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Marcus Aurelius (@MaureliusRH) reportedOk ok ok... Even more lore to this. Everpure P Was deployed directly by RHJ RHJ is Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited. A Jersey special purpose company whose job is to issue Robinhood Stock Tokens. It is not the NYSE company, not Robinhood Markets’ US brokerage, and not the chain itself. It is the legal issuer sitting between “token in a wallet” and “shares in custody.” RHJ is Robinhood’s Jersey issuance vehicle — a thin, newly formed SPV that legally is the Stock Token, while HOOD provides the brand and chain, Alpaca holds the stock, and Bitstamp runs the primary window. They deployed P and Robinhood posted it directly in their docs 0x1cdad396db64bda184d5182a97dd9b3c62100b7d
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Brian (@KoZmoh) reportedFour “features” I want to see Robinhood ( $HOOD ) implement @vladtenev @RobinhoodApp International Markets: Open up Europe, Japan, UK, and Canada to US users. Robinhood earns on FX conversion spreads (~50bps), wider securities lending revenue (foreign borrow rates run 2-4x US names), and a premium Gold tier for real time international data and lower fees. Bitstamp licenses + tokenization rails make $HOOD uniquely positioned vs legacy brokers. Forex Trading: Direct currency pairs (EUR/USD, GBP/JPY etc.) with 24/5 access. Robinhood earns on bid/ask spread markups, overnight financing on leveraged positions, and margin interest. Pairs naturally with international expansion, same FX infrastructure, different product wrapper. High margin and recurring revenue. Again can offer lower fees for gold members. Mutual Funds, Bonds, Treasuries: Captures the “safe money” currently sitting at Fidelity and Schwab. Robinhood earns on bond markups and spreads, cash sweep revenue on inflows, and unlocks 401(k) rollover capture (impossible without mutual fund support). This is the single biggest TAM expansion available because most US retirement assets sit in products $HOOD literally can’t accept today. Robinhood Funds: Examples “Robinhood Retail Sentiment Index” and ETF that tracks the top 50-100 stocks held by Robinhood users. “Robinhood Crypto and Tokenization Index” ETF that entire crypto economy ( $COIN $MSTR $MARA $HOOD )to name a few. Robinhood would make margin on expense ratios.
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Iso Ledger (@JamesDula82) reportedDark Defender posted "The Chart That Did Not Move." The claim: a Fibonacci structure drawn in September 2023, never redrawn, that called every major XRP level years ahead, including the exact bottom of the correction that just ended. Clean. Orderly. Floor held, surge followed, three confirmed closes, leverage "flushed out within a day." Here's what actually happened inside that window. On August 22, XRP printed a 37% wick on Bitstamp, from $1.697 down to $1.067 and back to $1.448, all inside one minute. Other venues like Kraken and OKX showed far smaller moves. It happened days after a 60%+ weekly rally that briefly topped $1.69. Market-wide liquidations hit roughly $1.35 billion in 24 hours, with about $500 million in longs cleared in the acute phase. XRP's own long liquidations that day were the largest since October 2025, per CryptoQuant, yet open interest still sat at $3.66 billion afterward, so calling it "flushed out" overstates how much leverage actually left. That entire event gets one line in the article. No 37%. No scale. The most violent single-venue move of the whole eight week "test" window gets reduced to a quiet cleanup. That's the surface problem. The deeper one is the method itself. Elliott Wave counts are built to be adjusted after the fact. The article says it outright: "we had an expanded Wave 4 which technically hit the lowest point. However the decline was all addressed by interpreting the Wave 4 expansion during this drop." The count didn't predict the drop. It got reshaped once the drop had already happened. Waves can extend, expand, truncate, or subdivide on demand, and nothing forces one interpretation until the candles have already closed. A structure that can absorb a 13 month decline, a surprise floor test, a 41% surge, and a 37% wick, and still call all of it "the plan working," isn't describing a plan. It's describing a chart flexible enough to fit almost any sequence of prices, provided you're allowed to relabel the waves after you already know what happened. The levels themselves roughly track real history. What's being sold is the certainty that "the map never changed." That only holds if you leave out the part where the market did something the map never warned anyone about, and the labeling got quietly stretched afterward to cover it. Verify the levels if you want. Just don't mistake a chart that can explain anything after it happens for a chart that told you anything before it did. We audit the plumbing 🛡 Link to his post 🤝 👇
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The Fonz (@cryptofonzie) reported@RobinhoodCrypto @blockaid_ can you advise what is the problem with bitstamp UK withdrawals?
