Robinhood CEO, Reddit Co-Founder & Others Testify on GameStop Stock Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, Reddit Co-Founder Steve Huffman and investment firm executives testify before the House Financial Services Committee on GameStop's rapid stock price increase and Robinhood's decision to halt buying these stocks on its platform.

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    4:28 PM EST

    GameStop Hearing, Part 1

    Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and investment firm executives testified before the House Financial Services Committee on GameStop’s rapid stock price increase and Robinhood’s decision to halt customers buying these stocks on the platform. In his opening testimony, Mr. Tenev told lawmakers Robinhood imposed temporary trading restrictions to meet increased regulatory deposit requirements. “We don’t answer to hedge funds. We serve the millions of small investors who use our platform every day to invest,” said Mr. Tenev. Other witnesses included Reddit c…

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    2:23 PM EST

    GameStop Hearing, Part 2

    Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and investment firm executives testified before the House Financial Services Committee on GameStop’s rapid stock price increase and Robinhood’s decision to halt customers buying these stocks on the platform. Other witnesses included Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman, Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin, Melvin Capital Management CEO Gabriel Plotkin and GameStop investor Keith Gill. Mr. Griffin told committee members that his company had no role in Robinhood’s decision to limit trading on GameStop or other securities. Lawmakers' q…