Robinhood Chain Connects Brokerage Distribution to Onchain Capital Market

Robinhood Chain, an onchain capital market developed by Robinhood, has made significant progress since its launch in July 2026. The network provides a live market test for connecting brokerage distribution, Stock Tokens, Robinhood Wallet, and decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity within the same financial system.

The company began this transition in June 2025, when it introduced U.S. stock and exchange-traded fund (ETF) tokens in Europe and announced an Arbitrum-based Layer 2. Robinhood Chain launched its public mainnet on July 1, 2026, allowing users to access more than 2,000 Classic Stock Tokens linked to U.S.-listed stocks and exchange-traded products.

The new network has assembled components around a distribution channel that already reaches tens of millions of funded customers. The ecosystem covers the main functions required to operate tokenized financial assets, including Uniswap, Rialto, Lighter, Arcus, and Bitstamp for trading, Morpho for lending, Chainlink, Alchemy, Arbitrum, and Offchain Labs for data and infrastructure.

The capital data shows that some of the funds have moved into lending and DEX liquidity. The average daily DEX volume increased from USD 44.8 million to USD 678.9 million between July 1 and July 10, a 15.2x increase, while the average active DEX wallets increased from approximately 28,600 to 184,700.