Robinhood’s EU tokenized equity launch draws a wave of private company interest and regulatory scrutiny.
Robinhood is seeing a surge of interest from private companies eager to tokenize their shares after the firm launched its stock token platform in the European Union last week.
In a Tuesday interview with Bloomberg News, CEO Vlad Tenev said the company has received a wave of requests from private firms looking to make their equity accessible to retail investors through blockchain-based tokens on their platform.
“Since our announcement, I’ve had a deluge of inquiries, private companies that actually want to access retail to have their shares tokenized and be a part of this revolution,” he said.