Best of Consensus Hong Kong: Robinhood Crypto’s Global Plans
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🗓️ 7 March 2025
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Robinhood crypto general manager Johann Kerbrat discusses the firm's plan for global expansion.
Robinhood crypto general manager Johann Kerbrat joined Consensus Hong Kong to discuss the company's management of $38 billion in crypto assets. Plus, insights into the firm's Asia expansion using Singapore as a headquarter and the acquisition of Bitstamp.
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| 0:00.0 | We've got Robin Hood joining us. |
| 0:03.0 | Robin Hood Crypto manages about $38 billion in crypto assets under custody |
| 0:09.0 | and facilitated $119 billion in notional crypto trading volume over the past year. |
| 0:15.0 | The platform has expanded its cryptocurrency offerings by adding assets such as Seoul, Pepe, ADA, XRP, and others, |
| 0:23.6 | enhancing the diversity of investments, options for its users. Joining us now is the vice president |
| 0:30.2 | and general manager of Robin Hood Crypto. We've got Johann Kerbrat. Johann, thanks so much for |
| 0:35.9 | joining us. Excited to be here. How are you? |
| 0:38.3 | Great. |
| 0:39.3 | So I understand you've previously announced that Robin du Crypto is expanding into Asia. |
| 0:44.3 | Can you give us a little bit more information about the timeline and where you're at in the launch |
| 0:49.3 | in that project? |
| 0:50.3 | Yeah, so you know, we actually announced during our last turning that we will use Singapore |
| 0:54.9 | as a headquarter for the expansion of Robinode in the AIPAC. For the crypto side, a lot of the |
| 1:00.8 | process is around the acquisition of BitStamp that we announced last year. And so a lot of the |
| 1:06.7 | weight is around like regulation. We are waiting for the chain of control to be approved by |
| 1:11.8 | all the regulator and once this will be done we'll be able to you know help BitSempl launch their |
| 1:18.6 | offering in Singapore. What went into the decision making into you know wanting to get into |
| 1:23.5 | Asia and I guess you touched on but what are some of the challenges along the way? |
| 1:28.3 | Yeah, so, you know, I think a lot of the interest for us has been around institutions |
| 1:32.3 | and also expanding across the world. |
| 1:36.3 | And so we've been starting with the Robin Wallet that is actually available in 100 plus countries, |
| 1:42.3 | and we've seen a lot of interest in Asia. |
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