Robinhood Chain public mainnet launches in London

Robinhood unveiled the Public Mainnet of Robinhood Chain at a London keynote on July 1, 2026, describing the release as part of the company’s largest global expansion to date. The chain is built on the Arbitrum layer-2 platform and is designed to support tokenized real-world assets and decentralized finance functions such as lending and borrowing.

The Public Mainnet will connect to Robinhood’s on-chain users and use Arbitrum’s layer-2 technology to increase transaction throughput and reduce costs. The company listed integrations with Uniswap for decentralized exchange features, Chainlink for oracle and data services, Alchemy for developer tooling, BitGo for custody, and Pleiades for additional protocol features.

Stock Tokens are a central element of the rollout. Robinhood said Stock Tokens will be available through Robinhood Wallet in more than 120 countries, with actual access dependent on local regulation and wallet eligibility. Eligible users will be able to trade Stock Tokens 24 hours a day on Robinhood Chain and to use those tokens in supported DeFi applications, including lending pools and as collateral.

Robinhood also announced a phased launch of lending products. The company is introducing Robinhood Earn to eligible U.S. customers, a decentralized lending service accessible through the main Robinhood app. Users will be able to lend USDG from a self-custody wallet at an estimated 7% annual percentage yield. Robinhood named Morpho as the provider of lending infrastructure and said insurance arranged through Lloyd’s of London and RELM is intended to cover losses from cyber incidents or smart contract exploits for eligible products.

Johann Kerbrat, the firm’s senior vice president and general manager of crypto and international, told attendees the effort combines traditional finance and decentralized finance. At the keynote, Robinhood declared, “We are officially launching the Public Mainnet of Robinhood Chain.”

Robinhood reported it serves nearly 28 million customers across 38 countries. The company said it plans to offer crypto trading in the U.K., has launched services in Canada, and that Robinhood Singapore received a capital markets services license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. In Europe the firm is expanding commodity, ETF and FX perpetual futures with up to 10x leverage, and in the U.S. it is offering maker fees that can fall to 0% based on trading volume.

Product availability and features will roll out in phases and will vary by jurisdiction and user eligibility, the company noted. Regulatory constraints will determine where Stock Tokens and certain on-chain services can be offered, and some functions will require wallet-based self-custody. Robinhood described the new chain as a platform to provide round-the-clock market access and to let customers use tokenized assets within DeFi workflows.