by aria-ratings.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:21
Ripple's CTO Raises Concerns Over Robinhood's New Tokenized Stocks
Robinhood's introduction of tokenized stocks for companies like OpenAI and SpaceX is creating considerable controversy.
While the platform claims these tokens offer retail users exposure to pre-IPO firms, they do not represent actual equity.
Ripple’s CTO, David Schwartz, emphasized that if anything goes wrong with these offerings, users can only resort to suing Robinhood, highlighting a lack of substantial legal protections.
Recent announcements from Robinhood included an updated crypto app, a Gold card offering crypto benefits, and around-the-clock trading of both private and public equity tokens.
These tokens are designed to replicate the behavior of real stocks in terms of dividends and splits; however, they lack real ownership or voting rights.
Essentially, users are promised a simulation of stock performance without any genuine backing, leaving them vulnerable if Robinhood fails to deliver.
Despite the limitations, Robinhood is reportedly seeing a surge of interest from private companies eager to tokenize their shares.
This innovative approach bypasses traditional barriers like accredited investor requirements, granting more accessibility to retail investors.
Nonetheless, the absence of a public market price and ambiguous regulations surrounding payouts leaves significant uncertainties in the system.
As the cryptocurrency and investment landscape evolves, these developments warrant careful scrutiny from both investors and regulators.
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