Robinhood gifts users Bitcoin and Dogecoin in ‘Hood Holidays’ promo - Coinfea

Coinfea · 2025-12-28T15:25:59+00:00

Robinhood's Hood Holidays promo offered $1.25 million in cryptocurrency prizes, but technical issues frustrated users. Meanwhile, Robinhood's stock has struggled, falling more than the major indexes, despite optimistic earnings projections.

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2025-12-28 15:25:59

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Robinhood gave its users freebies in its Hood Holidays promo. The platform gave $500,000 worth of Dogecoin to its users on the first day of the promo, before following it up with $750,000 in Bitcoin on the second day of its new festive countdown.

However, not all users got the prizes as the window turned into a disaster for some, specifically for those who showed up early. The Robinhood app crashed or froze, while some reportedly got stuck on a blank screen. Others were told they “missed the rewards” even though they were already in. And this happened during the one moment users were supposed to claim their prizes, according to multiple posts on X by users.

Robinhood shocks Wall Street with stock performance in 2025

Along with DOGE, Robinhood added luxury items to the mix. People could also win Rolex watches and Apple AirPods, turning what was supposed to be a crypto giveaway into a flex-off.

Away from the giveaways, Robinhood’s stock (HOOD) isn’t feeling festive. It closed at $118.13, down 1.92% from the previous day. That drop was worse than the S&P 500’s dip of just 0.03%. The Dow fell by 0.04%, and the Nasdaq slid 0.09%. Robinhood lost more ground than all of them.

In the past month, HOOD has dropped 6.05%, even as the finance sector gained 4.37% and the S&P 500 rose 2.57%. But earnings are coming up. Robinhood is expected to report Q4 2025 EPS of $0.57, which would be 5.56% higher than the same quarter last year. Revenue estimates sit at $1.29 billion, up 27.08% year-over-year. However, some analysts remain optimistic.

Brian Bedell at Deutsche Bank still has a buy rating and just bumped the target price from $150 to $160. TipRanks says Bedell has a 61.8% success rate and an average return of 19.4% over the past year. Meanwhile, financial analyst Carter Worth thinks Robinhood is in a “bullish-to-bearish” reversal, and could drop to around $100. Carter points out its weak performance compared to the S&P 500, and warns that the uptrend since April’s low is breaking. HOOD hit $29.66 back in April, then exploded to $153.86 in October, a 419% rally in just six months.

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