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Layer 2

Robinhood Chain

Robinhood’s own Ethereum layer 2, built for tokenized stocks rather than for meme coins.

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By the Orca Crypto teamUpdated 2026-09-28How we check this5 min readReference
The short answer

Robinhood’s own Ethereum layer 2, built for tokenized stocks rather than for meme coins. Robinhood Chain went live on mainnet on 1 July 2026. It is an Arbitrum chain settling to Ethereum, with ETH for gas, and its reason to exist is tokenized equities: Robinhood issues stock and ETF tokens on it so they can trade around the clock rather than only during market hours. That makes it the clearest example so far of a traditional broker running its own chain.

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$15.91B
Rank
#2
All time high
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What Robinhood Chain is for

Robinhood Chain went live on mainnet on 1 July 2026. It is an Arbitrum chain settling to Ethereum, with ETH for gas, and its reason to exist is tokenized equities: Robinhood issues stock and ETF tokens on it so they can trade around the clock rather than only during market hours. That makes it the clearest example so far of a traditional broker running its own chain.

Because Robinhood Chain settles to Ethereum, your funds ultimately depend on Ethereum security plus the correctness of the rollup itself. That is a genuinely strong position, and it is not identical to holding on the base chain.

Technical summary

PropertyValue
LayerLayer 2
Launched2026
TypeArbitrum rollup
Settles toEthereum
Built withArbitrum

Block explorers

An explorer lets you verify any transaction, address or contract on this network yourself. Learning to read one is the fastest way to stop taking anyone's word for anything.

How to read a block explorer

Wallets that support it

What to be aware of

  • Most layer 2s currently run a single sequencer operated by one company, which can in principle reorder or delay transactions.
  • Upgrade keys are often held by a small multisig, meaning the rules can change.
  • Withdrawing through an official optimistic rollup bridge takes about seven days by design.
  • Crypto assets are volatile. Drawdowns of seventy percent or more have happened on every network in this list, including the largest.
  • Sending to an address on the wrong network can lose funds permanently. Always send a small test amount first.

Nothing on this page is investment advice. We describe how networks work, not whether you should buy anything.

Other networks at this layer

Same job, different tradeoffs. Each of these has its own page covering what it is actually for, who runs it and where it struggles.

Common questions

Do I need a Robinhood account to use the chain?
To hold the tokenized stocks Robinhood issues, yes, because those are its products. The chain itself is an Arbitrum rollup settling to Ethereum and behaves like any other EVM network.
Are tokenized stocks the same as owning the shares?
No. They are instruments issued by a company that tracks the share, so you hold a claim on that issuer rather than the equity itself. Voting rights and legal treatment differ from direct ownership.

Where to go next

New to Robinhood Chain?

We can get you set up with the right wallet, funded, and through a first transaction on this network in about an hour, on a screen share.

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