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BIC’s Video News Show: Robinhood IPO

In this episode of the BeInCrypto video news show, host Jessica Walker takes a look at Robinhood. Sponsored Sponsored The company just had an IPO and experienced spectacular growth in terms of new users and revenue. They definitely made the most of the meme stock phenomenon and the hype around Dogecoin and Bitcoin. But what are they more focused on, democratizing access to the stock market and meme stocks, or crypto, where they’ll do battle with Coinbase and Binance? Crypto windfall Robinhood’s second-quarter earnings report late Wednesday revealed its reliance on

The Altcoin Evolution – Part IV: The Challenges – The Sales Pitch

With the ever-changing landscape of tech development and crypto innovation, regulation tends to lag behind in order to have time to react to what’s happening. Many altcoin projects are currently growing exponentially as they are exploring largely untouched use cases. As the tech continues to proliferate and expand, more and more “problems” are arising that require solutions.  This obviously provides more space for viable contenders to occupy in a crowded market. This provides a robust growth argument for many altcoins, but there is a catch. The giant growth gains are

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest Snaps Up $45M in Robinhood Stock

Cathie Wood’s investment firm ARK Invest was quick off the mark to purchase 1,297,615 shares of Robinhood as the company went public on Thursday.With Robinhood's stock closing its inaugural trading session on the Nasdaq at $34.82, this makes the purchase worth more than $45.1 million. According to data disclosed by ARK Invest, this was also the company’s largest purchase of the day across all six actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with the shares going to the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK). What is Robinhood? Robinhood is a popular trading app which

5 Best Meme Coins For Quick Profits July 2021 Week 4

Meme coins have garnered a lot of attention since the beginning of the year. Although at first they were written off as a joke, these assets are now being taken seriously with a growing market. With a growing daily trading volume of $3.61 billion, the sector is attracting massive capital. In this best meme coins guide, we analyze some of the top meme tokens with the potential for quick profits in July 2021. 1. Dogecoin (DOGE) Dogecoin is the forerunner of meme coins and has earned a spot in the top

Bitcoin Touches $12,000 While Gold Continues Its Rally

Of the many things that happened over the weekend, perhaps the most significant was the announcement from Warren Buffett that he’s now investing in gold and gold-related assets. They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, and this is a huge shift in investment principals for the Oracle of Omaha. Long contending that gold is not a worthwhile asset to invest in, Warren is now very abruptly seeing the appeal. Why? … You know why. This is about money printing. The printer is working overtime, and this is

Stocks Correct While Digital Assets Stay Firm And a New DeFi Project Get Mashed

Finally, the new-age tech investing has become delicious with the latest buzzword project, called Yam Finance. This particular protocol, which first entered the idea phase on August 1 and whose developers released the first implementation of their product on Tuesday, managed to rack up hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of investments, before crashing out in a blaze of social media-hosted meme-economy glory last night. No duh, the coding was rushed and unaudited. It was bound to have flaws. In many cases finding a bug in your software is a

FAANG stocks And Digital Assets Are Flying

Which would you prefer, a large pizza split into eight slices, or a large pizza split into 12 slices? A normal, rational person might suggest that it really doesn’t make much of a difference, as it’s really the same amount of pizza. This poor Australian girl, however, will probably never live down the time her “friend” Brad filmed her saying that she’d prefer eight slices, because she couldn’t possibly eat 12 slices of Pizza. Well, today Jen can finally point out that the eternity of new-wave momentum traders are giving

Surging Interest in ‘Yam’ Yield Farming — But Is It Too risky?

The latest craze in the DeFi sector is a new yield farming protocol called Yam which promises ‘equal opportunity’ staking with no premine, no founder shares, and a zero value token at launch.The experimental Yam Protocol is the talk of Crypto Twitter right now — with many excited about the big potential returns, while others worry about the risks. The recently launched project offers an elastic supply token, similar to Ampleforth, that can expand and contract depending on market conditions, with the aim of seeking eventual price stability and a peg

Dogecoin (DOGE) is now being used by crypto hackers after TikTok boom

Dogecoin’s usecases have seemingly evolved over time. The meme coin was initially created as a joke in 2014, turned into one of the hottest cryptocurrencies in 2015, became Elon Musk’s favorite in 2018, and was part of a TikTok challenge in 2020.But things have taken a darker turn for the currency; hackers are now utilizing the token to control crypto mining botnets, security firm Intezer Labs said in a report this week.Such DOGE, much hackIntezer Labs, a New York-based malware analysis and detection firm, found out hackers using the infamous