Key Takeaways:
- Robinhood Chain public mainnet is now live, bringing an AI-native Layer 2 network for DeFi and tokenized assets.
- In addition to Robinhood Earn, which provides an estimated 7% APY, Stock Tokens have gone live in 120+ countries.
- Robinhood is also expanding globally, with plans to enter crypto trading in the UK and an AI-driven trading feature soon.
Robinhood Chain is the latest in the crypto giant’s boldest moves into the industry, with Robinhood introducing its public mainnet alongside a system of DeFi products. The transfer reflects the company’s increasing priorities with blockchain infrastructure, tokenized assets and AI-powered investing as it moves deeper into the globe’s crypto markets.
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Robinhood Chain Goes Live With Tokenized Asset Focus
Robinhood Chain is an open source Layer 2 chain belonging to the Arbitrum stack and for financial uses. The company says the network is AI-native and optimized for real-world asset tokenization, while providing developers with built-in DeFi features such as lending and borrowing.
The blockchain launched with support from ecosystem partners including Alchemy, BitGo, and Chainlink. Meanwhile, Uniswap is deploying a dedicated automated market maker (AMM) as one of the chain’s primary public liquidity venues.
At the same time, Robinhood launched Stock Tokens, and has been releasing them in over 120 countries (where legal) in recent months and has made them available via Robinhood Wallet.
24/7 Trading and DeFi Utility
Traditional stock trading is no longer the case; eligible users are able to trade tokenized equities anytime of the day and utilize them in decentralized finance applications. They can be lent into lending pools or lured onto supported DeFi platforms, in addition such as Uniswap, 1inch, Lighter, Rialto and Arcus, via decentralized trading exchanges.
Robinhood Adds 7% Yield Product and AI Trading
Robinhood also introduced Robinhood Earn, its first decentralized lending product integrated into the main Robinhood app for eligible U.S. users.
It enables USDG to be lent to customers from their own wallet using an APY of 7% nominal per year (APY). The lending infrastructure is run by Morpho and insurance coverage of cyber and smart contract losses is backed by RELM and Lloyd’s of London.
The firm is also developing and rolling out Agentic Accounts for Crypto, which will enable qualified U.S. traders to pair AI models that can analyze market data and act on it in a continuous manner without using any set parameters.
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Global Crypto Expansion Continues
Robinhood confirmed it would open up crypto trading in the United Kingdom in the near future, continuing its international crypto strategy.
It added that the company has joined its official Canada expansion with the acquisition of WonderFi, which is providing no trading fees to users until Sept. 30. Robinhood has obtained a capital markets services licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, which is setting the stage for further plans in the brokerage space in Singapore.
Robinhood currently has almost 2.8 million users in 38 countries, positioning itself as a single marketplace for traditional investing, decentralized finance, tokenization, and even AI-driven trading.
