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Bits + Bips: AMC's CEO Calls Robinhood's Stock Tokens 'Vile.'

Unchained | Sep 09 2026 | 00:19:22

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AMC's CEO spent the holiday weekend calling Robinhood's tokenized AMC shares "contemptible" and "vile."

Austin Campbell, Ram Ahluwalia, and Chris Perkins break down what a "reverse ADR" actually is, why Ram thinks most of this is derivatives repackaged as innovation, and why Chris pushes back using Robinhood Chain's own financials.

Hosts:

Austin Campbell - Host of Bits + Bips, Founder of Zero Knowledge Group, and Adjunct Professor at NYU Stern - https://x.com/austincampbell

Ram Ahluwalia - Co-host of Bits + Bips and CEO of Lumida - https://x.com/ramahluwalia

Chris Perkins - Co-host of Bits + Bips and Head of Franklin Crypto - https://x.com/perkinscr97

This clip is from a longer conversation on tokenized stocks, meme coins, frontier AI, and the Fed. Full episode here: https://youtu.be/cDFv4OCihgU?si=qdPWALHcmHc97SEcΒ 

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Chapters:

πŸ₯Š 00:20 AMC's CEO calls Robinhood's tokenized stock vile: what it actually is

πŸ“Š 06:36 Ram: stock tokens are "derivatives for the sake of derivatives"

πŸ” 11:17 Why Austin says the AMC fight reveals microstructure ignorance

πŸ—οΈ 14:40 Ram: real innovation looks like CDO Square 2.0, not this

πŸ’° 21:41 Chris defends Robinhood Chain's financials
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