How do you think about crypto inside Robinhood: is it just another trading product, or something deeper?
Replied byVlad Tenev
Co-founder & CEO at Robinhood
Niche: Finance, Technology, Cryptocurrency
Revenue: $1M+/month
Location: USA
Started: 2015 or
We view crypto two ways: as a trading product alongside options and equities, and as infrastructure that could replace parts of the financial stack. Protocol-level exchanges and payment processors can lower cost and raise reliability. Tokenization lets us deliver a familiar UX on crypto rails, which is where the deeper opportunity sits.
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