In another sense, crypto is just like technology moving forward and it's part of a long running trend that has gone back multiple decades at this point and is kind of accelerating with AI of software sort of like systematically

reassembling the foundations of like all parts of society. Welcome to Bankless, where we explore the frontier of internet money and internet finance.

This is Ryan Todd Adams. I'm here with David Hoffman and we're here to help you become more bankless.

We have Vlad Tenoff on the podcast today. to help you become more bankless.

We have Vlad Tenoff on the podcast today.

He's the co-founder of Robin Hood,

which is one of the most successful FinTech companies,

I think, in living memory.

They've got 25 million different users, loss of accounts.

And what's interesting about Robin Hood is they're a TradFi company that's really increasingly

invested in crypto. They're kind of bridging both worlds.

And then in June they announced the acquisition of the

bit-stamped crypto exchange. That hasn't happened yet, but once that happens, that

would make them a fully-fledged crypto exchange. David and I felt it was

important to know their plans like what is Vlad doing in crypto what's his outlook on the space

So a few things we talk about the importance of crypto to Robin Hood's future

The Defi mullet thesis for Tradphi Adoption.

Tokenization.

The Bitstamp Acquisition.

Robin Hood's Layer 2 plans.

The SEC Wells notice that they received,

Payment for Order Flow and MEV,

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