Buying and merchandising app Robinhood has introduced that its customers will be capable to present family and friends crypto over the vacation season.

In a Thursday announcement, Robinhood mentioned its customers — except these in Hawaii and Nevada — power ship as little as $1 in Bitcoin (BTC) or six different cryptocurrencies with a personal digital card beginning on Dec. 22. To make a point the crypto is just not misplaced by a recipient unwilling or unable to make use of it, the buying and merchandising app has arrange a 14-day windowpane to simply accept the present, at which level the consumer won't be charged.


Robinhood Allows US Customers To Present Crypto For The Vacations
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Robinhood Allows US Customers To Present Crypto For The Vacations

"Crypto gifting is an effective way for our prospects to assist take away the emotional and business roadblock of their family and friends taking their opening come in crypto," Robinhood Crypto COO and Lead Christine Brown advised Cointelegraph. "It is commonly a straightforward and quick present for these which are already crypto followers."

Robinhood's providing is much like these presently provided by Block, antecedently Sq., on with PayPal and Coinbase. It's unclear if the buying and merchandising app intends to make the crypto present giving characteristic out there after the vacations. 

Cointelegraph according on Dec. 7 {that a} research by

lending agency

BlockFi confirmed

many Individuals can be prepared to simply accept cryptocurrencies together with BTC, Ether (ETH), and Dogecoin (DOGE) as presents this vacation season. Nevertheless, the identical survey disclosed that just about all of respondents didn't have the abilities to switch crypto.

With greater than 22 million customers, Robinhood is presently examination its digital

pockets characteristic

expected to launch for all prospects in early 2022. Since going public on the Nasdaq in July, the share value of Robinhood (HOOD) has steady declined from an all-time excessive of $70.39 on Aug. 4 to $18.16 on the time of publication, a drop of roughly 74%.