Robinhood's Bold Move: Launching Infrastructure for Tokenized Markets

Robinhood's Bold Move: Launching Infrastructure for Tokenized Markets

February 12, 2026
🚨 Robinhood just launched its own blockchain. Yes — that Robinhood. The trading platform has rolled out the public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 built on Arbitrum. And this move says a lot. Robinhood isn’t just offering crypto trading anymore. It’s building infrastructure. According to the announcement, the chain is designed to support: 🔹 Tokenized real-world assets 🔹 DeFi liquidity access within Ethereum 🔹 Integration with Robinhood Wallet 🔹 Testnet stock tokens for builders 🔹 Future-ready financial services onchain Let’s zoom out. Robinhood’s crypto revenue dropped 38% year-over-year in Q4. At the same time, they’re expanding tokenized stocks in Europe with 24/5 trading, near-instant settlement, and self-custody. Translation? They’re not retreating from crypto. They’re doubling down — but on infrastructure and tokenization. This is the bigger shift happening across finance: Platforms are moving from: “Let users trade crypto” to “Bring financial markets onchain.” If Robinhood successfully connects: • Tokenized equities • DeFi liquidity • Retail scale • L2 efficiency We could see a serious acceleration of tokenized markets. And remember — this is just the testnet. The real question is: Will traditional brokerages follow, or will crypto-native rails quietly absorb market share? 👇 Is this the beginning of mainstream tokenized equities in the U.S.? If you want to understand tokenization,and how traditional finance is moving onchain, our courses break it down step by step — from infrastructure to strategy. 🔘Blockchain Accounting Course Series 🔘Blockchain Audit Course Series 🔘Blockchain Finance Course Series 🔘Blockchain Law & Digital Assets Course Series https://hubs.li/Q042QyBG0

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Robinhood's Bold Move: Launching Infrastructure for Tokenized Markets

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Larry Liermann
February 12, 2026
5 min read
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🚨 Robinhood just launched its own blockchain. Yes — that Robinhood. The trading platform has rolled out the public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 built on Arbitrum. And this move says a lot. Robinhood isn’t just offering crypto trading anymore. It’s building infrastructure. According to the announcement, the chain is designed to support: 🔹 Tokenized real-world assets 🔹 DeFi liquidity access within Ethereum 🔹 Integration with Robinhood Wallet 🔹 Testnet stock tokens for builders 🔹 Future-ready financial services onchain Let’s zoom out. Robinhood’s crypto revenue dropped 38% year-over-year in Q4. At the same time, they’re expanding tokenized stocks in Europe with 24/5 trading, near-instant settlement, and self-custody. Translation? They’re not retreating from crypto. They’re doubling down — but on infrastructure and tokenization. This is the bigger shift happening across finance: Platforms are moving from: “Let users trade crypto” to “Bring financial markets onchain.” If Robinhood successfully connects: • Tokenized equities • DeFi liquidity • Retail scale • L2 efficiency We could see a serious acceleration of tokenized markets. And remember — this is just the testnet. The real question is: Will traditional brokerages follow, or will crypto-native rails quietly absorb market share? 👇 Is this the beginning of mainstream tokenized equities in the U.S.? If you want to understand tokenization,and how traditional finance is moving onchain, our courses break it down step by step — from infrastructure to strategy. 🔘Blockchain Accounting Course Series 🔘Blockchain Audit Course Series 🔘Blockchain Finance Course Series 🔘Blockchain Law & Digital Assets Course Series https://hubs.li/Q042QyBG0
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Larry Liermann
Larry Liermann is Co-Founder and Head of Sales & Partnerships at MMBA, where he leads the company’s business development efforts and discussions with strategic partners, including Higher Education Institutions, Enterprise clients, and various industry organizations. He has led global sales teams at trading technology companies and is also a former Co-Founder of another Educational Technology startup.

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