Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev Says Crypto Tokenization Could Secure Dominance of US Stock Market
The chief executive of retail trading giant Robinhood says that the tokenization of traditional assets could secure the dominance of the US equities market. In a new interview on the Bankless YouTube channel, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says that crypto asset tokenization will boost the US stock market the same way stablecoins are helping establish the dominance of the US dollar. “Tokenization of securities, which we’re very excited about, allows you to have ownership in companies… Stablecoins are viewed rightly as an area that could increase demand among individuals overseas as governments become prone to diversifying away from holding treasuries. So in the same way that stablecoin legislation can kind of push forward US dollar dominance, I think tokenized securities can really push forward US company dominance in the global market.” Tenev notes that by tokenzing securities on global blockchains, investors outside the US will be able to invest i...