Robinhood submitted a 42-page proposal to the SEC to regulate tokenized real-world assets under U.S. law.
The proposed Real World Asset Exchange blends off-chain matching with on-chain settlement using Solana and Base.
Robinhood doesn’t seem to want to be known as just a stock and crypto trading app for retail investors. On May 20, they officially submitted a 42-page proposal to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). They want to build a national regulatory framework that regulates the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA), according to Forbes.
Bringing Wall Street On-Chain, One Token at a Time
Imagine if property, stocks, or bonds could be broken down into digital tokens and traded instantly like Bitcoin or Ethereum. No longer a dream, Robinhood wants to make that a reality—legally and in a structured way. This proposal encourages RWA tokens to be legally recognized as direct representations of their underlying assets, not as derivatives or synthetic products that