Is Robinhood reliant on Dogecoin? IPO filing higlights risks

2021-7-3 17:28

Robinhood’s IPO filing is one of the most anticipated events of this summer on the financial markets, which it would have been even without the revelation that the broker was dependent on Dogecoin (DOGE/USD). The meme asset is considered a specific “risk factor” for potential investors in the IPO filing, MarketWatch writes. The platform will trade under the ticker “HOOD” on Nasdaq.

Robinhood’s crypto business is flourishing, but there is a catch

Despite being a new business for the broker, 17% of the platform’s revenue in the first quarter of 2021 came from crypto, according to the IPO filing. By contrast, this figure stood at just 4% in the last quarter of 2020. While this sounds impressive and may give the impression of sustainable growth, Robinhood said 34% of its entire cryptocurrency transaction-based revenue was derived from Dogecoin.

Dogecoin rose by over 5,000% after Twitter mentions by Elon Musk and other prominent people, becoming one of the liveliest digital assets. As such, the one coin alone was worthy enough for Robinhood to caution its potential IPO investors that its cryptocurrency growth “may slow or decline” under four scenarios, including: 1) the markets for Dogecoin deteriorates, 2) the price of Dogecoin falls, 3) a growing negative perception of Dogecoin, and 4) rival cryptocurrency platforms begin offering access to trade Dogecoin.

DOGE mentioned 10 times

In total, Dogecoin was mentioned 10 times in Robinhood’s IPO filing, which may signal the company’s reliance on a stable DOGE price for its growth. Put in context, Bitcoin (BTC/USD) was mentioned 21 times, Ethereum (ETC/USD) 14 times, and Litecoin (LTC/USD) once. In fact, coins that are more valuable than Dogecoin, like Cardano, (ADA/USD) were not even mentioned.

Is Robinhood’s reliance on just one coin bad for its business? According to at least one expert, it could be. Hugh Tallents, a senior partner at boutique business consulting firm cg42, told MarketWatch:

With dogecoin and some of the other outlandish [memes], it is just a videogame that will end up with a lot of people that will get financially hurt and Robinhood will be at the crosshairs of enabling that.

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