Robinhood, Q3 virtual asset trading revenue surges 300%…drives strong results

Source
Suehyeon Lee

Summary

  • Robinhood said that its Q3 virtual asset trading revenue jumped more than 300% year-over-year to $268 million.
  • Total transaction-based revenue rose 129% to $730 million, which it said was mainly driven by the increase in virtual asset trading revenue.
  • Robinhood's total revenue and earnings per share beat market expectations, and it said it added new business lines for business diversification.
Photo=gguy / Shutterstock
Photo=gguy / Shutterstock

Robinhood recorded strong results thanks to a surge in third-quarter virtual asset trading revenue.

On the 6th (local time), The Block reported that Robinhood said in its quarterly report that "transaction-based revenue was $730 million, up 129% year-over-year." The company explained that this growth was "mainly driven by an increase in virtual asset (cryptocurrency) trading revenue."

Third-quarter virtual asset (cryptocurrency) segment revenue was $268 million, up more than 300% year-over-year. Options trading revenue rose 50% to $304 million, and stock trading revenue increased 132% to $86 million.

Regarding this, Jason Warnick (CFO) said, "We continued solid revenue growth in Q3," adding, "We strengthened business diversification by adding new business lines that generate more than $100 million in annual revenue through the acquisition of Prediction Markets and Bitstamp."

Meanwhile, according to CNBC estimates, Robinhood's total revenue was $1.27 billion, surpassing the expected $1.19 billion. Earnings per share were $0.61, beating the expected $0.53.

publisher img

Suehyeon Lee

shlee@bloomingbit.ioI'm reporter Suehyeon Lee, your Web3 Moderator.
What did you think of the article you just read?