Robinhood just did the thing every fintech company has been talking about for years but rarely executes. It actually shipped a blockchain.
Shares of Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) climbed nearly 4% on July 3 after the company unveiled a sweeping set of blockchain and decentralized finance products at its “The World Is Flat” event in London on July 1. The centerpiece: Robinhood Chain, a public mainnet built on Arbitrum Orbit as an Ethereum Layer-2 network.
What Robinhood actually launched
Robinhood rolled out tokenized versions of stocks including NVIDIA, Google, and Apple, available through Robinhood Wallet to users in over 120 countries. That means 24/7 trading of major equities, not bound by the opening bell or closing hours of traditional markets.
Beyond tokenized equities, Robinhood introduced decentralized stablecoin lending through a product called Robinhood Earn, offering up to 7% APY. The company also launched crypto perpetual futures and what it’s calling “agentic AI” trading capabilities, essentially AI-assisted tools designed to help users navigate more complex trading strategies.
