’s roughly 20% decline. Investors have soured on the stock as the company continues to struggle with depressed user growth on its platform as well as declining trading revenues.
