what's robinhood?
Robinhood Markets, Inc. is a financial technology company that operates the Robinhood platform, providing commission-free trading of stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies to retail investors. Its purpose is to democratize access to financial markets through a user-friendly mobile app, making investing accessible to beginners and experienced traders alike. Key features include 24/7 crypto trading, support for assets like Solana (SOL), Zora (ZORA), and stablecoins, as well as staking for Ethereum and Solana. The platform has expanded into the EU with tokenized stocks on Arbitrum and plans for its own Layer 2 blockchain. Recently, it listed the ZORA token, boosting its crypto offerings amid growing adoption of Solana-based projects like USDG stablecoin integrations. Robinhood's stock (HOOD) has seen parabolic growth, reflecting strong market interest in its crypto expansions.
Robinhood processed 3B event contracts (20% MoM), stock up with Bitcoin, BVI VASP obtained.
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x.com/robinhoodappMentioned as one of the platforms crypto KOLs use for trading equities, with 8 out of 55 survey respondents reporting use of the platform.
Discussed Robinhood Chain launch strategy with Coy Garrison and Seong Seog Lee on Unchained's DEX in the City podcast.
Rolled out 24/5 stocks and ETFs trading.
Listed CC token for spot trading on February 27, 2026.
Gained more than 5% in stock price during U.S. market opening on February 25, 2026.
Added ADA (Cardano) trading on Bitstamp by Robinhood in Singapore.
Acquired Bitstamp in 2025.
Launched Robinhood Ventures Fund I for private market investments including Oura, without accreditation or high minimums, and a platform for pre-IPO stocks.
Listed TRX (TRON) for trading on Bitstamp by Robinhood platform.
Reached four million transactions on Ethereum Layer 2 testnet in its first week.
Featured in an EthereumDenver panel discussion where Johann Kerbrat discussed the rationale and capabilities enabled by launching its own blockchain.
Launched public venture fund (ticker: RVI) on February 17, 2026, with a 90 basis points expense ratio.
Chose Ethereum as the blockchain to build on due to its decentralization, reliability, and battle-tested infrastructure.
Integrated with Alchemy, Chainlink, LayerZero, and TRM as institutional partners for AML and security infrastructure.
Robinhood Chain Testnet reached $41M+ in activity.
Robinhood Chain Testnet reached 80,000+ users.
CEO Vlad Tenev joins CFTC's 35-member Innovation Advisory Committee as of 2026-02-13, advising on crypto and prediction market regulation, alongside Coinbase, Uniswap Labs, Ripple, and Kraken.
Launched a futures and derivatives exchange in a joint venture with Susquehanna.
Launched Robinhood Social, a social platform to copy trade politicians and traditional finance whales, scheduled for release between late February 2026 and early May 2026.
CEO Vlad Tenev outlined three major goals for 2026: focusing on prediction markets (anticipating a supercycle in this sector) and expanding family finance to include partners, children, and parents on the platform.
Became a strategic partner to Lighter_xyz.
Tokenized nearly 2,000 stocks and ETFs on Arbitrum One with over $16M in value for 1M+ EU users, spending $350 in onchain operations since June 2025. Routes all US stock purchases by EU customers through Arbitrum One.
Launched Robinhood Chain testnet on 2026-02-11 as an Arbitrum Orbit L2 for tokenized stocks, RWAs, and onchain financial services, sharing 10% of revenue with Arbitrum (8% to DAO).
Has 13 million monthly active users (MAUs).
Trades at 31x price-to-earnings, down from 164x peak, with 52% year-over-year revenue growth and 76% year-over-year EBITDA growth. Also trades at 15.2x price-to-sales.
Sponsors early-stage founder support program, providing up to $1.8M monetary support for founders across NYC, Dubai, London, and Singapore, including $340k in NYC grants for the Arbitrum NYC Founder House event March 6-8, 2026, with applications closing February 28, 2026, alongside Alchemy, LayerZero, Dune, GMX, and OpenZeppelin.
