On September 22, Robinhood fell 3.08% in pre-market trading to $119.61/share, with turnover of approximately $9.61 million. The decline came amid a convergence of company-specific insider selling pressure and broad-based weakness across cryptocurrency-linked equities.
According to a Form 144 filing, Robinhood director and CEO Vladimir Tenev plans to sell 259,166 shares of common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, valued at approximately $31.05 million. This follows an earlier disclosure that CFO Shiv Verma sold 11,472 shares at $110.42 per share on September 15, totaling roughly $1.27 million. The back-to-back insider dispositions have weighed on sentiment.
Simultaneously, crypto-linked stocks declined broadly in pre-market trading, with Circle down over 3%, and Strategy, Coinbase, and MARA Holdings each falling more than 2%. The sector continues to digest the U.S. Senate's rejection of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on September 15, which fell short of the 60-vote threshold needed for advancement. Options market activity has also turned defensive, with a $3.05 million deep in-the-money put purchase signaling cautious positioning among institutional traders.
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