OpenAI Roasts Robinhood Over Equity Tokenization Stunt—’Innovation or IPO Dodge?’
OpenAI just dropped a regulatory grenade on Robinhood's latest crypto-adjacent play—tokenizing its own equity shares. Because nothing screams 'democratized finance' like a brokerage turning its stock into speculative tokens, right?
The Silicon Valley Smackdown
When a trillion-dollar AI lab calls you out for financial engineering, you know you've overleveraged the hype cycle. OpenAI's critique hints at a deeper tension: TradFi giants scrambling for blockchain credibility without the decentralization ethos.
Tokenized Equity: Genius or Gimmick?
Robinhood's move reeks of desperation—a company that made its name on free trades now hawking digital share receipts. Meanwhile, crypto natives shrug: 'We've been tokenizing real-world assets since 2017.'
The Punchline
Nothing bonds Silicon Valley and Wall Street like performative innovation. Next up: fractionalized NFTs of Elon's tweets—available for trading with zero commission (but 30% spread).