Received a $200M investment from Sequoia Capital led by Andrew Reed during the first week of COVID in March 2020.
Launched public L2 testnet on Arbitrum on February 12, 2026, with Chainlink integration, Ethereum development tool compatibility, Allium Labs onchain data support, tokenized equities, $EDEL live, financial-grade assets, regulatory guardrails, Stock Tokens, and Edel Finance as the first money market.
Backed a ZK perpetuals DEX as part of strategic investments.
Integrated with Talos and Bitstamp for institutional connectivity.
Allocated $1M in grants to builders through Arbitrum Open House, supporting Arbitrum's testnet.
Camelot deployed public testnet on Arbitrum tech stack.
Prediction markets are powered by Kalahi.
Launched prediction markets, reached $147 million in "Other Trading Revenue" in December 2025, up from $31 million at the end of 2024.
Crypto trading volumes decreased 57% year-over-year through January 2026.
Partners with Chainlink for L2 Link oracles.
Reported Q4 revenue of $1.28B, with crypto revenue declining 38% to $221M; prediction market volume increased 4x, stock slid 12.5%.
Monthly active users decreased by 1.9 million in Q4.
Securities lending revenue decreased 70% quarter-over-quarter in Q4.
Gold subscriptions reached 4.2 million users in Q4; funded customer accounts showed strong growth.
Achieved Q4 GAAP net income of $605 million with diluted earnings per share of $0.66.
Prediction markets scaled to annualized revenues of $435 million in Q4, up from $115 million in Q3.
Reached platform assets of $324 billion, up 68% year-over-year.
Crypto notional volume totaled $82.4 billion in Q4, a 3% quarter-over-quarter increase.
Reported Q4 total net revenue of $1.283 billion, a 27% year-over-year increase, missing expectations by $60 million.
Released December metrics showing equity volatility and crypto volatility both declined approximately 40% from October levels.
Reported Q4 2025 average revenue per user (ARPU) of $191, below the estimated $200.85.
Reported Q4 2025 adjusted EBITDA of $761M, below the estimated $833.2M, at a 59% margin.
Reported Q4 2025 transaction-based revenue of $776M, below the estimated $791.6M.
Reached 40.9 million website visits in February 2026, the highest among prediction and crypto platforms.
Receives support from Robinhood and Peter Thiel as a project, indicating backing from both a major financial platform and a prominent investor.
Reports annual earnings on February 14, 2026; Q4 crypto transaction-based revenue was $221M, contracted 38% from $268M in Q3.
processed 3 billion event contracts in November 2025, representing a 20% month-over-month increase
Stock price increased 15-18% on February 6, 2026, following a 10% bounce in Bitcoin from $60,000 to $69,500.
Obtained VASP registration in the British Virgin Islands through Bitstamp.
Running a promotional incentive program offering 4.5% bonus on crypto deposits.
Listed SNX (Synthetix) token for trading.
Appointed a new Head of Onchain & DeFi who will oversee the HOOD blockchain, Robinhood Wallet, and tokenization efforts.
Listed RENDER on spot trading.
Invested in crypto trading platform Talos at a $1.5 billion valuation.
Bitstamp by Robinhood is sponsoring Liquidity 2026 conference in Hong Kong as a Silver Sponsor, participating in discussions on tokenization and digital markets.
Offers free tax filing and estate planning services (including trust setup) to users with $1M+ balance, powered by Taxfyle for taxes and Vanilla for estate planning.
Shares fell 7.8% on January 15, 2026.
GM of Crypto is speaking at the DAS conference.
Processed over 4 billion lifetime transactions.
Reached approximately 824,000 daily active wallets, nearly doubling year-over-year.
Released a new custom dashboard feature allowing users to customize widgets, track prices of crypto/stocks/ETFs in one view, and access charting with custom intervals and built-in tooling.
Launches a crypto giveaway program worth more than $5M, requiring users to claim via mobile app daily, starting on 2025-12-27 at 8:30 EST.
Retirement assets under custody reached $24.2 billion in mid-2025, doubling year-over-year.
Achieved 3x crypto revenue growth in Q3.
