Robinhood Ends Support for All SEC-Named Cryptocurrencies

• Robinhood (HOOD) will end support for Cardano (ADA), Polygon (MATIC) and Solana (SOL) on June 27th.
• These tokens were named as securities in recent SEC lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase.
• After the delisting, Robinhood will offer trading for 15 different crypto currencies, including bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), dogecoin (DOGE) and avalanche (AVAX).

Robinhood to End Support for All Tokens Named in SEC Lawsuit

Robinhood (HOOD), the popular trading platform, will end support for Cardano (ADA), Polygon (MATIC) and Solana (SOL) on June 27th – the three tokens that were named as securities in recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase.

End of Support Deadline

Users are able to continue trading and transfer of the three tokens on the app until the deadline. After support stops on June 27, tokens left in a user’s account will be automatically sold for market value, Robinhood said.

Regular Review Prompts Decision

The decision comes as part of the company’s regular review of cryptocurrencies, Robinhood said. However, those were the only tokens that were listed on the trading platform that were named as securities by the recent SEC lawsuits.

Alternative Crypto Currencies Available

After the delisting, the platform will offer trading for 15 different crypto currencies, including bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), dogecoin(DOGE) and avalanche(AVAX)- all of which were not included in the SEC lawsuit as securities.

Recent Industry Testimony

< p >Robinhood said during a recent industry testimony in U.S. House of Representatives that it tried to register as a special-purpose broker-dealer but was unable to due to certain restrictions imposed by regulators.

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