Robinhood Unveils Web3 Infrastructure and Corporate Prediction Market Derivatives
Robinhood has rolled out two major updates to its platform, integrating infrastructure for synthetic assets and derivative instruments. On October 1, Robinhood Wallet integrated the application programming interface (API) of the decentralized protocol Arcus, allowing users to execute direct swaps of tokenized stocks through a request-for-quote (RFQ) mechanism.
Arcus's RFQ design replaces traditional shared liquidity pools with a direct competitive environment where institutional market-making firms quote real-time prices. Since its July 2026 deployment on Robinhood Chain, Arcus has recorded cumulative trading volume exceeding $5 billion and a total value locked (TVL) surpassing $28 million as of October 1.
In parallel with the web3 infrastructure, Robinhood and Cboe Global Markets unveiled a joint line of structured products based on corporate prediction markets. These binary options are directly linked to key performance indicators (KPIs) of 23 U.S. companies, with zero transaction fees applying through December 31, 2026.