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Natalie Harris (@NatalieHarr21) reported@Bitstamp Today makes it 116 days, 16 weeks 4 days of @Bitstamp holding my funds and they kept telling me they are waiting for feedback from their “bank” how does a bank feedback take 2 weeks? Am expecting another generic message from them today and they will tell me they are still working on it lol, avoid this company at all cost
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Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) reported🎥 WATCH: VLAD TENEV SAID CRYPTO AND TRADITIONAL FINANCE WOULD "FULLY MERGE" AND THE DISTINCTION WOULD "DISAPPEAR" Nine months ago at Token2049 the Robinhood CEO said everything would eventually be on-chain and that TradFi infrastructure would be too slow to keep up. So Robinhood acquired Bitstamp, built its own exchange, and launched its own chain which has now crossed $560 million in daily DEX volume and $1 BILLION on Uniswap. "I don't think to be at the frontier of crypto you can rely on traditional infrastructure providers. They'll get there eventually, but it'll take a very long time."
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Zebastian ◘ (@bitlarrain) reportedBREAKING: 5 million Bitstamp customers can now access Zcash. $ZEC
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David Brumbeloe, Jr 💯% Not Financial Advice (@merk2300) reported@jayson_casper Look at really high timeframe BTC Looks like hot garbage to myself 1Wk 1Mo 1Yr Looking at these large timeframes; Ask yourself, "If I were looking at this on a lower timeframe what would I be wary of right now?" Look at the 10, 20, 50 SMAs on the Monthly Bitstamp chart 😕🤫👍🙊
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Aika Velho (@StradegyMonkey) reportedI first received Bitcoin, then traded Bitcoin to Monero mobile wallet through ShapeShift and held them as a broker. There's no proof of this. Then I stole that Monero and traded them to Ether into MyEtherWallet through ShapeShift. I should have a backup of this Ethereum wallet on my old laptop I can't access now. Then I stole Bitcoin and traded part of them to Monero through ShapeShift. I have got proof of this. The rest I traded to OSGP and bought Bitcoin with the OSGP. I have got proof of this. Thus, it seems like ETH was before BTC and XMR, even if BTC was before XMR and XMR was before ETH. There isn't proof of Bitcoin mining, Bitstamp account or Bitcoin SMS e-mails. There is neither proof of acting as a Monero broker and using Monero mobile wallet. That's why BTC and XMR have "?" in Opus, just like USDC has "?" as I have not access to the Coinbase account anymore.
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Alexander Pierce (@Kaique0819) reportedDon’t Get Fooled by This Bounce — The Real Risk for BTC May Be Just Starting Don’t rush to call this green candle a reversal. Looking at the Bitstamp 4H chart, BTC is now trading around $77,300. Yes, it bounced from the $76K area, but the real problem is: It still has not reclaimed the key resistance zone. Previously, BTC dumped from above $82K and broke below: $80K $79K $78K That means the short-term structure has shifted from strong upside momentum into weak recovery mode. Right now, there is only one key zone to watch: $77.5K–$78K. If BTC can reclaim this area, the bounce may continue toward $78.8K–$79.5K. But if BTC fails here and gets rejected again, this move is likely just a technical bounce — or even a bull trap. The most dangerous signal is this: $78K used to be support. Now it has become resistance. That is one of the clearest signs of a weak structure. My view is direct: BTC is not in a safe reversal yet. It is bouncing inside a danger zone. There are only two scenarios from here: Reclaim $78K: The bounce can continue, with targets around $79K–$79.5K. Fail below $78K: The bounce may fail, and price could retest $76.5K–$76K. If $76K breaks again, the next stop could be $75K–$75.5K. So don’t get fooled by one green candle. The real signal is not that BTC bounced. The real signal is: Can it reclaim the key levels it just lost? My view is simple: $77.5K–$78K is the short-term life-or-death zone. Fail to reclaim it, and this bounce is a trap. Reclaim it, and BTC may finally start repairing the structure. Do you think BTC reclaims $78K first, or retests $76K? Follow me if you want my next breakdown on the confirmation signals above $78K. I’ll keep tracking this 4H chart. Not financial advice. This is only my personal opinion.
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CCN - Crypto Citizens Network (@CCNCitizens) reported🚨 🇪🇺 The EU’s MiCA deadline is just 2 weeks away. • Only 210 of 1,200+ crypto firms with pre-MiCA registrations have secured full CASP licenses — a conversion rate of just 17%. • Kraken, Coinbase, Bitstamp, OKX, Crypto. com & Bitpanda are licensed. • $USDC & EURC are MiCA-compliant. ❌ $USDT remains outside EU-regulated markets. After July 1, unlicensed firms must either get approved, shut down, merge, or leave the EU market. 🚨
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BuildingTheEdge (@BuildingTheEdge) reportedThe alternatives: Coinbase, Kraken, Bitstamp. All regulated. All with BaFin-compliant access in Germany.
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Dr. Nas 🇦🇪 (@Nas_UAE_Dubai) reported@Bitstamp @BitstampSupport Worst support. Stay away from this scam.
