Vlad Tenev, CEO of the financial asset trading platform Robinhood, is convinced that tokenization is not a passing fad, but is part of what he calls a “supercycle.” This was said during a call with shareholders that took place on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 to report the company’s balance sheets.
During the call, the businessman assured that the company he leads is well positioned to lead the future wave of tokenization. Later consulted by Fortune, Tenev commented that he hopes that the tokenization process is disruptive and generate value for both investors and the financial industry in general.
This supercycle, according to Tenev’s hypothesis, could extend over several years. It would initially expand outside the United States giving access to US stocks to investors from other countries.
Such global growth would be what—according to the businessman— push the US financial system to join the wave and would encourage regulators to facilitate its expansion.
Tenev’s idea is in line with recent news that CriptoNoticias has published about the growth in this area. For example, this May 1, it was reported that The National Securities Commission of Argentina proposed an improvement to its tokenization regulations of real-world assets, expanding the reach.
And days ago, in an interview with this information portal, Ignacio Aguirre Franco, CMO of Bitget, assured that “Tokenization is not just a fad; “solves a real problem.”
In addition to opening borders, tokenization—explains the Bitget executive—solves the problem of time limitations. «If you want to trade shares on the New York Stock Exchange, you can do so from Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 4 in the afternoon, but if on the weekend you want to sell your shares, the market is not open. Tokenization, on the other hand, allows this market to be 24/7, eliminating the downtime of analog finance,” he explained.