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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.
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.
Developments in which Robinhood Markets, Inc. is a named party, newest first.
Robinhood began operating Robinhood Chain on mainnet on 1 July 2026, alongside round-the-clock tokenized stock trading, perpetual futures and onchain lending. The tokens give price exposure rather than direct share ownership.
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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