Robinhood (robinhood.codes) (HOOD)

"A massive boom in institutional adoption" may be on the way in the second half of 2026.

@sgoldfed of @Offchain tells @RemyBlaireNews $HOOD is going deep on blockchain, LG is following suit, and $SECZ just hit a major milestone with its publicly available tokenization platform. https://t.co/kyIQSTNiiA

I think the market has underestimated Robinhood's move to build a public chain.
Many people's first reaction to the news is:
HOOD launched a Layer2.
But I believe what they really aim for is not a public chain per se, but an on-chain Nasdaq.
That is the truly noteworthy aspect.
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For the past few decades, the underlying architecture of US stock trading has hardly changed.
User order → broker → exchange → clearinghouse → T+1 settlement.
What Robinhood wants to change is this underlying architecture.
On July 1, Robinhood Chain officially launched on mainnet; it is an Ethereum Layer2 built on the Arbitrum Orbit tech stack, created specifically for tokenizing traditional securities like stocks and ETFs.
In the future, a share of Apple, Nvidia, or Tesla can essentially become a token on the chain, trading 24/7 without interruption, and available to over 120 countries and regions (US users not yet included).
Stocks become truly composable assets for the first time.
They can not only be bought and sold, but also:
• 24/7 continuous trading
• used as collateral for lending (Robinhood has already launched an on-chain loan product with an annual yield of about 7%)
• participate in DeFi
• provide liquidity (LP)
• be automatically managed and allocated by AI Agents
Stocks are no longer just stocks; they become financial LEGO on the chain.
However, a detail worth noting: currently these Stock Tokens are legally more akin to debt instruments that track stock price performance rather than direct equity; holders do not enjoy shareholder rights. This is why Robinhood chose to use the HOOD stock price to embody market expectations for the chain, instead of issuing a native on-chain token—you are essentially buying whether "Robinhood can make this happen," not a token of the chain itself.
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Many people like to compare Coinbase and Robinhood.
But I think the two companies have diverged onto completely different paths.
What Coinbase aims to do is:
Bring the internet onto the chain.
Base, USDC, DeFi, payments, Social…
Build an open on-chain economy.
And what Robinhood aims to do is:
Bring Wall Street onto the chain.
Stocks, ETFs, RWA, on-chain securities, on-chain settlement.
In the future, the real competition won't be about lower fees, but about who can become the platform for issuing and circulating global financial assets.
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One more point I think many in the market haven't realized.
Robinhood Chain is not a new Layer1.
It chooses Ethereum + Ar