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Laura Shin
Bits + Bips: AMC's CEO Calls Robinhood's Stock Tokens 'Vile.'
19 minutes Posted Sep 9, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
AMC's CEO calls Robinhood's tokenized stock vile: what it actually is
Ram: stock tokens are "derivatives for the sake of derivatives"
Why Austin says the AMC fight reveals microstructure ignorance
Ram: real innovation looks like CDO Square 2.0, not this
Chris defends Robinhood Chain's financials
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πŸ“’ Bits + Bips has its own channel now β€” full episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/@Bitsandbips
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.
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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=qdPWALHcmHc97SEc 
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