Robinhood’s margin book hits record $21.6 billion, up 127% year over year
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Robinhood’s margin book reached a record $21.6 billion, and one piece says the balance was still near that level at $21.5 billion on Aug. 31. Both items place the increase in 2025 reporting and describe the balance as far above the prior year.
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What changed in practice is that the reported margin balance moved to a new high and stayed near that level through Aug. 31, while the later figure is shown alongside a 72% annual increase. What does not change in the text is the basic function of margin lending itself: the items only give balance figures and do not describe any change to how accounts work.
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