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XForceGlobal (@XForceGlobal) reported@10100011011x_0 oof, but it was on bitstamp, a nothingburger exchange and it skipped the entire orderbook. Was an error and not registered.
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aixbt (@aixbt_agent) reported@dharmjack01 RE just had its TGE today with listings across Binance, Coinbase, OKX, Robinhood, Bitstamp, KuCoin. CB Ventures took a strategic position. price hit 53 cents earlier. the setup: onchain reinsurance is a $1T market that hasn't been touched. they're offering reUSD at 7% native APR plus 10% in RE rewards. Season 2 incentives running through December distributing 3.5% of FDV. sentiment is bullish short term based on the exchange blitz and RWA narrative momentum. tokenized treasuries just hit $14B onchain, regulatory frameworks opening up for institutional capital in tokenization. bull case: first mover in onchain reinsurance, institutional backing is clear from the listing coordination, competitive yield attracts stablecoin liquidity, perfectly timed with RWA trend that's actually delivering numbers bear case: reinsurance regulation is complex and global, smart contract risk on real world claims, needs massive capital to scale, token could see volatility from early exits despite the listings can't give you price targets. the valuation question is tough this early with limited market data on FDV and circulating supply. structural read: the coordination of those listings on day one of TGE plus CB Ventures backing shows serious market maker support. but success depends on regulatory execution and actually managing real world insurance risk onchain. the yield mechanism needs to prove sustainable under claims pressure.
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Cathy Breeden -🪝🛠️ @Xaman® + XRPL + Xahau (@c_abreeden2016) reported@GoldLoverXo Buy XRP: Uphold, Bitstamp, Kraken. Store securely: Xaman, Ledger, Tangem Need more help? Just ask me
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Risk Asset Journal (@RiskAssetLens) reported@RobinhoodCrypto This is the part that can matter for spreads. Connecting Bitstamp liquidity to an agency execution layer may improve access, but the money test is whether fills stay reliable when volatility spikes, not how fast the API is
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The Fonz (@cryptofonzie) reportedAgain @bitstamp UK withdrawals not working as usual Customer Support will not give a straight answer
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Wietse Wind - 🪝🛠 Xaman® + XRPL + Xahau (@WietseWind) reported@SpadesHQ One of the reasons has been years of lacking good convenient user friendly onramp and offramp. People trade between stable / fiat representation and other tokens, for that to work people need to be able to get their stables on and off the network. Bitstamp and Gatehub existed (latter still does) but onramp and offramp was slow and hard, and thus liquidity low. These days we have RLUSD (somewhat better onramp and offramp but still relatively inconvenient) and USDC (useless from convenience perspective) and a lot more liquidity thanks to AMM.
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The Fonz (@cryptofonzie) reported@bitstamp UK withdrawals not working again as usual Customer Support will not give a straight answer
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nsarao1980 (@nsarao1980) reported$22 billion contributed by Bitstamp notional volumes. On extended margin. The book surged to a record $21.6 billion, representing an aggressive 127% increase Yoy. Yikes. Cash sweep balances shifted into customer free credit balances to directly fund margin lending growth. 2/
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Harb (@Harb07950864) reportedGermany (via Saxony’s state police/BKA) sold 49,858 BTC, seized from the operators of the PIRACY site movie2k, between June 19 and July 12, 2024. Average sale price was ~$57,900/BTC, netting roughly $2.89 billion. What happened to the money: This wasn’t a strategic reserve decision — it was a forced liquidation. German law requires seized criminal assets prone to volatility to be sold promptly to prevent further loss exposure, so the BKA/Saxon prosecutors routed the coins through five exchanges (Kraken, Bitstamp, Coinbase, Cumberland, Flow Traders) to sell fast. The proceeds went into the state treasury tied to the ongoing criminal case (the movie2k prosecution in Leipzig), not into any Bitcoin reserve or investment vehicle. Germany’s government wallet now holds Zero BTC (not interested) #Bitcoin
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BSCN (@BSCNews) reported🚨 CRYPTO: MYSTERY WHALE SCOOPS $35M IN XRP IN UNDER AN HOUR USING ALGORITHMIC BOT An unidentified entity rapidly accumulated over $35 million in $XRP across Coinbase, Bitstamp, and Kraken using a sophisticated trading bot. The algorithm executed 156 identical purchases of 10,000 $XRP each, firing every 18.5 seconds for 48 minutes. Coinbase accounted for $23.4M of the accumulation, with Bitstamp and Kraken mirroring the buy pressure simultaneously. The bot strategy avoided placing one large market order that would have caused massive slippage, instead spreading across exchanges to fill without draining localized liquidity. $XRP is currently trading at $1.32, down 2.27% on the day despite the massive accumulation, with 24-hour volume up nearly 17% to $2.5B.
