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Robinhood Chain Activity Slows Amid L2 Expansion and Fee Coverage

Steady: 0 in the last 7 days Updated oct 10

The latest in this situation

  1. Robinhood officially launched its new chain connected to the Ethereum network.

How it started

13 reports, 7 independent, last reported Oct 10. The briefing below covers this first event.

AI-generated briefing. Brind wrote this from the reports listed below and has updated it as the story developed. It can be wrong. Each section says how much you can rely on it, and the sources are linked so you can check.

What happened

Well supportedReported by 7 independent outlets

Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain, has experienced a sharp slowdown in activity since mid-September. Daily transactions fell 42% to an average of 6.2 million, and weekly spot trading volume dropped 21% to $7.45 billion. Despite the decline, decentralized exchange volume increased 5% to $13 billion, and the average per-transaction cost fell from 64 cents to 2.6 cents. The company is covering network fees on token swaps worth more than 50 cents through December 31.

From coindesk.com, memeburn.com

Why it matters

Some supportBrind's analysis of the reports

The expansion of Robinhood's proprietary Layer-2 network on Ethereum is a strategic move into tokenized real-world assets. The network is also reportedly evaluating Priority Gas Auctions, a technology that could allow traders to pay additional fees for faster trade execution.

From econotimes.com

Who's involved

  • RobinhoodAmerican financial services company operating the Layer-2 network
  • EthereumPublic blockchain platform used as the foundational layer for the chain
  • ChainlinkDistributed oracle network providing infrastructure for the chain

Who could feel it

Possible knock-on effects

These are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.

  • BinanceSpeculative

    Robinhood's L2 expansion into tokenization might challenge Binance's market share and operational model.

How it developed

Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.
  1. Robinhood officially launched its new chain connected to the Ethereum network.1 source
  2. Robinhood Chain adopts scaling patterns from Ethereum.1 source
  3. Brian Jung researched Robinhood's Layer-2 blockchain launch and ecosystem.Sub-event
  4. Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum-based Layer 2 blockchain, utilizes Chainlink for oracle infrastructure and is tied to an Artemis report.Sub-event
  5. Robinhood is expanding its own Layer-2 network on Ethereum.Sub-event
  6. Robinhood is expanding its own Layer-2 network on Ethereum.1 source

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Coverage

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4 more outlets ran the same wire story