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Move over confetti ... Robinhood's iconic animation when users make their first trade (or reach other investment milestones) is getting the boot. 

Why it matters: Lawmakers have critiqued the use of confetti as "gamification" — an incentive or reward for customers to keep trading.

As the trading app prepares to go public, it wants to shed emblems of its past.

New designs — floating 3D shapes — will replace the celebratory graphic.

Robinhood gives its confetti the boot

Lawmakers have critiqued the use of confetti as "gamification."

Illustration of confetti falling into a trash can full of confetti. 

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After a record economic expansion, the coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy into a recession as unemployment soared to staggering heights. The country now faces urgent questions about how much stimulus is needed for reeling consumers and businesses, and what a recovery might look like.

Robinhood gives its confetti the boot

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