Integrated with Chainflip as a broker/integrator for cross-chain swaps, appearing in recent transaction data alongside other wallets and aggregators.
Launched traditional stock trading feature in the U.S. with zero fees and 24/5 availability on December 18, 2025, directly competing with established stock trading platforms.
Contributing personnel and resources to the White House Tech Force initiative, a government program recruiting private-sector talent for AI and technology projects.
Latest revenue breakdown shows options trading at $304M, crypto at $268M, and equities at $86M.
Launched The Robinhood Chain on the Arbitrum stack, partnered with Arbitrum for 2025 Minted Crypto Report detailing 1,000+ tokenized stocks, commodities, and ETFs with $10M tokenized value on Arbitrum One. Launches tokenized stock offerings with 24/7 trading and self-custody by end of 2026 on a dedicated Arbitrum chain.
The tokenized stocks market cap hits ~$800 million all-time high with 30x growth year-to-date, positioning Robinhood as one of the leading issuers in the space.
Stock tokenization on Arbitrum reaches $13M in value with 1400 assets tokenized.
11 business lines each generate over $100 million in Annual Recurring Revenue.
Enters agreements to acquire PT Buana Capital Sekuritas (Indonesian brokerage) and PT Pedagang Aset Kripto (Indonesian digital asset trader) to expand presence in Indonesia and Asian markets.
Cathie Wood's Ark Invest purchases $15.4 million in Robinhood shares.
$Glasf token trades exclusively on Robinhood App. (ID: 1999274027253477447)
Joins Crypto.com, Coinbase, and Underdog as founding member of Coalition for Prediction Markets, an industry advocacy group launched to protect and promote prediction markets against legacy lobbying groups and educate policymakers.
Launched public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum L2 on Arbitrum, February 10, 2026, featuring tokenized stocks, ETFs, RWAs, pre-IPO trading, prediction markets, stablecoins, financial services, DeFi wallet capabilities, and 24/7 trading.
Key metrics decrease, reflecting lower retail activity levels. (ID: 1999201167381823551)
Uses Jupiter's Ultra v3 trading engine with Jupiter Beam and Predictive Execution features as confirmed at Jupiter's Breakpoint event.
Tokenized stocks program on Arbitrum reaches 1,491 stocks with $13.68M total value and 7.64% 7-day growth. Expands into perpetuals trading market.
Adds $SYRUP token to spot trading platform. (ID: 1999107939672424907)
Robinhood generates more monthly revenue from prediction markets than from equity trading.
Actively considers adding Bitcoin to corporate treasury. (ID: 1998976144398598640)
Announced an Ethereum Layer 2 solution in 2025, with the project expected to continue into 2026.
Robinhood collaborates with Sei Network as part of Sei's institutional landscape for routing transactions through its settlement layer infrastructure.
Launches Banking product, entering competition with SoFi and Revolut.
Robinhood enters into agreements to acquire Buana Capital, an Indonesian brokerage, and PT Pedagang Aset Kripto, a licensed Indonesian digital financial asset trader, marking entry into Southeast Asia.
Stock Tokens product shows growth with $12M in tokenized assets, up from $10M reported on December 8th.
Introduces crypto staking for New York customers today; platform holds $50B in crypto assets under management.
Brings 1,000+ tokenized stocks, commodities, and ETFs to EU users on Arbitrum One with $10M tokenized value in 2025, and launches Robinhood Chain in 2026, an Arbitrum-powered blockchain for tokenized real-world and digital assets.
Altcoin futures trading introduces 7-tier fee structure with costs dropping to 0.03% for U.S. traders. EU traders gain access to XRP, SOL, DOGE, and SUI futures with 7x leverage.
Robinhood expands crypto offerings to include futures trading, staking services, and stock tokens.
Robinhood expands into Indonesia through acquisition of brokerage Buana Capital and digital asset trader PT Pedagang Aset Kripto.
Robinhood provided financial backing to Lighter, a perpetual trading platform competitor, though Lighter's Token Generation Event is expected this month.