{"id":34953,"date":"2025-07-03T02:16:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T02:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=34953"},"modified":"2025-07-03T02:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T02:16:47","slug":"vlad-tenev-says-openai-spacex-tokens-not-technically-equity-after-chatgpt-parent-questions-giveaway-robinhood-ceo-calls-it-seed-for-something-bigger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=34953","title":{"rendered":"Vlad Tenev Says OpenAI, SpaceX Tokens Not &#8216;Technically&#8217; Equity After ChatGPT Parent Questions Giveaway, Robinhood CEO Calls It &#8216;Seed&#8217; For Something Bigger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Robinhood Markets Inc.<\/strong>\u00a0(NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/HOOD#NASDAQ\">HOOD<\/a>) CEO <strong>Vlad Tenev<\/strong> clarified the nature of the company\u2019s <strong>OpenAI<\/strong> token giveaway on Wednesday amid growing controversy about the nature of the equities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened:\u00a0<\/strong>In an X post, Tenev talked about Robinhood\u2019s recent crypto event, where it\u00a0announced a limited \u201cstock token\u201d\u00a0giveaway on <strong>OpenAI<\/strong> and <strong>SpaceX<\/strong>\u00a0for eligible European customers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile it is true that\u00a0they aren&#8217;t technically \u2018equity\u2019\u2026\u00a0the tokens effectively give retail\u00a0investors exposure to these private\u00a0assets,\u201d Tenev stated.<\/p>\n<p>He further added that the giveaway is a precursor to \u201csomething much bigger\u201d and that many private companies have expressed interest in joining the \u201ctokenization revolution\u201d since the announcement.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At our recent crypto event, we announced a limited Stock Token giveaway on OpenAI and SpaceX to eligible European customers. While it is true that they aren&#8217;t technically &#8220;equity&#8221; (you can see the precise dynamics in &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/07\/46238065\/vlad-tenev-says-openai-spacex-tokens-not-technically-equity-after-chatgpt-parent-questions-\" alt=\"Vlad\" tenev says openai spacex tokens not equity after chatgpt parent questions giveaway robinhood ceo calls it for something bigger>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robinhood Markets Inc.\u00a0(NASDAQ:HOOD) CEO Vlad Tenev clarified the nature of the company\u2019s OpenAI token giveaway on Wednesday amid growing controversy about the nature of the equities. What Happened:\u00a0In an X post, Tenev talked about Robinhood\u2019s recent crypto event, where it\u00a0announced a limited \u201cstock token\u201d\u00a0giveaway on OpenAI and SpaceX\u00a0for eligible European customers. \u201cWhile it is true [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-34953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}