Robinhood’s plan to go public this summer season is dealing with delays as federal regulators scrutinize its rising cryptocurrency enterprise, Bloomberg studies.

Several folks accustomed to the matter advised the outlet on Thursday that Robinhood has been locked in a back-and-forth with the Securities and Exchange Commission in latest weeks. SEC officers have been asking the inventory buying and selling app maker about its recent push into cryptocurrency, one of many sources stated beneath the situation of anonymity in keeping with Bloomberg.

Robinhood had initially focused June for its IPO after initially submitting in March. However, that deadline later shifted to July, Bloomberg reported earlier this month, and these new regulatory hurdles may push it again even additional, probably into the autumn. Robinhood plans to disclose its financials as quickly as doable and to go public as quickly the SEC finishes its evaluation, the outlet’s sources stated. A spokesperson for Robinhood declined to remark.

In 2018, Robinhood rolled out its Crypto unit for customers to commerce digital currencies resembling bitcoin and ethereum. As cryptocurrencies turn into more and more extra mainstream, Robinhood has established itself as an entry level for brand new traders seeking to dip their toes within the notoriously risky market. It provides a wider choice than rivals resembling PayPal, together with the joke forex Dogecoin, a token that began as a meme and has been closely pushed by billionaire Elon Musk.

Some 1.7 million folks traded cryptocurrencies on Robinhood’s app within the final quarter of 2020, a determine that soared to 9.5 million within the first quarter of 2021, the corporate studies. The GameStonks drama earlier this yr prompted a wave of federal scrutiny that apparently Robinhood is nonetheless struggling to shake, with regulators arguing that the location encourages the game-like nature of buying and selling to the detriment of inexperienced retail traders.