Robinhood's Blueprint for a New Financial System

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4.8 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Johann Kerbrat, SVP and GM of Crypto at Robinhood, shares the company's vision for democratizing finance by prioritizing customer access and education. In this episode of Gen C, Johann Kerbrat, SVP and GM of Crypto at Robinhood, discusses how the platform approaches the digital asset space, prioritizing access and education over institutional control. Robinhood’s investment in stablecoins, tokenization, and Layer 2 technology represents a clear bet on the next generation of decentralized financial infrastructure. - Links mentioned from the podcast: Johann's Twitter Robinhood Website - Follow us on Twitter: Sam Ewen, CoinDesk -From our sponsors: Break the cycle of exploitation. Break down the barriers to truth. Break into the next generation of privacy. Break Free. Free to scroll without being monetized. Free from censorship. Freedom without fear. We deserve more when it comes to privacy. Experience the next generation of blockchain that is private and inclusive by design. Break free with Midnight, visit midnight.network/break-free OwlTing (Nasdaq: OWLS) is building invisible rails for global payments. With OwlPay, businesses and users can bridge fiat and stablecoins, send money instantly across borders, and access stablecoin checkout at lower costs. Licensed worldwide, OwlTing delivers secure, compliant, and regulated infrastructure for the digital economy. Learn more at https://www.owlting.com/portal/?lang=en&utm_source=CoinDesk&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=CoinDesk_Banner Genius Group has partnered with CoinDesk for Bitcoin Treasury Month, launching the Genius x CoinDesk Quest. Participants can join the Bitcoin Academy, complete free microcourses from experts like Natalie Brunell and Saifedean Ammous, and enter to win 1,000,000 GEMs (worth 1 BTC) promoting bitcoin education and adoption. CTA: geniusgroup.ai/coindesk-bitcoin-treasury-month/ - "Gen C" features host Sam Ewen. Executive produced by Uyen Truong.

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0:00.0	I think it's time for financial institutions to stop deciding for their customer what they
0:04.1	should invest in and actually gives them the tools.
0:06.6	And then, you know, the customers, they can decide what they want to do.
0:15.7	Welcome back to Gen C. You know, this season we have focused so much on who are the builders in the
0:21.1	crypto space who are both creating new concepts and bringing those to market, as well as
0:25.6	the established players who are coming into crypto hard these days. And similar to PayPal
0:31.4	for me is Robin Hood. I think Robin Hood has gotten early, certainly compared to the Schwab's
0:37.2	and the J.B. Morgans of the world and how they've approached crypto. They've had it for quite a number of years. You know, you go to the Robin Hood front page. It is their trade crypto 24-7. So they are truly building a brand for a younger audience, which we know is part of their demographic, but also those who are very actively trying to both trade and invest for their future and not always in traditional equities and assets.
0:57.2	So we wanted to have Johan Kerbrot.
0:59.2	Johan is the SVPGM of the crypto business over at Robin Hood, frequent speaker with asset consensus and other events,
1:06.2	as well as just a general person who really understands this industry and the fact that, you know,
1:11.1	here we have a platform that has millions and millions of customers.
1:14.8	I wanted to sort of understand how they're utilizing crypto as well on the platform and where
1:18.5	Johan thinks it's going to go.
1:20.4	So after the break, join us.
1:22.4	We'll be talking to Robin Hood about their crypto strategy.
1:25.1	See you soon.
1:25.9	Break the cycle of exploitation.
1:30.1	Break down the barriers to truth. Break into the next generation of privacy. Break free. Free to scroll without being monetized, free from censorship,
1:35.2	freedom without fear. We deserve more when it comes to privacy. Experience the next generation
1:39.7	of blockchain that is private and inclusive by design. Break free with midnight, visit midnight.net.net.
1:45.0	Dot network forward slash break dash free. Looking for a faster, cheaper way to move money worldwide,
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