{"id":40900,"date":"2023-07-26T19:57:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/markets\/crypto\/pro-crypto-robinhood-taps-former-barclays-executive-jordan-sinclair-as-ceo-for-uk-expansion\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T19:57:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:57:35","slug":"pro-crypto-robinhood-taps-former-barclays-executive-jordan-sinclair-as-ceo-for-uk-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=40900","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Crypto Robinhood Taps Former Barclays Executive Jordan Sinclair as CEO for UK Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pro-crypto brokerage firm\u00a0Robinhood\u00a0<\/strong>has appointed former Barclays executive\u00a0Jordan Sinclair<\/strong>\u00a0to spearhead its UK expansion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

On July 18, the\u00a0Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)<\/strong>\u00a0approved Sinclair’s appointment as CEO of Robinhood’s UK entity, according to a\u00a0register maintained by the watchdog.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prior to joining Robinhood, Sinclair served as a managing director at European fintech firm Freetrade for over a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also held positions at Barclays, where he worked as the director of group strategy, and Wells Fargo, where he worked as a corporate banker.<\/p>\n

The appointment of Sinclair aligns with\u00a0Robinhood’s long-standing plans\u00a0to establish a presence in the United Kingdom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rumors of the company’s expansion into the UK first surfaced in early 2019, but the launch has faced numerous delays.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In April 2022, Robinhood made progress toward its UK expansion by announcing its intention to\u00a0acquire British crypto firm Ziglu.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, the deal eventually fell through, leading to further delays.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recent local reports suggested that Robinhood had begun the process of hiring key executives for its UK operations, indicating that the company is actively working towards its planned launch by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, details regarding Robinhood’s UK launch plans remain scarce, including specifics on how the company will compete with Sinclair’s former employer, Barclays, and established investment firms like AJ Bell and Hargreaves Lansdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Robinhood, founded in 2013, experienced a surge in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic as customers sought alternative investment opportunities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This led to a trading frenzy in “meme stocks” and contributed to the company’s current market valuation of approximately $11.5 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite its success, Robinhood’s shares have faced significant fluctuations since its listing in 2021, currently valued at only a third of its initial listing price.<\/p>\n

Robinhood Delists Some Cryptocurrencies Amid SEC Crackdown<\/h2>\n

Last month,\u00a0Robinhood delisted\u00a0Solana (SOL)<\/strong>,\u00a0Cardano (ADA)<\/strong>, and\u00a0Polygon (MATIC)<\/strong>\u00a0after the SEC said those three were securities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At present, Robinhood offers users access to a relatively limited list of 18 different tokens, compared with hundreds available through competitors like Coinbase.<\/p>\n

Robinhood initially began offering trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum to users in California, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Montana in February 2018.<\/p>\n

The brokerage firm has since expanded its crypto offerings considerably, even jumping on the meme coin craze with the listing of Dogecoin and Shiba Inu.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the first quarter of the year, Robinhood made $38 million in crypto trading revenue, down 29.6% from $54 million in Q1 2022.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Robinhood is not the only platform that has decided to stop offering some cryptocurrencies in the US.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month,\u00a0Revolut<\/strong>, a prominent UK-based fintech app,\u00a0announced that it will halt\u00a0the offering of Cardano, Polygon, and Solana tokens for customers in the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Likewise,\u00a0eToro<\/strong>, an Israel-based social-trading platform,\u00a0restricted US users\u00a0from opening new positions in various crypto tokens, including Algorand, Decentraland, Dash, and Polygon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pro-crypto brokerage firm\u00a0Robinhood\u00a0has appointed former Barclays executive\u00a0Jordan Sinclair\u00a0to spearhead its UK expansion.\u00a0\u00a0 On July 18, the\u00a0Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)\u00a0approved Sinclair’s appointment as CEO of Robinhood’s UK entity, according to a\u00a0register maintained by the watchdog.\u00a0 Prior to joining Robinhood, Sinclair served as a managing director at European fintech firm Freetrade for over a year.\u00a0 He also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-40900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\nPro-Crypto Robinhood Taps Former Barclays Executive Jordan Sinclair as CEO for UK Expansion | iFintechWorld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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