- Robinhood launched Robinhood Chain, its Layer 2 blockchain, to support tokenized assets.
- Robinhood Earn offers eligible USDG lenders an estimated 7% annualized yield.
- Robinhood expanded crypto services with AI tools and broader global market plans.
Robinhood has launched the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain, introducing its own Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 blockchain as part of its expansion into tokenized assets and decentralized finance.
The launch is a step in the company’s blockchain strategy, bringing together tokenized stock trading, decentralized lending, and new AI-powered financial services under a single infrastructure.
Alongside the network debut, Robinhood also announced additional international expansion plans, new crypto products, and updates to its financial services portfolio, while its shares traded slightly lower in premarket trading following the company’s London product event.
Robinhood Chain Goes Live With Focus on Tokenized Assets
Robinhood Chain has been introduced as a permissionless Layer 2 network built on the Arbitrum network. The blockchain is intended to support tokenized real-world assets, including stocks, exchange-traded funds, stablecoins, and other financial instruments, while maintaining compatibility with Ethereum.
According to the company, the network is intended to improve transaction throughput, reduce settlement costs, and provide infrastructure for developers, institutions, and retail users building blockchain-based financial applications.
The company also confirmed that Chainlink will serve as the blockchain’s official oracle and cross-chain infrastructure provider, supplying external data feeds and interoperability services for the network.
Robinhood said the blockchain will also support tokenized U.S. stock trading for eligible users across more than 120 countries as part of its international offering.
Separately, a crypto community member, hunter, claimed that Robinhood Chain operates at speeds more than 4 times faster than Solana and more than 10 times faster than Base. The company has not independently verified those performance comparisons.
New Products Accompany Blockchain Launch
The blockchain rollout was announced alongside several additional product launches centered on digital assets. Robinhood introduced Robinhood Earn, a decentralized lending product that allows eligible U.S. customers to lend USDG stablecoins for an estimated annualized yield of 7%.
The company also expanded its perpetual futures offering to customers across 30 European countries. According to Robinhood, the product lineup will include exposure to traditional financial assets such as gold, silver, crude oil, the euro-dollar currency pair, and major exchange-traded funds.
Robinhood further stated that it plans to launch cryptocurrency trading in the United Kingdom. It also highlighted its expansion into Canada through the acquisition of WonderFi and confirmed that it has obtained a capital markets services license in Singapore to support future operations across Asia.
AI Announcement and Market Reaction
The blockchain announcement followed Robinhood Presents: The World is Flat, a keynote event held at the Old Royal Naval College in London.
During the event, the company showcased additional AI-powered products, including Agentic Trading and AI-assisted spending tools linked to the Robinhood Gold Card. Robinhood also announced that it had set a Guinness World Record for the most items purchased by an AI agent within three minutes.
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