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Trading Platform Robinhood Crashes Amid Dogecoin Frenzy

source-logo  cryptoknowmics.com 05 May 2021 10:43, UTC

Robinhood brokerage platform faced issues with crypto trading amid an outpouring of demand for Dogecoin. Interestingly, this is the second DOGE-related crypto trading outage on Robinhood in a matter of weeks. On April 16th, Robinhood said that enthusiasm for Dogecoin led to “sporadic crypto order failures.” At the time, the company said “These interruptions aren’t acceptable to us.”

Robinhood Crashes Amid Dogecoin Frenzy

Popular investing app Robinhood is once again having issues with processing orders due to the trading frenzy in Dogecoin.

The outage starting around 9:30 AM ET. Later, the trading platform confirmed it had experienced a “partial outage” in crypto trading and that the issues had been resolved as of 11:15 AM ET.

Update: Crypto trading is now fully restored. We know some customers may have experienced intermittent issues earlier. We’ll continue to monitor the situation closely and we’re sorry if you were impacted. Please contact us if you have outstanding issues. https://t.co/adhugIHVGR

— Robinhood Help (@AskRobinhood) May 4, 2021

The outage lasted around one hour that took place as Dogecoin touched new record highs.

This isn’t the first time Robinhood has experienced issues while trading. In January, the platform blocked trading in volatile stocks such as GameStop and AMC during the buying frenzy prompted by Reddit group r/WallStreetBets.

Similarly, just weeks ago in April, Robinhood faced technical issues due to the increased crypto trading volumes during a near 15% sell-off in bitcoin (BTC).

Dogecoin currently ranks as the 4th largest cryptocurrency in market cap with a market capitalization of $88 million. The cryptocurrency last hit an all-time high of $0.686020 and currently trading at $ 0.680291 at the time of writing. 

Gemini Exchanges Lists Dogecoin

With increased platform crashes, Dogecoin now has more trading options.

On May 5, the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange owned by the Winklevoss twins announced support for the meme-based cryptocurrency.

In the announcement release, Tyler Winklevoss, Gemini CEO, said:

“Dogecoin is the people’s money. It’s organic, irreverent, and fun.”

Dogecoin is the people’s money. It’s organic, irreverent, and fun. @Gemini now supports $DOGE. Deposits are open. Trading to follow shortly.https://t.co/sPLhi9wlry

— Tyler Winklevoss (@tyler) May 4, 2021

Gemini joins a growing list of platforms showing support for the meme token from Coinbase to Kraken.

Trading against the U.S. dollar will begin on the platform’s API and active trader applications. Following a successful rollout, Gemini will soon open DOGE trading on its mobile app and website.

Besides the U.S. Dollar, Dogecoin will be tradeable in Gemini against several fiat currency trading pairs such as British Pound, Euro, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar, Hong Kong Dollar, and Singapore Dollar.

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