In this episode of the Brainstorm, Sam and Nick dive into Robinhood's latest event, exploring its ambitious moves in the crypto market. They discuss how Robinhood is leveraging product velocity to outpace competitors, tokenize US stocks, and introduce innovative features like crypto staking and perpetual futures. They analyze the implications of these developments for the financial services landscape and what it means for the future of investing.
If you know ARK, then you probably know about our long-term research projections, like estimating where we will be 5-10 years from now! But just because we are long-term investors, doesn’t mean we don’t have strong views and opinions on breaking news. In fact, we discuss and debate this every day. So now we’re sharing some of these internal discussions with you in our new video series, “The Brainstorm”, a co-production from ARK and Public.com. Tune in every week as we react to the latest in innovation. Here and there we’ll be joined by special guests, but ultimately this is our chance to join the conversation and share ARK’s quick takes on what’s going on in tech today.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Robinhood's focus on product velocity to outpace competitors.
- Tokenization of US stocks and private company shares in the EU.
- Development of Robinhood's own layer two blockchain.
- Introduction of crypto staking in the US with higher yields.
- Exploration of new revenue lines, including a crypto-backed gold card.
- Building a comprehensive financial ecosystem for the next generation.
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