Robinhood Chain Unleashes Fast and Cheap Blockchain for Real-World Assets

Robinhood Chain has launched as a Layer 2 blockchain designed for real-world assets. The platform went live on its public mainnet on July 1, 2026. This marks Robinhood's most significant step into the infrastructure layer of decentralized finance.

The new chain is built using the Arbitrum tech stack and inherits Ethereum's security while processing transactions faster and more cheaply off the main chain. It is permissionless and Ethereum-compatible, allowing developers to deploy applications on it using familiar tooling.

At launch, Robinhood Chain features 24/7 trading, self-custody support, and full DeFi composability. This means different financial protocols can plug into each other seamlessly, enabling a tokenized stock position to be used as collateral for a loan in another application without paperwork.