Why Launch a Testnet First

Robinhood's Coy Garrison and Seong Seog Lee join the crew to unpack the Robinhood Chain launch strategy.

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Robinhood's proposed chain for the trading of tokenized assets is live in testnet.

In this DEX in the City episode, Coy Garrison, Robinhood's deputy general counsel on crypto, and Robinhood Crypto Head of Product Seong Seog Lee walk hosts Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos and Jessi Brooks through the thinking behind the blockchain's testnet launch and why it is important that it supports tokenized equities out of the gate.

Beyond the Robinhood Chain testnet launch, KK and Jessi discuss OpenAI and Paradigm's EVMbench tool and why it highlights the need for a safety-first approach. “AI and crypto are in the same room now, but the room's sort of on fire,” Jessi says.

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KK and Jessi also dig into the Terraform Labs estate's lawsuit against Jane Street. Is there any real credibility behind the lawsuit? Listen to find out!

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Hosts:

• ⁠⁠Jessi Brooks⁠⁠, General Counsel at Ribbit Capital

• ⁠Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos⁠, General Counsel at StarkWare

Guests:

• ⁠⁠⁠Coy Garrison, Senior Director and Deputy General Counsel, Crypto at Robinhood

• ⁠⁠Seong Seog Lee, Head of Product at Robinhood Crypto

Links:

• Unchained:

  • Robinhood Pushes Deeper Into Tokenization With Layer 2 Testnet Launch

  • Inside Robinhood’s Big Super App Plan: ‘There’s Still a Lot of Work to Be Done’

  • OpenAI and Paradigm Launch EVMbench to Stress Test AI on Smart Contract Security

  • Uneasy Money: How the Increasingly Better AI Agents Are Being Used Onchain

  • When AI Agents Take Over, What Does a Post-Human Economy Look Like?

  • Terraform Estate Targets Jane Street in Explosive Terra Collapse Lawsuit

  • DeFi Platforms Could Get ‘Innovation Exemption,’ SEC Chair Says

  • SEC Quietly Eases Capital Rules for Stablecoins

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