Robinhood's name was nearly Cash Cat. Documented public posts only; nothing public connects Robinhood or Vlad Tenev to Tsuki.
On the record 14
- 28 Jan 2021
Robinhood turns off the GME buy button
On 28 January 2021, Robinhood restricted buying of GameStop (GME) shares at the height of the short squeeze.
- 18 Feb 2021
Vlad Tenev and Keith Gill at the same hearing
On 18 February 2021, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and Keith Gill (Roaring Kitty) both testified at the US House Financial Services Committee hearing on the GameStop trading, “Game Stopped?”.
- 14 Apr 20211:48pm ET
Vlad: Robinhood was nearly called Cash Cat
On 14 April 2021 at 1:48pm ET, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev quoted How I Built This on Robinhood's original name, Cash Cat, with a meme of Robinhood as a muscular cat beside a smaller Cash Cat.
- 28 Jan 20269:16am ET
Vlad: “5 Years Post GameStop”
On 28 January 2026 at 9:16am ET, five years after the buy restriction, Vlad Tenev posted an article saying Robinhood and other brokers “were forced to halt buying”, that in retail's eyes Robinhood “went from a hero to a villain”, and that tokenization can ensure “trading restrictions like we saw in 2021 never have to happen again”.
- 6 Aug 20269:31am ET
Robinhood lists $CASHCAT
On 6 August 2026 at 9:31am ET, Robinhood posted that $CASHCAT (Cash Cat) was available to trade in its app and on Robinhood Legend.
- 23 Aug 20265:40pm ET
Vlad to Elon: “I'll see you on Mars”
On 23 August 2026 at 5:40pm ET, Vlad Tenev replied to Elon Musk's “As foretold in the prophecy”, a post about Wernher von Braun's 1948 novel Project Mars naming the leader of Mars the “Elon”, with the Mars Trilogy character Vlad Taneev and “I'll see you on Mars”.
- 3 Sep 202611:17am ET
A pixel cat, “vile”, and “What's the concern?”
On 3 September 2026, Robinhood introduced a pixel cat in a Robin Hood hat for referrals at 11:17am ET, AMC CEO Adam Aron called Robinhood's stock tokens “contemptible … vile” at 5:18pm ET, and Vlad Tenev replied “What's the concern?” at 11:11pm ET.
- 4 Sep 20264:11pm ET
4663
On 4 September 2026 at 4:11pm ET, after 481 days without posting, Tsuki posted a near-blank image captioned “4663”, the chain ID of Robinhood Chain and HOOD on a phone keypad.
- 8 Sep 20264:33pm ET
$TSUKI/GME launches on Robinhood Chain
On 8 September 2026 at 4:33pm ET, Tsuki posted the contract for TSUKI/GME on Robinhood Chain, captioned “agreement established”; the same day GameStop director Larry Cheng bought 55,000 GME shares.
- 14 Sep 20261:12pm ET
Vlad: “In-kind redemption and voting are coming”
On 14 September 2026 at 1:12pm ET, Vlad Tenev posted “In-kind redemption and voting are coming for Robinhood Stock Tokens”, quoting Johann Kerbrat on Stock Tokens passing $170M in TVL and nearly $50B in DEX volume on Robinhood Chain.
- 23 Sep 20262:59pm ET
“The course is set.”
On 23 September 2026 at 2:59pm ET, Vlad Tenev posted “The course is set.” over an empty captain's chair facing a wall of screens, the day after Tsuki's V for Vendetta still.
- 29 Sep 20266:15pm ET
HOOD Summit: the villain becomes a cat
On 29 September 2026, at Robinhood's HOOD Summit keynote in Houston (live 6:15pm to 7:34pm ET), Vlad Tenev played the captain of the “Starship Robinhood”, announced 24/7 stock trading, and the on-screen villain Commander Vrax turned into a cat 1:13:17 into the video; Robinhood posted “he's a cat now” at 7:29pm ET.
- 6 Oct 20261:58pm ET
“Ownership is the most practical form of optimism I know.”
On 6 October 2026 at 1:58pm ET, Vlad Tenev posted “Ownership is the most practical form of optimism I know.”
- 7 Oct 20267:48pm ET
“Bring your portfolio home”
On 7 October 2026 at 7:48pm ET, Robinhood posted that it is “proudly American” and told Webull users to “bring your portfolio home”; at 9:11pm ET Vlad Tenev added “American assets should be at America's favorite broker.”
