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Robinhood, an American financial services company, has kicked off a holiday gifting event that lets users earn free Bitcoin (BTC), Dogecoin (DOGE), and other rewards through daily giveaways. The promotion is expected to run for six days and reward all users who participate in the countdown on the official app.
In the spirit of giving, Robinhood has launched a special holiday promotion offering users free cryptocurrency and other rewards through a countdown event called Hood Holidays. Running from December 26 to 31, the program delivers daily prizes to lucky participants who are on the App’s countdown screen when each Sweepstakes ends.
Related Reading: Bitcoin News: Here’s How Much Was Liquidated In The Crypto Market In 2025The Hood Holiday event is part of Robinhood’s effort to engage all of its users during the holiday season. The promotion spans six days and includes prizes totalling $7 million. Robinhood announced that, excluding Bitcoin and Dogecoin distributions, they will deliver grand prizes such as a trip to Hawaii and smaller awards like AirPods, providing a mix of traditional and digital rewards
Notably, users can claim their rewards by participating in the daily countdown on the App. They must be present on the countdown screen at the specified end time, 8:30 PM ET, to secure their prizes. Eligible participants receive a direct allocation of BTC or DOGE, which is automatically distributed to their Robinhood wallet account after winners are confirmed
Robinhood has revealed that on the first day of the event, eligible users were awarded five grand prizes valued at $17,500, 1,000 first prizes of $129, and $500,000 in Dogecoin. From day two, Gold members gained access to higher-value prizes. They were offered five grand prizes of $17,150, 1,000 first prizes of $275, and $750,000 in BTC shared among the remaining participants. Day three will see $850,000 in Ethereum (ETH) distributed to winners and other gifts
Day four is expected to feature Solana (SOL) rewards and other prizes, while Day five opens again to all users and awards $1 million in XRP to entrants. The final day is reserved for Gold members and includes a grand prize of $164,900, $1.5 million in Bitcoin distributed to participants, and other rewards. Robinhood has stated that prizes will be fulfilled 8-10 weeks after winners are confirmed, and each user is limited to one prize a day
On the first day of Robinhood’s Hood Holidays event, many users reported being unable to access the activity on the application or reveal their gifts. Some participants disclosed experiencing frozen screens, failed loading, app errors, and glitches
Related Reading: XRP Stochastic RSI Just Touched 0.0 For The Second Time In HistoryDue to the severity of the technical problems, Robinhood had taken to X to assure users that the issue would be resolved and that participants from day one would receive their gifts. They revealed that the errors were due to high traffic and that regular updates will be delivered directly to users in the app.
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