: Robinhood buys back shares from the U.S. Marshal Service, originally owned by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried

Shares of Robinhood Markets Inc. HOOD galloped 2.6% higher Friday, after the trading app disclosed that it bought back 55.3 million of its shares from the U.S. Marshal Service. The company said it paid $605.7 million for the shares, which represents 6.1% of the company’s market capitalization of $9.93 billion at Thursday’s close. The shares were originally acquired through Emergent Fidelity Technologies Ltd. by Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX that collapsed last year. The shares were seized and transferred to the custody of the U.S. Robinhood’s stock has rallied 20.7% over the past three months through Thursday, while the S&P 500 SPX has gained 6.8%.

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