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Robinhood CEO defends tokenized stocks amid AMC clash

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev defended the company’s tokenized stock push, saying listed companies cannot control how their shares are wrapped into financial products. Reacting to AMC’s criticism, Tenev argued that once shares trade publicly, shareholders hold transferable property, allowing other firms to issue securities referencing them without issuer permission.

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This dispute tests the legal boundaries of tokenized securities—specifically whether issuer consent is required for third-party wrapping of publicly traded shares. The stance signals that intermediaries may increasingly treat tokenization as a standard market operation, not a bespoke arrangement. The outcome matters for exchanges, tokenization platforms, and issuers concerned about control over their corporate actions. Whether regulators or courts side with the property-rights argument or impose issuer protections is the open question, as it could set a precedent for how tokenized products are structured and contested across markets.

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