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Trump's SEC closes Robinhood crypto investigation with no action

Corporate FavorsCrypto Deregulation

Filed February 2025

★ The Brief

What happened

The SEC closed its investigation into Robinhood's crypto arm in February 2025 with no enforcement action, abandoning a case it had signaled in a May 2024 Wells notice, the agency's formal warning that charges were coming, over tokens traded on the platform.

Who enabled it

Who benefits

Deal or steal?

In May 2024 the SEC warned Robinhood it planned to sue over crypto tokens on its platform. Robinhood then gave $2 million to Trump's inaugural, part of a record $250 million corporate haul; weeks into the new term, the SEC closed the case with no charges.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission closed its investigation into Robinhood's cryptocurrency arm without taking any enforcement action. Robinhood had received a Wells notice in May 2024 indicating the SEC had been planning to bring enforcement action over crypto tokens traded on its platform. The closure occurred in February 2025 under the Trump administration, which has directed the SEC to ease crypto-related regulations, including establishing a crypto task force and rescinding a key accounting guidance.

Actors

Who pushed it · 1

Who initiated, paid, or pushed the action.

  • Securities and Exchange Commission
    Securities and Exchange Commission

    Closed its active investigation into Robinhood's crypto arm without bringing any enforcement action, following a Wells notice issued in May 2024.

Beneficiaries

Who gained · 1

Who stood to gain.

  • Robinhood
    Robinhood

    Had its crypto arm's SEC investigation closed with no enforcement action, eliminating significant legal exposure after receiving a Wells notice in May 2024.

    Robinhood has paid into Trump’s orbit:

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