- Robinhood has officially launched the public mainnet for Robinhood Chain, its new Layer-2 blockchain built on Arbitrum.
- The company also rolled out tokenized stocks, decentralized lending, and AI-powered crypto trading tools.
- The expansion signals Robinhood’s push to become a full-service on-chain financial platform beyond traditional brokerage services.
Robinhood has officially launched the public mainnet for Robinhood Chain, marking the company’s most ambitious move yet into blockchain-based finance. Announced during an event in London, the new Layer-2 network is built on Arbitrum and is designed to support tokenized real-world assets, decentralized finance (DeFi), and next-generation financial applications.
The launch comes roughly four months after Robinhood began testing the blockchain and represents a major milestone in the company’s strategy to evolve from an online brokerage into a broader digital asset ecosystem.
Robinhood Chain Goes Live
Robinhood Chain is designed to bring traditional financial assets onto blockchain infrastructure while enabling faster and more flexible trading.
With the public mainnet now live, Robinhood’s tokenized stock products are fully operational. Users in more than 120 countries can access Stock Tokens through Robinhood Wallet, although availability varies depending on local regulations.
The company says users will eventually be able to trade tokenized equities around the clock while using them across decentralized finance applications, including lending platforms and as collateral for other financial products.
Robinhood Introduces DeFi Lending
Alongside the blockchain launch, Robinhood unveiled Robinhood Earn, a decentralized lending product built around its dollar-backed stablecoin, USDG.
The service allows users to lend USDG directly from a self-custody wallet while earning an estimated annual percentage yield (APY) of 7%.
By combining self-custody with on-chain lending, Robinhood is expanding beyond simple cryptocurrency trading into decentralized financial services traditionally offered by native DeFi protocols.
AI Trading and Global Expansion
Robinhood also announced several additional initiatives aimed at expanding its global crypto footprint.
The company plans to broaden perpetual futures trading across Europe by adding commodities, ETFs, and foreign exchange products alongside cryptocurrencies.
Robinhood also confirmed plans to launch cryptocurrency trading in the United Kingdom while expanding operations into Canada following its acquisition of WonderFi.
Another major announcement was the introduction of Agentic Accounts, an AI-powered trading tool that will allow eligible U.S. customers to connect artificial intelligence models to Robinhood’s trading infrastructure while maintaining full control over capital allocation and trading strategies.
Robinhood Wants to Become an Everything Exchange
The launch highlights Robinhood’s broader strategy of combining traditional finance with blockchain technology.
Over the past several years, the company has steadily expanded beyond commission-free stock trading into cryptocurrencies, derivatives, prediction markets, tokenized assets, and decentralized finance.
Robinhood appears to be positioning itself as an “everything exchange,” offering multiple asset classes and financial services through a unified platform increasingly powered by blockchain infrastructure.
The expansion also comes shortly after Robinhood announced plans to reduce its workforce by approximately 10%, a move the company said was intended to streamline operations while focusing resources on long-term growth initiatives.
As tokenization and decentralized finance continue attracting institutional and retail interest, Robinhood’s latest launch places the brokerage among a growing number of traditional financial companies building directly on blockchain networks.
