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Tenev: Tokenization will make private companies, real estate, and art accessible to retail
“The use case that's going to be very powerful even within the US where we actually have decent access through Robinhood and other things to US stocks is illiquid assets that Actually have not been successfully made tradable or accessible to retail like private…”
Tenev: Robinhood intends to tokenize early-stage private startup equity
“My intent would, it would be to go as low as possible.”
Tenev: Robinhood will offer home cash delivery using on-demand logistics
“We're going to solve that problem by combining the logistics of on-demand delivery with all the work that we're doing in finance. And you'll, you'll get cash delivered to your house.”
Vlad Tenev: AI reasoning models will start replacing knowledge workers within years
“And so I think you will see that in the next couple of years, really really start taking off and good products. Have recently become possible with like the latest models that can reason and make better decisions. The models are likely going to get better and b…”
Tenev: The shift toward direct individual retail investing is permanent
“I think it's a permanent shift. I think there's a movement in this country that has started and is continuing to have more of the investing done by individuals directly.”
Tenev: Stock tokens will become the primary non-US access to US assets
“In the same way, I think stock tokens will become the best way to get exposure to US stocks and other assets.”
Tenev: Robinhood will enable 24/7 token trading via Bitstamp and direct DeFi self-custody
“And the second phase is we put these tokens on Bitstamp. Our exchange. And so then you can trade the tokens directly against other cryptos and also dollars. And that needs stage one because we need to have a supply of a significant number of these tokens minte…”
Tenev: Robinhood stablecoin interest products will generate significant revenue
“Well, if we as we get stablecoin out, Crypto will have that as well. You'll be able to earn interest on your stable coins, and that'll be a significant business.”
Tenev: Robinhood's end state includes checking accounts for paychecks
“I do think that the end state of Robinhood involves the current account as well. Like we have to get people's paycheck. It's just easier that way if you can Have everything go through Robin Hood.”
Tenev: Remote work will not rapidly replace in-person collaboration
“Humans have been like building relationships and working together in person for thousands of years, and I don't think that that's gonna go away instantaneously through technology. I think that that's a, it's a pretty high bar to kind of declare that the domina…”
Tenev predicts Robinhood will be global and ubiquitous in America by 2025
“So I think the Robin hood of five years from now will be global. It will be ubiquitous in the U S if we are successful, it'll kind of shatter the taboos that we have around finance and financial services.”
Tenev: Robinhood aims to eliminate all reasons for external bank withdrawals
“So one of the goals we have is remove all reasons why someone would want to move their money out to an external bank account.”