Robinhood ecosystem

Robinhood Chain is a permissionless, Ethereum-compatible Layer-2 blockchain being developed by Robinhood. It is designed to bring traditional financial instruments into a blockchain environment while integrating with Robinhood’s existing brokerage infrastructure. The concept focuses on issuing blockchain-based representations of equities that can settle faster and potentially trade 24/7.

It is built on Arbitrum’s Layer-2 stack, inheriting Ethereum’s security and EVM compatibility while offering faster, lower-cost transactions tailored for financial applications.

The project’s testnet launched in February 2026 on Arbitrum, allowing developers to build, test, and deploy applications using testnet assets, including simulated stock tokens, in a safe environment before any mainnet launch.

Robinhood Chain aims to support tokenized equities, ETFs, lending, decentralized exchanges, perpetual futures, and other financial-grade DeFi products, with seamless bridging and self-custody via the Robinhood Wallet. Infrastructure partners like Alchemy, Chainlink, LayerZero, Allium, and TRM are already integrating with the testnet to provide tools such as data feeds, interoperability, and developer support.