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Webull, a popular trading app with 28 million global users, saw its shares drop by 18% after reports emerged that the House Select Committee on China had identified significant ties between Webull and the Chinese government, raising national security concerns. The committee’s findings suggest that despite Webull marketing itself as an American company based in Florida, it may be subject to Beijing's laws through its operations abroad. A spokesperson for Webull defended the company, asserting that US customer data is stored domestically and emphasizing transparency with regulators.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
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Webull, a trading app similar to Robinhood with 28 million global users, saw its shares drop by 18% after CNBC reported that the House Select Committee on China found potential links between Webull and the Chinese government. The committee's report alleged that Webull’s data flows “may remain exposed to the Chinese Communist Party’s” demands. In response, Webull defended itself, stating it operates from its global headquarters in St. Petersburg, Florida, and has an office in New York City; US customer data is stored within the United States. The company criticized the committee for publishing a report with "significant inaccuracies" without consulting them first.
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Webull, a digital brokerage platform, is quietly “tied in structural ways” to the Chinese government — representing a national security threat to the nation’s finances, according to reported findings from US lawmakers.
uncertain
Webull → tie → lawmakers
Shares in Webull – a trading app similar to Robinhood that boasts 28 million global users – plummeted 18% after CNBC reported the House Select Committee on China found its data flows “may remain exposed to the Chinese Communist Party’s” demands.
uncertain
flows → boast → demands
In a new report, the committee identified “a profound gap” between Webull marketing itself as “an American company” based in St. Petersburg, Fla., and its actual compliance with Beijing’s laws.
asserted
Webull → identify → laws
A spokesperson for Webull defended the company, claiming it conducts business from its global headquarters in St. Petersburg and operates an office in New York City, adding that US customer data is stored in the US.
“It is deeply disappointing that the Select Committee published a report containing significant inaccuracies and unsupported conclusions without ever seeking clarification from Webull,” the spokesperson told The Post.
asserted
spokesperson → defend → Post
“We remain prepared to address any questions directly and with the same transparency we bring to the SEC, FINRA and regulators worldwide.”
asserted
we → remain → SEC
In 2024, a group of GOP attorneys general launched a probe into the company’s ties to China’s mainland and its ruling Communist Party.
asserted
group → launch → mainland
The committee noted in its reports that its concerns around the company have “escalated” since October 2025, when Webull started carrying customer cash directly – exposing “billions of dollars in American capital,” CNBC reported.
asserted
CNBC → note → capital
Webull – which holds $24.6 billion in customer assets – was founded by Wang Anquan, a top exec from China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba, in 2016.
asserted
which → hold → 2016
The upstart competes with digital investment platforms like Robinhood and Charles Schwab, allowing them to trade stocks, exchange-traded funds, options, futures and digital assets.
But its “critical backend systems, personnel and data flows may remain exposed to the Chinese Communist Party’s mandatory intelligence laws and coercive demands,” the committee wrote in its report.
uncertain
committee → compete → report
Webull Corp. is a Cayman Islands-incorporated holding company.
asserted
Corp. → incorporate → ?
The committee’s report noted that Webull has a US holding company known as Webull Holdings (US) Inc. – but it also runs a technology branch based in Singapore and a subsidiary based in mainland China, according to CNBC.
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it → note → CNBC
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