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Robinhood Markets, Inc.

Retail brokerage and crypto platform whose Stock Tokens, issued as tokenised debt securities by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited, give economic exposure to a reference security without legal ownership and, since 1 July 2026, can be moved into lending pools on its own layer 2.

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Jurisdiction United States
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The profile

Nasdaq-listed retail brokerage and crypto platform reporting 27.7 million funded customers and $377bn of platform assets as at 31 May 2026, with US securities trading offered through Robinhood Financial, a FINRA member. Its Stock Tokens are tokenised debt securities issued by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited that give economic exposure to a reference security without conferring legal ownership or shareholder rights, are available in more than 120 countries, and since the mainnet launch of Robinhood Chain on 1 July 2026 can be moved into lending pools on the firm's own Arbitrum-based layer 2. It completed the $200m purchase of Bitstamp on 3 June 2025, acquiring more than 50 licences and registrations and an institutional client base outside the United States, which is how it reaches markets where the token structure is permitted.

Products and services

Stock Tokens
Tokenised debt securities issued by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited tracking listed equities, traded around the clock and carrying no legal ownership of the underlying share.
Robinhood Chain
Arbitrum-based layer-2 network whose mainnet opened on 1 July 2026, with Uniswap among day-one integrations and Stock Tokens usable in its lending pools.
Bitstamp
Crypto exchange bought for $200m in a deal completed June 2025, bringing over 50 licences and registrations and retail and institutional trading outside the US.

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On the record

Baltimore sues Kalshi and Polymarket and names three brokers with Kalshi

The city filed two complaints in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City on 13 August 2026 under its Consumer Protection Ordinance. The Kalshi case also names Robinhood, Webull and Coinbase, pleading that each takes a fee alongside Kalshi on every event contract bought through its prediction markets hub, and seeks penalties, an injunction, disgorgement and restitution.

Robinhood opens crypto trading to UK customers through Bitstamp

Robinhood said on 10 August 2026 that more than 50 cryptoassets were going into its main UK app, traded through Bitstamp UK Ltd, which is registered with the Financial Conduct Authority as a cryptoasset service provider. There is no trading, custody or account fee; a 0.10 per cent fee applies to the currency conversion, rising to 0.30 per cent between Friday and Sunday evenings in New York.

Robinhood launches stock tokens for EU and EEA customers

Robinhood began offering more than 200 tokenised US stocks and exchange-traded funds to customers in 30 EU and EEA countries, issued on Arbitrum and traded with no commission or added spread from Robinhood. The company said it was also building its own layer-2 network, based on Arbitrum technology, for tokenised real-world assets.

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