Vlad Tenev, CEO of Robinhood, stated on September 5 that tokenization can enable global users to access high-quality financial assets, bringing the advantages of U.S. capital markets to a wider international audience. He noted that traditional financial infrastructure, built around fixed trading hours, closed networks, and multiple intermediaries, is not designed for 24/7 trading, programmable assets, composability, and self-custody. The pace of investor demand has already outpaced the iteration speed of traditional infrastructure. Robinhood is actively driving this change, but tokenized finance remains in its early stages, and it will take time for traditional institutions to fully participate.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said in a September 5 post that tokenization can open the door for people around the world to buy high-quality financial assets. In his view, that means the benefits of U.S. capital markets could reach a much broader international audience. He added that tokenization is still small next to the global financial system. Even so, the upside is getting harder and harder to dismiss.
Tenev said the old financial market setup runs on fixed trading hours, closed networks, and layers of intermediaries. That model just was not built for things like 24/7 trading, programmable assets, composability, and self-custody. Put simply, investor demand is moving faster than traditional financial infrastructure can adapt. And Robinhood, he said, is working hard to push that shift forward.
He also said more entrepreneurs, liquidity providers, traders, and infrastructure teams are pushing the industry ahead together. But tokenized finance is still early. Very early. And full participation from traditional financial institutions will take time.
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