Robinhood Chain sees over $70M in ETH bridged during first week

The magnitude of Ether bridged to Robinhood’s caller layer-2 blockchain exceeded $70 cardinal successful conscionable the archetypal week, according to Token Terminal. 

Robinhood Chain, an EVM-compatible Arbitrum-based layer-2 web that uses ETH arsenic its autochthonal state token, launched connected July 1 with the institution describing it arsenic “AI-native and purpose-built for real-world assets.” 

“If adoption continues, the concatenation could go a meaningful caller root of request for ETH,” said Token Terminal connected Thursday. 

Robinhood has besides offered tokenized stocks to customers successful much than 120 countries, responding to a surging demand for tokenized US equities. Ethereum and its layer-2 scaling networks person been a fashionable prime for tokenized real-world assets (RWA) with much than 50% marketplace share, according to RWA.xyz, and this determination could cement that presumption adjacent further. 

Turning liquidity into economical activity

“Robinhood Chain is rapidly turning liquidity into economical activity,” said Token Terminal successful a abstracted station connected X. 

Robinhood Chain’s regular progressive users reached 194,000 portion regular gross has grown to $39,000, equivalent to a $14 cardinal annualized gross tally rate, wrong the chain’s archetypal week, it said. 

DefiLlama, a decentralized concern information platform, shows akin figures, showing Robinhood Chain has a full worth locked of 46,748 ETH, worthy astir $83 cardinal astatine existent marketplace prices. Thursday’s inflows unsocial totaled 31,855 ETH, oregon astir $55 million.  

Uniswap laminitis Hayden Adams said Friday that astir of what is happening connected the Robinhood Chain is ETH-denominated. 

“It's the basal brace for trading, the highest measurement asset, and the state token to wage for blockspace. It besides burns ETH connected L1 to wage information retention fees,” helium added. 

ETH bridged to Robinhood Chain tops $70 million. Source: Token Terminal 

Andri Fauzan Adziima, probe pb astatine Bitrue Research Institute, told Cointelegraph that it was “strongly bullish” and aboriginal measurement “validates the L2 flywheel,” arsenic a “meaningful caller request sink.”

“By utilizing ETH arsenic the autochthonal state token connected this high-velocity Arbitrum L2, each transaction I way creates direct, recurring request portion locking superior and onboarding Robinhood’s monolithic idiosyncratic base.” 

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Tim Sun, HashKey Group elder researcher, said it was “a clear, structural affirmative for ETH.”

“For Ethereum, the astir nonstop payment is that Robinhood Chain uses ETH for gas,” helium said. “As bridged assets, wallet addresses, and on-chain transactions grow, caller request for ETH is generated.”

“However, the deeper value lies not conscionable successful however overmuch state is consumed, but successful Robinhood’s prime to physique its ain on-chain fiscal ecosystem wrong the Ethereum network. This further solidifies the Ethereum mainnet’s presumption arsenic the eventual colony furniture and liquidity instauration for tokenized assets.”

Bulls reason Ethereum’s semipermanent maturation thesis comes from RWA tokenization, agentic AI payments, organization adoption and web upgrades, specified arsenic Glamsterdam, expected earlier the extremity of 2026, which is expected to summation furniture 1 capacity. 

ETH prices ticked up connected Friday to scope $1,775 but stay astatine multi-year carnivore marketplace lows, down 64% from their August 2025 peak. 

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