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Robinhood Engineers Face Up to 30 Years Over Alleged $50,000 Hyperliquid Trading Profits
Published 9 hours ago
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Two Robinhood engineers have been charged by US federal prosecutors with allegedly using confidential information about upcoming crypto token listings to make more than $50,000 each through Hyperliquid perpetual futures. The case involves alleged trades linked to tokens including RENDER, HYPE, and POPCAT, and could test how federal commodities and wire fraud laws apply when confidential corporate information is used on decentralized crypto derivatives platforms.