Robinhood testing crypto wallet, cryptocurrency transfer features- Bloomberg News

September 20, 2021

(Reuters) – Robinhood Markets Inc is testing new crypto wallet and cryptocurrency transfer features for its app which would allow customers to send and receive digital currencies such as bitcoin, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.

A beta version of its iPhone app showed the company’s work on such features, the report said. (https://bloom.bg/39lepB5)

There was also a hidden image showing a waitlist page for users signing up for a crypto wallet feature, the report added.

Robinhood did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The company’s retail shareholders have long waited for a crypto wallet. A day before the brokerage announced its first quarterly results last month, the top question https://ift.tt/3zv6pb8 on Say, a platform that lets companies crowdsource questions from retail investors, was whether the brokerage was getting such a wallet.

(Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)

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