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Less than expected buying power

Buying power is the amount of money you can use for purchases. Unsettled funds from recent sales are temporarily unavailable in your buying power.

After the funds are settled in Robinhood, they'll be added to your buying power. For more details about buying power, check out Settlement and Buying Power and Crypto account funding.

Buying power might also change for other reasons, such as:

Your buying power is limited by what money is available for investing, such as with Instant Deposits or Robinhood Gold. To learn more about why money might be unavailable, check out Why can’t I use my Instant Deposits and Why can’t I use all of my buying power.

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Crypto markets are highly volatile, and trading or holding crypto can lead to loss of your assets. Crypto is not legal tender, and is not backed by any government or covered by any government compensation scheme.

Robinhood Europe, UAB (“RHEU”) (company code: 306377915) is authorized and regulated by the Bank of Lithuania (“BoL”) as a financial brokerage firm and a crypto-asset service provider. RHEU’s registered address is: Mėsinių 5, LT-01133 Vilnius, Lithuania; address for correspondence: Konstitucijos pr, 21A (QUADRUM East), LT-08130, Vilnius, Lithuania. RHEU’s corporate data is collected and stored with the Register of Legal Entities of the Republic of Lithuania.

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