Vlad Tenev passionately declared on Wednesday that cryptocurrency marks the path toward the future during his plans to grow Robinhood’s crypto services. 

During a recent X post video (formerly Twitter) Tenev described how Robinhood will boost their cryptocurrency work through four primary efforts especially tokenization. Tenev views tokenization as the key element that will enhance crypto’s true power to transform the industry. 

Robinhood wants to unite traditional investment methods with blockchain technology by placing equities and private investments on blockchain assets. As the CEO described the company’s position between traditional finance and blockchain technology it became clear that this unique position enables them to improve both liquidity and afford blockchain benefits.

Crypto is the future. Here’s how we’re going to accelerate:

1. Offer more selection of crypto assets for our customers

2. Continue to invest in the Robinhood Wallet

3. Bring the “Robinhood Effect” to the institutional crypto market through the integration of Bitstamp

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— Vlad Tenev (@vladtenev) February 26, 2025

Robinhood’s Crypto Growth After Trump’s 2016 Victory

After Donald Trump won the presidency in November 2016 Robinhood quickly grew its crypto services. The company now enables U.S. customers to trade seven digital assets including Solana, Pepe, Cardano, XRP, Solana (SOL), Pepe (PEPE), Cardano (ADA), XRP, and TRUMP (TRUMP). 

Additionally Robinhood started offering Ethereum stake services for European Union members to show its dedication toward crypto development. The changing crypto market rules makes Robinhood better able to pursue its cryptocurrency plans. The new SEC chair has adopted a crypto-friendly governance style after former head Gary Gensler led strict securities enforcement routines. 

The SEC has put an end to legal proceedings with key industry leaders such as Coinbase and other major exchanges. The Trump administration plans to establish clear rules that will let Robinhood offer more crypto products starting in 2025.

Robinhood keeps using its regulatory authority because the SEC ended its probe into Robinhood Crypto on Monday without taking legal action. Dan Gallagher from Robinhood Markets said no charges against Robinhood Crypto would have succeeded. He endorsed the SEC for returning to legal enforcement and fair decision-making.

Although Robinhood met regulatory challenges before they adapted a smart crypto strategy. Our service differs from others because we declined to offer products and services that the SEC wanted to label as securities under Chair Gensler’s leadership. The improving regulatory standards enable Robinhood to increase its cryptocurrency business activities.

Robinhood to Acquire Bitstamp for $200M

During his announcement on Wednesday Tenev outlined the future steps of his company. He announced that the Robinhood main app will keep speeding up the addition of new crypto token options. The Robinhood management vows to keep enlarging its stand-alone decentralized Robinhood Wallet system that lets its users access various digital assets. 

Tenev confirmed that the platform received robust customer response and active use. Our team will continue to develop services that improve crypto options for our users. Robinhood plans to develop its cryptocurrency efforts by buying Bitstamp for $200 million. This international exchange operates its services across 50 countries. 

Robinhood plans to introduce its successful popularization strategy into crypto trading platforms when the acquisition completes. Tenev specified that by merging with Bitstamp we enter an institutional trading platform. Our company wants to transfer its successful retail trading practices known as the Robinhood Effect to institutional crypto traders.

Robinhood moves fast into crypto business following exceptional growth in digital asset market numbers. During early February the company announced its best fourth-quarter results with $1.01 billion worth of revenue from crypto trading that experienced a 400% increase. 

Following its solid results investment company Bernstein more than doubled its Robinhood stock valuation prediction to $105. After the news broke Robinhood’s (HOOD) price moved up 6.4% to end at $48.85 on Wednesday and kept increasing its value the following day.

As Robinhood prepares to handle crypto assets better and adds a major deal to its plans the company will further its place among digital finance businesses. Based on his words “Crypto is the future” Robinhood executives could want to use this strategy to help guide their business expansion.