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Johann Kerbrat discusses Robinhood's strategic move to build on Ethereum and the future of public blockchains in financial infrastructure.

Robinhood is opening the testnet for its Arbitrum-based Ethereum Layer 2. In this episode, we sit down with the fintech’s head of crypto, Johann Kerbrat, to discuss the strategic move to build on Ethereum. He believes institutions can get the privacy and compliance guarantees they need on public chains like Ethereum, so building on private chains doesn’t make sense as they are just a “fancy database.” Kerbrat says he sees a future where most financial infrastructure and assets transact on public blockchains. Topics:Robinhood Layer 2 LaunchTokenized Stocks & Real-World AssetsThe "Adapt or Die" moment for BanksSelf-Custody vs. Platform Safety

People in this episode

Guest: Johann Kerbrat

Topics covered

• Robinhood Layer 2 Launch
• Tokenized Stocks & Real-World Assets
• Adapt or Die moment for Banks
• Self-Custody vs. Platform Safety

Keywords

• Robinhood
• Ethereum
• public blockchains
• crypto
• Layer 2
• financial infrastructure
• self-custody
• tokenized assets

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Organizations: Robinhood, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Banks

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