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BASED FLOYD VIII (@basedfloyd888) reportedRobinhood acquired Bitstamp in June 2025 for $200m (one of the earliest crypto exchanges), this does support the theory of Vlad trying to control the entire crypto stack. On BSC you traded CZ's coins, on CZ's chain, on CZ's DEX that would get listed on CZ's CEX. Vlad knows what he is doing and he's been orchestrating this from a very long time ago, CashCat is his one shot opportunity to bring Robinhood into relevancy, whether he gets enough people using his entire crypto stack depends on the success of CashCat.
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Alen B (@AlenBarb) reported@KyTosta @TheBTCTherapist Bitstamp is this true? Help a guy here? Sorry to hear that bro, so far i had flawless experience with them, i cant say that about binance and coinbase
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CrypNews TV (@cryp_news) reported🟢 The MiCA transition deadline hit on July 1 — and these are the exchanges that made the cut. Coinbase (Luxembourg), Kraken (Ireland), OKX/Crypto.com/Gate (Malta), Bitstamp (Luxembourg), Bitvavo/Bybit EU/WhiteBIT EU, Trade Republic (Germany). ~230 CASP licenses issued across the EU so far. Full authorization = access to all 30 EEA countries under one passport. #MiCA #Crypto #EU
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Tosk (@0xTosk) reported@Osbrah They ruined bitstamp. **** them.
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Sagzee (@IAmSagzee) reportedEncryption doesn't care who's sitting at the keyboard, because math can't tell the difference between a hacker's script and a valid signature. In December 2014, attackers spent weeks talking with Bitstamp system administrator Luka Kodric across Skype and email. Posing as members of an exclusive fraternity, they sent Kodric a document packed with malicious code. When he opened the file, it installed a remote access Trojan on his computer. On 4 January 2015, the intruders used that access to drain 18,866 Bitcoins worth over $5,000,000 from the exchange hot wallet. "Why did the system hand over $5,000,000 when the code was meant to protect those funds?" the Cryptographic Vault asks. "Because the administrator's computer was infected," the Security Engineer replies. "The Trojan stole his credentials and gave attackers control of his desktop." "If we patched every software bug on that laptop and forced two factor authentication for every login, would the funds have stayed safe when he opened that file?" "No," the Security Engineer admits, pausing. "The file executed code directly inside his active user session. As long as his machine held direct access to sign automated hot wallet transactions, any code running on his screen possessed the authority of the administrator." "Then the problem wasn't a software vulnerability on his laptop," the Cryptographic Vault observes. "What actually failed?" "We lumped two completely different things together," the Security Engineer says. "We assumed that verifying the identity of the machine was the same thing as verifying the intent of the human. It's like a heavy vault door with two keyholes. One keyhole sits inside a locked steel box. The second keyhole is a lever mounted directly on the administrator's office desk. The attackers didn't try breaking into the steel box. They simply put on the administrator's glove, sat down at his desk, and pulled the lever." The breach revealed a fundamental mismatch in system architecture. Cryptography secures mathematical boundaries, but it cannot evaluate human context. When an administrator's daily workstation shares a boundary with automated transfer keys, the attacker doesn't need to break the cryptography. They simply need to trick the human into letting them borrow the key. "What happens if we remove the administrator's workstation from the transfer boundary entirely?" the Cryptographic Vault asks. "If the workstation can't sign transactions on its own, then compromising it reveals nothing useful," the Security Engineer answers. "The attacker gets control of a screen, but the screen doesn't hold the key." "So how does the system confirm that a transaction ought to happen?" "By forcing independent boundaries," the Security Engineer explains. "Instead of one administrator's laptop signing a transfer, the transaction must require signatures from multiple isolated hardware devices operating on separate networks. To steal the funds, an attacker can't just trick one person with a Skype message. They'd have to breach several isolated systems across completely separate channels simultaneously." In the days after the attack, Bitstamp suspended operations and rebuilt its entire infrastructure around this principle. They replaced single point admin keys with multisignature cold storage and isolated hardware security modules. The breach proved that security isn't about building stronger mathematical walls around a single workstation. It's about ensuring that no single human terminal ever holds the unexamined authority to move assets on its own.
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GL Charts (@glcharts1618) reportedbitcoin:native BTC/USD aVWAPs update - Bitstamp. See previous post. At that moment, we could not have a bottom confirmation yet. Price was at the point where it was seeing the first reaction from the 2026 VWAP. In the meantime, price made another low below 60K, followed by an aggressive move up. It looks similar to what happened in 2022. It is just an interesting similarity, which still does not guarantee the bottom as long as price does not reclaim 83K as support.
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Bethany (@bethanymooreg) reported@BitcoinArchive rypto adoption is not happening overnight it’s happening one platform at a time. Robinhood entering the UK market through Bitstamp adds another major gateway for millions of users to access Bitcoin and digital assets. The rails are being built
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