Robinhood Chain: Tokenized Stocks on an Ethereum Layer 2
Robinhood Chain is a tokenized real-world asset blockchain built by the retail brokerage on Arbitrum's Orbit stack, launched into a top-five network by decentralized exchange volume within three months. It anchors Robinhood's push to move stock trading on-chain, from EU stock tokens issued on Arbitrum in 2025 to a dedicated Ethereum Layer 2 settling tokenized equities at retail scale.
Timeline
Robinhood Launches EU Stock Tokens and Reveals Its Own Blockchain
At a Cannes event on June 30, 2025, Robinhood switched on more than 200 tokenized US stock and ETF tokens for EU and EEA customers inside its crypto app, issued on Arbitrum, and simultaneously revealed plans for a dedicated Layer 2 blockchain built on Arbitrum's Orbit stack to carry the tokenization push. The announcement marked the first major US brokerage putting equities on-chain and set the blueprint for what became Robinhood Chain.
Location: Cannes, France
Robinhood Chain Public Testnet Goes Live
Robinhood Chain's public testnet went live in February 2026, opening the Arbitrum Orbit-based network to developers roughly half a year before mainnet. The testnet phase let launchpad projects, decentralized exchanges, and wallet providers prepare for a chain designed to inherit Ethereum's security while settling transactions at a fraction of mainnet cost.
Location: Decentralized
Robinhood Chain Mainnet Launches and Hits 560 Million USD Daily Volume in a Week
Robinhood Chain's public mainnet went live on July 1, 2026, and within a week the chain was processing roughly 560 million USD in daily decentralized exchange volume, driven initially by memecoin trading around launchpad tokens like CASHCAT. Uniswap v3 and v4 deployments dominated the order flow, and the chain entered the global top ten by DEX volume within weeks of launch.
Location: Decentralized
Record 945 Million USD Daily Volume and Tokenized-Stock Trading Record
Robinhood Chain posted roughly 945 million USD in daily DEX volume on August 25, 2026, nearly double its previous record, while tokenized equities like NVIDIA and Apple shares traded a single-day record of 85 million USD on the same day. Cumulative DEX volume had already passed 47 billion USD by mid-August, placing the young chain fifth among all networks by 30-day volume.
Location: Decentralized
Daily Volume Reaches 3.7 Billion USD, Top-Five Network by DEX Volume
Robinhood Chain set a fresh all-time high of about 3.7 billion USD in 24-hour DEX volume on September 5, 2026, capping a growth curve that took it from zero to a top-five global network in roughly three months. Total value locked had reached 700-800 million USD by late August, and Robinhood's roughly 24 million funded brokerage accounts remain the chain's strategic funnel for bridging traditional finance into on-chain tokenized equities.
Location: Decentralized