Robinhood has launched the public testnet for Robinhood Chain, a financial-grade Ethereum Layer-2 built on Arbitrum. Johann Kerbrat, SVP and General Manager of Robinhood Crypto, announced the testnet at Consensus Hong Kong on Wednesday, …
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Robinhood explains building an Ethereum layer-2: 'We wanted the security from Ethereum'
by adminby adminCoinDesk sat down with Robinhood’s head of crypto, Johann Kerbrat, to get an update on its upcoming layer-2 network, its tokenized stocks program, and its staking offerings.
According to Arbiscan, the onchain analytics platform for Arbitrum, an account labeled Robinhood Deployer issued 500 stock tokens on December 17. That marks the largest single day deployment of stock based tokens ever recorded …
Jonathan Jackson, a member of Congress’s Subcommittee on Digital Assets, recently disclosed an investment in Robinhood. Despite a minor correction, his position has gained nearly 30% since his purchase. The intersection of crypto regulation …
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Robinhood US Lists CZ-backed ASTER and Tether’s Plasma (XPL) for Trading
by adminby adminKey Notes CZ-backed dex ASTER reached $3.9B market cap within 30 days, gaining Robinhood listing alongside Coinbase’s BNB roadmap addition. Tether’s Plasma attracts $6B in TVL by tokenizing US Treasuries backing the stablecoin giant’s …
Robinhood Expands Tokenization to Nearly 500 US Stocks, ETFs on Arbitrum
Robinhood has expanded its tokenization initiative on the Arbitrum blockchain, deploying 80 new stock tokens in the past few days and bringing the total number of tokenized assets close to 500. According to data …