Robinhood has gone chain-native. The brokerage firm launched the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain on Wednesday, an Arbitrum-powered Ethereum layer-2 network that the company described as permissionless, AI-native, and purpose-built for real-world assets.
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The announcement was made at an event held at the Old Royal Naval College in London, where CEO Vlad Tenev outlined a vision that bridges Robinhood's traditional brokerage offerings with an expanding suite of onchain financial products.
What the chain does
Robinhood Chain is designed to host tokenized real-world assets, beginning with Stock Tokens — on-chain representations of shares in companies including Nvidia and Apple. Eligible users in more than 120 countries can trade these tokens 24/7 directly within the Robinhood Wallet. The tokens can be deployed into lending pools or used as collateral across DeFi protocols, unlocking yield opportunities that traditional brokerage accounts do not permit.
Day-one ecosystem partners include Uniswap (dedicated AMM for public liquidity) and Pleiades (proprietary AMM for prop trading). Infrastructure integrations cover Alchemy, BitGo, and Chainlink.
The Lighter integration
Perpetual futures are now available within the Robinhood Wallet via Lighter, a decentralized exchange. Eligible users in select jurisdictions can access perps through the integration, with Lighter committing $11 million worth of $LIT to the Robinhood community. Users earn 2x points when trading perpetuals through Robinhood Wallet versus Lighter's own app.
Robinhood Earn is also rolling out to eligible US users — lending USDG stablecoin at ~7% APY, insured through Lloyd's of London and RELM. Infrastructure is powered by Morpho.
AI-native positioning
The "AI-native" label is central to the pitch. Agentic Accounts for crypto trading are being prepared for eligible US traders, with Robinhood's Trading MCP allowing AI models to connect to Robinhood data and execute strategies within user-set parameters. At the London event, Robinhood set a Guinness World Record for the most items purchased by an AI agent in three minutes using a single credit card.
Geographic expansion
The launch is paired with Robinhood's broadest geographic push to date. Canadian residents gained access on Canada Day, following the WonderFi acquisition, with zero trading fees until end of September. Singapore's MAS has awarded Robinhood Singapore a CMS licence. The firm is also planning a UK crypto launch.
Robinhood serves nearly 28 million customers across 38 countries. HOOD closed up more than 8% on Wednesday at $108.65 — nearly 20% gains over the past month, though still more than 29% off its 52-week high.
