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Robinhood Robinhood just made its testnet available for developers to start experimenting. We spoke with the fintech’s Crypto General Manager Johann Kerbrat ahead of the launch: “Our vision is not just to have one or two products there, but to have the entire Robinhood infrastructure to be slowly replaced...

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