The Pomp Podcast Robinhood’s Big Bet on Crypto, AI & Tokenized Stocks | Johann Kerbrat
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Mar 24, 2026 Johann Kerbrat, SVP and General Manager of Crypto and International at Robinhood, leads the company’s digital assets and global expansion. He discusses 24/7 trading and how unified platforms combine stocks, crypto and prediction markets. He outlines tokenized stocks, stablecoins for settlement, Bitstamp integration, and how AI and agents are reshaping product build and investor access.
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One App For Cross Asset Hedging
- Robinhood integrates stocks, crypto, options, futures and prediction markets so users can shift strategies without moving funds between apps.
- Users hedge across asset types (ETF, spot crypto, prediction markets) and AI will enable more complex cross-asset strategies.
Use AI To Ship Faster And Summarize News
- Use AI internally to speed engineering and externally to surface concise market digests for users.
- Robinhood uses AI to review and write code and powers Cortex, an almost real-time digest for any stock or crypto.
Custom L2 To Scale Tokenized Real World Assets
- Robinhood built an Ethereum L2 to combine Ethereum security and EVM liquidity with customization for real-world asset tokenization.
- Their testnet hit ~45M transactions and developers are attracted by Robinhood distribution integration.