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Scoop: Trading.TV raises $8M to be Robinhood-Twitch combo (Axios)

The company is tapping into the pandemic's surge of retail trading and social media engagement.

Trading.TV has incentives in place to get to 50% women and people of color in its Beta stage, but currently appears largely male dominated. How it works: Trading.TV aims to be a financial superapp. Fintech Alpaca is set to service the company's stock-trading tech. - Trading.TV was founded with a goal of financial education, and currently runs a stock-trading simulator, allowing users who may be too scared to approach the market to learn with low stakes. - Trading.TV also plans to eventually allow users to buy crypto, NFTs and other products. - In March, Trading.TV plans to allow viewers to buy and sell stocks with a few mouse clicks, directly from a creator's video page.

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