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Robinhood launches Layer 2 blockchain on mainnet with 24/7 tokenized stocks and DeFi expansion plans

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James Hunt

3d ago· 8 min readenNews
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Summary

Robinhood has launched Robinhood Chain, a Layer 2 blockchain built on Arbitrum's tech stack, now live on mainnet. The company unveiled its "most ambitious global expansion and product vision to date" during a London livestream, including 24/7 tokenized stock trading, lighter perpetuals (perps), and plans for crypto agentic trading. The initiative aims to bridge traditional finance (TradFi) with decentralized finance (DeFi), with partners like Uniswap integrated from day one. CEO Vlad Tenev and other executives outlined expansion into new regions and a vision for making DeFi more accessible without requiring deep technical expertise.

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Twitter / XRobinhood launches Layer 2 blockchain on mainnet with 24/7 tokenized stocks and DeFi expansion planstheblock.co

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most ambitious global expansion and product vision to date
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Robinhood Chain, a Layer 2 built using Arbitrum's tech stack, went live on public mainnet, with partners including Uniswap from day one.

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