February 11 News, Robinhood announced the launch of Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 network built on Arbitrum technology, marking a key step for the fintech company from a trading platform to a blockchain infrastructure provider. The network focuses on high performance, low costs, and financial-grade scalability, with an emphasis on tokenized assets and real-world assets (RWA).
Unlike traditional models that only provide matching services, Robinhood chooses to control both user access points and the underlying blockchain architecture. Its Ethereum-compatible design allows developers to directly use existing tools and smart contracts, significantly lowering migration and deployment barriers; meanwhile, Arbitrum’s mature technology ensures high throughput and stability, making it competitive among many Layer 2 networks.
Robinhood Chain’s primary focus is serving financial applications. Compared to the high gas fees and congestion on the mainnet, this network processes transactions off-chain and returns the results, enabling faster settlement and more predictable costs—key conditions for institutional-grade applications. Robinhood also leverages its experience in compliance and risk management by integrating identity verification, auditing, and reporting mechanisms into the network design.
In the trend of accelerating the onboarding of real-world assets onto the blockchain, Robinhood Chain aims to become a major channel for tokenizing stocks, funds, bonds, and other assets. Issuers can handle distribution and settlement on-chain, retail investors can access diversified portfolios at lower thresholds, and institutions can efficiently reach cross-border funds.
For the market, this move signifies that fintech companies are beginning to compete at the blockchain infrastructure layer. Competition within the Ethereum ecosystem’s Layer 2 solutions will intensify, and tokenized assets are gradually becoming the next core track. As more platforms deploy underlying networks, the maturity and practicality of blockchain finance are expected to further improve.
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