rewrite this title Robinhood Acquires WonderFi, Growing its Canadian Presence – Finovate

Robinhood has announced plans to acquire Canada-based decentralized trading platform WonderFi.

The all-cash deal is expected to close for $179 million.

The acquisition will help Robinhood move into the Canadian market.

Digital stock brokerage app Robinhood plans to acquire decentralized trading platform WonderFi in an all-cash deal totaling $178.56 million (CA$250 million). The deal is expected to close in the second half of this year.

WonderFi was founded in 2021 to help democratize access to digital assets. The company, which operates regulated cryptocurrency trading platforms Bitbuy and Coinsquare, serves both novice and experienced investors. Among WonderFi’s services are crypto trading and staking, investor education, and over-the-counter transactions. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, WonderFi processed over $2.56 billion (C$3.57 billion) in crypto trading volumes last year, a 28% increase over the volume it processed in 2023.

“Through a long and focused effort, WonderFi successfully built one of Canada’s largest registered Crypto-Trading platforms,” said WonderFi Executive Chairman Bobby Halpern. “This transaction is the culmination of those efforts and the launchpad for Robinhood to democratize finance across Canada. The arrangement provides WonderFi shareholders with all-cash consideration at an attractive premium to our recent trading levels.”

Robinhood will acquire all WonderFi shares for $0.25 (C$0.36) per share. The purchase price represents a premium of approximately 41% to the closing price of the common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange on May 12, 2025, and approximately a 71% premium to the 30-day volume-weighted average trading price.

California-based Robinhood launched its commission-free, mobile-first trading platform in 2013 to attract the newest generation of investors. The company’s app enables users to trade stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies, and also offers wealth management, retirement accounts, and banking services. Robinhood serves more than 25 million customers with $193 billion in assets under custody.

Robinhood will leverage WonderFi to accelerate its international expansion, providing it with access to WonderFi’s over 1.6 million registered Canadian users and more than $717 million (C$1 billion) in assets under custody. While Robinhood does not serve any Canadian customers, today’s acquisition will allow it to leverage WonderFi’s infrastructure, licensing, and experience navigating the Canadian regulatory environment.

“WonderFi and Robinhood are united in our visions of making crypto accessible and bringing more people into the crypto space,” said WonderFi President and CEO Dean Skurka. “We’re delighted to be joining the Robinhood team and to super-charge our product offerings for customers.”

Today’s acquisition isn’t Robinhood’s first move into international markets. The company officially launched its trading platform in the UK on November 30, 2023 and doubled-down on its operations in the region after purchasing European exchange Bitstamp for $200 million in June of 2024.

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