Robinhood Chain mainnet launches, simultaneously introducing tokenized stocks, perpetual contracts, and AI agent trading

Odaily Odaily reports that Robinhood has announced the official launch of its proprietary Layer 2 network, Robinhood Chain, on the public mainnet. Built on the Arbitrum technology stack, the chain is positioned as an institution-grade, permissionless, AI-native network specifically designed for Real World Assets (RWA).

Robinhood Chain's launch day partners include Uniswap, Pleiades, Alchemy, BitGo, and Chainlink. Among them, Uniswap will deploy a dedicated AMM on the chain as the primary public liquidity protocol, while Pleiades will deploy its own AMM as the primary proprietary trading venue. The chain will also offer basic DeFi functionalities such as lending.

Eligible users can engage in 24/7 trading of tokenized stocks on Robinhood Chain. Concurrently, Robinhood Earn will introduce USDG-based decentralized lending products within the main app. The new version of Robinhood Wallet will also support access to Lighter's perpetual contract trading in certain jurisdictions.

Robinhood has also announced an expansion of its European perpetual contract product offerings, formally entering the Canadian market, and obtaining a capital markets services license in Singapore. Additionally, Agentic Accounts for crypto trading are planned to begin rolling out in the US soon, allowing AI agents to participate in trading and fund management.

Robinhood stated that this update represents its most ambitious global expansion and product vision to date, aiming to establish a more direct connection between traditional finance and DeFi, integrating stocks, crypto, RWA, perpetual contracts, and AI trading into a unified financial experience. (The Block)