Scarcely had the summer’s languor settled upon Wall Street when, with the insouciant disregard of a housecat on a cocktail cabinet, Robinhood hurled itself onto the blockchain bandwagon, emitting noises of innovation (and profit). The brokerage, long the darling (or enfant terrible) of bedroom traders everywhere, now finds its shares ascending diabolically—nearly 30% in the last month alone—as if powered by pure speculative moonshine⛽🚀.
Trading under the flamboyant alias of HOOD—how impertinent—the stock popped its monocle at $94.65 in New York on Wednesday, perilously close to that dizzying summit scaled back in July, when all things seemed possible (particularly for those who ignored SEC memos).
In the last thirty days, HOOD has positively lunged upwards by more than 27%, and for the year—brace yourself—up 137%. The market capitalization now swells over $82 billion, which, for those keeping score, is rather a lot for a company whose best-known product once appeared to be snappy push notifications and existential risk.
Yes, yes, the cynics will mutter that a 50% surge in year-over-year revenue (to the tune of $927 million) played its part, but this rally, so giddy and inexplicable, truly unbuttoned its waistcoat only when Robinhood revealed its latest caper: a layer-2 blockchain “tokenization” extravaganza.
This dazzling contraption, cobbled together atop Arbitrum, is certain—absolutely certain!—to deliver tokenized US stocks and exotic exchange-traded delicacies to European investors (all of whom, as is well known, conduct their affairs in lavish drawing rooms while sipping fortified wine🍷).
Meanwhile, domestic machinations continue: Robinhood has dreamt up something called the “Real World Asset Exchange,” which promises to settle, on-chain, those tangible assets we occasionally remember still exist.
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To the delight of investors and the unsleeping anxiety of regulators, Robinhood’s zest for tokenization has not gone unnoticed. Across the Baltic, Lithuania’s central bank—evidently with more time on its hands than one might expect—has begun pestering Robinhood about their uncanny offerings: tokens allegedly linked to OpenAI and SpaceX. (What could possibly go wrong?)
Vlad Tenev (who continues to be CEO, perhaps for lack of anyone else with such formidable flair) hastened to clarify: these things are not, strictly speaking, “equity.” Oh no! Rather, investors are treated to exposure—delightfully vague! According to Galaxy Research, these tokens dance about on tiptoe like derivatives at a masquerade ball, graciously declining to be classified as shares of anything in particular.
Evidently private companies, sensing a good party, are swarming to Robinhood, eager—if one believes Tenev—to make their equity “accessible” via these same private equity tokens. The champagne glasses may not last, but the metaphors certainly will. 🥂🎩
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2025-07-09 19:45