Robinhood says 9.5 million users traded crypto on its platform in first quarter

FILE PHOTO: The Robinhood App is displayed on a screen in this photo illustration January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Illustration

- Robinhood Markets Inc said on Thursday that 9.5 million users traded cryptocurrency on its platform during the first quarter of 2021, compared with 1.7 million in the previous quarter.

(Reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)