Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev, who appeared on CNBC’s “Mad Money” on October 21, said: Shiba Inu (SHIB) He touched on a number of rumors surrounding it. Vladimir Tenev stated that he is aware of the requests of the SHIB community, but has different priorities as a platform.
When Robinhood CEO was asked by The Program host, Jim Cramer, if the leading online commerce app plans to list the dog-themed meme token, Teven explained that he is aware that a large number of people in that community are requesting it.
Still, the CEO probably shied away from the question to avoid manipulating the price and refused to confirm or deny that the listing would actually happen, but his stance sparked further speculation.
“Safety first”
After an awkward pause, Tenev stressed that Robinhood only offers seven tokens and that the company prioritizes security above all:
“I think it goes back to safety first. Generally, we will not try to be the first person to add a new entity. We want to make sure it meets a strict set of criteria.”
As previously reported by KoinFinans, Robinhood rival Public.com recently added support for the Shiba Inu. America’s leading crypto exchange Coinbase also added support for SHIB in September.
285,000 Signatures Collected
Besides these developments, the Shiba Inu cryptocurrency A Change.org campaign launched to list the unit on Robinhood has exceeded 285,000 signatures and is on track to become one of the most signed campaigns on Change.org.
Tenev’s latest statements came after the online brokerage refused to make a positive or negative announcement about listing SHIB, and Twitter debunked the rumors. However, Robinhood has not made it clear that they intend to list the Shiba Inu in the future, so there is still hope.