That was what I was going to write myself, but apparently I missed this thread for a week and you beat me to it.
If you're looking to buy bitcoin, buy it from a crypto exchange--and Robinhood is not a crypto exchange. I see them as more of a bucket shop for crypto, where you can speculate on the price of bitcoin (and whatever else they offer), but you never actually own the crypto you paid for. You're basically just betting on whether bitcoin is going to go up when you buy it through Robinhood, as I don't think they offer the option to short it.
Robinhood did one awesome thing since they went into business, however: they forced online stock brokers to basically do away with trading fees, which I find amazing. So even though I'm neutral toward them as far as bitcoin goes, I applaud them for disrupting the stock brokerages' fee structures.
Yeah no, I don't want to use Robinhood for crypto, just for normal stock trading.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'overwhelming' but I do know that trading options takes a bit of time to get used to. I've never done it, but I do know that it can get very complex--and personally, I'd rather own a stock outright than just bet on where its price is headed.
Yeah I meant getting into stock market trading precisely, its extremely overwhelming when your 2 brain cells can't decide what to eat for dinner, let alone trade stocks.
TP, would you happen to know the answer for this:
An update to the thread:
Is there any way to withdraw robinhood funds to a paypal or a non US bank account? Please let me know.