Did Robinhood Tokenize OpenAI Stock? Ft. Itai Turbahn & Joao Reginatto

On Ep. 38 of Tokenized, Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy @ Sardine, and Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto @ Visa, are joined by Itai Turbahn, CEO & Co-Founder @ Dynamic and Joao Reginatto, CSO @ M0 to discuss Robinhood launching stocks tokens in the EU, their layer 2 blockchain based on Arbitrum, and more!

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 00:38 Robinhood launching stocks tokens in the EU
• 03:15 Robinhood's layer two blockchain based on Arbitrum
• 08:23 Superstate tokenizing stock certificates natively on-chain
• 17:51 Fragmentation risks in tokenized assets and liquidity
• 23:01 Competition between Arbitrum and OP Stack for L2 standards
• 28:35 Circle applying for a US trust banking license
• 32:20 Democratization of fintech and global neo-bank growth
• 39:37 Regulatory clarity and federal oversight for stablecoins
• 45:37 Kraken launch Krak, global money app

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Music by Henry McLean