Robinhood crypto trading volume jumps 61% in August

Robinhood has reported a 61% monthly rise in notional crypto trading volume to $17.5 billion in August, led by activity on its Bitstamp exchange. Summary Crypto trading volume rose from $10.9 billion in July to $17.5 billion in August. Bitstamp processed $10.1 billion, exceeding the $7.4 billion handled through Robinhood’s app. Event contract activity reached 4.7 billion trades, about 15 times its August 2025 level. Total platform assets increased 26% from a year earlier to $384 billion. Robinhood’s August operating data, released Thursday, showed that crypto activity recovered from a quiet July but remained below the level recorded a year earlier. Robinhood crypto volume rebounds from July slowdown At $17.5 billion, August crypto trading volume increased by $6.6 billion from the previous month’s $10.9 billion. Robinhood defines notional volume as the total dollar value of crypto assets bought and sold across its platforms. Compared with August 2025, however, trading activity fell 38% from $28.1 billion. The figures show that the monthly recovery has not returned crypto turnover to last year’s level. Bitstamp accounted for most of the August total, processing $10.1 billion. Activit...