Robinhood has launched Robinhood Chain, a public Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 blockchain built on Arbitrum, as the trading platform expands further into tokenized stocks, real-world assets and on-chain financial services.
The company’s developer documentation describes the network as a permissionless blockchain designed to support tokenized equities, ETFs, private assets and other financial instruments that can be traded or managed on-chain.
Robinhood builds its chain on Arbitrum
Robinhood Chain uses Arbitrum Dedicated Blockchains, a Layer 2 framework that relies on Ethereum infrastructure while processing activity away from Ethereum’s main network to improve speed and reduce costs.
The chain uses ETH as its native gas token and is compatible with Ethereum developer tools, allowing smart contracts written in Solidity or Vyper to be deployed without major changes. It also supports standard JSON-RPC connections, wallet integrations and smart-contract deployment, opening the network to developers building financial applications.
Tokenized stocks move deeper into Robinhood’s strategy
The launch builds on Robinhood’s earlier rollout of stock and ETF tokens for eligible European customers, giving users exposure to more than 200 U.S. stocks and ETFs with 24/5 access.
Robinhood says the new chain is optimized for tokenized real-world assets, including equities and ETFs, with the aim of making those assets programmable and available through self-custody infrastructure.
Robinhood widens crypto push and claims AI record
Alongside the blockchain launch, Robinhood announced plans to launch crypto trading in the UK and expand its perpetual futures offering in Europe beyond crypto into commodities, ETFs and foreign exchange markets.
The company also introduced Robinhood Earn, a product that lets eligible U.S. users lend USDG stablecoins through a self-custody wallet for an estimated 7% APY.
Separately, Robinhood said one of its AI agents earned an official Guinness World Records title for the most items purchased by an AI agent in three minutes using a single credit card.
Robinhood said the agent independently sourced, selected and ordered gifts for event attendees through its Agentic Credit Card, framing the demonstration as a sign that AI agents are moving beyond chat-based assistance toward completing online transactions with limited human input.
