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Key NotesTenev attributes the 2021 GameStop freeze to outdated clearinghouse rules and two-day settlement periods causing market strain.Tokenization enables real-time settlements and prevents trading halts by modernizing infrastructure for volatile stock movements.Regulatory frameworks must evolve alongside technological advances to protect retail traders from future broker restrictions.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is calling for increased regulatory clarity and a renewed push for tokenized stocks as a means to prevent another “GameStop freeze.”
Tenev posted a lengthy statement on Twitter on Jan. 28 discussing the root causes of the event on its anniversary. “Five years ago today,” he wrote, “Robinhood and other brokers were forced to halt buying of several meme stocks, most memorably GameStop, in one of the strangest and most visible equity market failures in recent history.”
— Vlad Tenev (@vladtenev) January 28, 2026
As Coinspeaker reported in 2021, GameStop shares reached their record closing price of $347.51 on January 27, 2021. However, this upturn did not last long as major hedge funds squared out their positions, causing retail interest to plummet as shares dropped from a daily high of $483 to eventually fall to under $100. This capped off one of the most turbulent events in
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