Retail traders buy the dip on chip stocks — but Robinhood gets burned by the crypto market
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Retail is treating AI chips as a research-backed long bet while treating crypto as a trading product—Robinhood’s 55% crypto revenue drop versus resilient chip interest makes that split explicit. If your business rides retail flows, AI hardware and infra exposure may be the more durable theme than speculative tokens.
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