Vlad Tenev Wants to Tokenize SpaceX & OpenAI on Robinhood
Bankless31 Mar 2025

Vlad Tenev Wants to Tokenize SpaceX & OpenAI on Robinhood

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.


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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


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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/

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