Robinhood Testing Crypto-Wallet Feature in App: Report
New features may also enable cryptocurrency transfers
Sep 23, 2021 at 3:56 p.m. UTC:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/coindesk/7MEMHON7QZFFBDNDW7ZS6KUYFY.jpg)
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev
Josh Fineman is CoinDesk's Senior Wall Street Reporter, covering the intersection of crypto and traditional finance.
Robinhood, the online brokerage app, is testing a crypto wallet and transfers for cryptocurrency for its app, Bloomberg reported, citing a beta version of Robinhood’s iPhone app.
- The software is said to include a hidden image that shows a waitlist page for subscribers signing up for the crypto wallet feature, according to the report.
- A Robinhood spokeswoman declined to comment to Bloomberg and to CoinDesk.
- The potential crypto wallet was discovered by software developer Steve Moser, who also discovered the code in Twitter’s beta about accepting bitcoin for its “Tip Jar” feature.
- Robinhood announced in February it would enable withdrawals and deposits of cryptocurrencies, including dogecoin.
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