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How Jump helped US Robinhood users trade offshore at FTX

Michael Lewis’ new book Going Infinite revealed that Jump Trading is one of the largest losers in the FTX collapse, apparently giving up almost $300 million. Among the Jump-related entities mentioned is Tai Mo Shan Limited, which used to be one of Robinhood ’s largest market makers. In the second quarter of 2021, 29% of its total revenue came from transactions with Tai Mo Shan.  In its role at Robinhood , Tai Mo Shan was one of the market makers responsible for fulfilling user Crypto currency trades. Robinhood would direct user orders to Jump Trading , which would then supply the required Crypto currency or money, and Coinbase Custody was responsible for providing custody services to Robinhood . Tai Mo Shan, as well as Jump, was deeply entangled with FTX, losing hundreds of millions of dollars in the collapse of the exchange .  The relationship between Jump and Robinhood appears to have ended in 2022.  Jump Crypto forced to save Solana with $320M bailout of its own comp...

Robinhood subpoenaed by SEC over crypto listings and custody

The firm said it received an investigative subpoena in December regarding its crypto listings, crypto custody and platform operations. Robinhood Markets has confirmed that it had received an investigative subpoena from the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) over its digital asset business' crypto listings , custody and platform operations. In a 10-K filing, the brokerage said it received the investigative subpoena in December shortly after crypto exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy in November, and after "several other major cryptocurrency trading venues and lending platforms earlier in 2022," including Three Arrows Capital, Voyager Digital Holdings and Celsius Network. The investigative subpoena was in relation to its cryptocurrency listings and custody services, which they said came in response to the crypto bankruptcies last year: "In December 2022, following the 2022 Crypto Bankruptcies, we received an investigative subpoena from the SEC regardi...