Vlad Tenev Wants to Tokenize SpaceX & OpenAI on Robinhood
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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev returns to Bankless for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of tokenization, crypto regulation, and Robinhood’s evolving product suite. Vlad lays out a bold vision for bringing tokenized assets like SpaceX and OpenAI equity to retail investors, discusses the role of prediction markets as "truth machines," and introduces Robinhood's latest products: Strategies, Cortex, and Banking. This one’s a big glimpse into where TradFi and DeFi collide. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER https://bankless.cc/Celo 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ----- ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/coin/base:0xa77995768d39c157180262d352f86f39ac1b3fbd?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:54 New Administration 12:19 Tokenization 16:18 Tokenized SpaceX 18:12 An IPO Alternative 23:39 Prediction Markets 25:40 Kalshi 29:58 Future of Prediction Markets 35:58 Robinhood Banking 38:27 Robinhood Cortex 44:08 Robinhood Strategies 49:04 Cash Delivery 52:10 Crypto Listings 54:37 Why Distinct Apps? 56:32 How Bankless is Robinhood? 1:00:42 Closing Thoughts ------ RESOURCES Vlad Tenev https://x.com/vladtenev Robinhood https://robinhood.com/ Washington Post Op-ed https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/28/investing-crypto-tech-robinhood-stock-market/ ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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