Vlad Tenev (@vladtenev) — Twitter Score 527 out of 1000

Vlad Tenev co-founded Robinhood and serves as its CEO. He also co-founded Harmonic, an AI startup focused on improving AI mathematical reasoning and proof verification, where he serves as executive chairman with Tudor Achim as CEO. Vlad Tenev's Twitter Score is 527 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026.

Vlad Tenev has overseen Robinhood's crypto expansion, offering trading, wallets, and related services through Robinhood Crypto, Robinhood Europe, and Robinhood Non-Custodial, including staking for Ethereum and Solana and perpetual crypto futures for European users. Robinhood acquired Bitstamp, a global cryptocurrency exchange with more than 50 active licenses and more than 85 tradable assets, for approximately $200 million in cash, with the deal closing on June 2, 2025, and also acquired WonderFi as part of its international crypto push. On June 30, 2025, Robinhood launched more than 200 tokenized U.S. stock and ETF tokens for EU customers, initially issued on Arbitrum technology, with plans to migrate to Robinhood's own blockchain. OpenAI stated it did not endorse Robinhood's OpenAI stock tokens and had not partnered with Robinhood; Tenev said the tokens were not technically equity but gave retail investors exposure to private assets.

Vlad Tenev and Robinhood have faced several regulatory actions in crypto. Robinhood Crypto received a Wells notice from SEC staff on May 4, 2024 for alleged securities-law violations related to cryptocurrency listings, custody, and platform operations; the SEC closed its investigation in February 2025 without pursuing enforcement action. In August 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services imposed a $30 million fine on Robinhood Crypto for alleged anti-money-laundering and cybersecurity violations, in what the agency described as its first crypto enforcement action. In September 2024, the California Attorney General secured a $3.9 million settlement with Robinhood over claims that from 2018 to 2022 customers could not make timely withdrawals of cryptocurrency to external wallets, with Robinhood also agreeing to institute changes.

Vlad Tenev also co-founded Celeris and Chronos Research. His portfolio includes Lightning Labs. His account has 649,580 followers as of July 2026 and 2,717 posts, and he ranks #294 (top 0.1%) out of 389,587 accounts tracked on this platform, having been mentioned by 623 accounts with 1,915 total mentions.

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