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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.

Snapshot

Robinhood processed 3B event contracts (20% MoM), stock up with Bitcoin, BVI VASP obtained.

1D ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Mentioned as one of the platforms crypto KOLs use for trading equities, with 8 out of 55 survey respondents reporting use of the platform.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Discussed Robinhood Chain launch strategy with Coy Garrison and Seong Seog Lee on Unchained's DEX in the City podcast.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Rolled out 24/5 stocks and ETFs trading.

2D ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed CC token for spot trading on February 27, 2026.

3D ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Gained more than 5% in stock price during U.S. market opening on February 25, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Added ADA (Cardano) trading on Bitstamp by Robinhood in Singapore.

4D ago
PARTNERSHIP

Acquired Bitstamp in 2025.

TECH EVENT

Launched Robinhood Ventures Fund I for private market investments including Oura, without accreditation or high minimums, and a platform for pre-IPO stocks.

1W ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed TRX (TRON) for trading on Bitstamp by Robinhood platform.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached four million transactions on Ethereum Layer 2 testnet in its first week.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Featured in an EthereumDenver panel discussion where Johann Kerbrat discussed the rationale and capabilities enabled by launching its own blockchain.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Launched public venture fund (ticker: RVI) on February 17, 2026, with a 90 basis points expense ratio.

OPINION SPECULATION

Chose Ethereum as the blockchain to build on due to its decentralization, reliability, and battle-tested infrastructure.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Alchemy, Chainlink, LayerZero, and TRM as institutional partners for AML and security infrastructure.

2W ago
ONCHAIN METRICS

Robinhood Chain Testnet reached $41M+ in activity.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Robinhood Chain Testnet reached 80,000+ users.

VISIBILITY EVENT

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.

PARTNERSHIP

Launched a futures and derivatives exchange in a joint venture with Susquehanna.

TECH EVENT

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.

OPINION SPECULATION

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.

PARTNERSHIP

Became a strategic partner to Lighter_xyz.

ONCHAIN METRICS

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.

TECH EVENT

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).

ONCHAIN METRICS

Has 13 million monthly active users (MAUs).

OPINION SPECULATION

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.

FINANCIAL EVENT

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.

TEAM UPDATE

Received a $200M investment from Sequoia Capital led by Andrew Reed during the first week of COVID in March 2020.

TECH EVENT

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.

PARTNERSHIP

Backed a ZK perpetuals DEX as part of strategic investments.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Talos and Bitstamp for institutional connectivity.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Allocated $1M in grants to builders through Arbitrum Open House, supporting Arbitrum's testnet.

TECH EVENT

Camelot deployed public testnet on Arbitrum tech stack.

PARTNERSHIP

Prediction markets are powered by Kalahi.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Launched prediction markets, reached $147 million in "Other Trading Revenue" in December 2025, up from $31 million at the end of 2024.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Crypto trading volumes decreased 57% year-over-year through January 2026.

PARTNERSHIP

Partners with Chainlink for L2 Link oracles.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reported Q4 revenue of $1.28B, with crypto revenue declining 38% to $221M; prediction market volume increased 4x, stock slid 12.5%.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Monthly active users decreased by 1.9 million in Q4.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Securities lending revenue decreased 70% quarter-over-quarter in Q4.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Gold subscriptions reached 4.2 million users in Q4; funded customer accounts showed strong growth.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Achieved Q4 GAAP net income of $605 million with diluted earnings per share of $0.66.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Prediction markets scaled to annualized revenues of $435 million in Q4, up from $115 million in Q3.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached platform assets of $324 billion, up 68% year-over-year.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Crypto notional volume totaled $82.4 billion in Q4, a 3% quarter-over-quarter increase.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Reported Q4 total net revenue of $1.283 billion, a 27% year-over-year increase, missing expectations by $60 million.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Released December metrics showing equity volatility and crypto volatility both declined approximately 40% from October levels.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reported Q4 2025 average revenue per user (ARPU) of $191, below the estimated $200.85.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reported Q4 2025 adjusted EBITDA of $761M, below the estimated $833.2M, at a 59% margin.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reported Q4 2025 transaction-based revenue of $776M, below the estimated $791.6M.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached 40.9 million website visits in February 2026, the highest among prediction and crypto platforms.

PARTNERSHIP

Receives support from Robinhood and Peter Thiel as a project, indicating backing from both a major financial platform and a prominent investor.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Reports annual earnings on February 14, 2026; Q4 crypto transaction-based revenue was $221M, contracted 38% from $268M in Q3.

3W ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

processed 3 billion event contracts in November 2025, representing a 20% month-over-month increase

MARKET ACTIVITY

Stock price increased 15-18% on February 6, 2026, following a 10% bounce in Bitcoin from $60,000 to $69,500.

REGULATORY

Obtained VASP registration in the British Virgin Islands through Bitstamp.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Running a promotional incentive program offering 4.5% bonus on crypto deposits.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed SNX (Synthetix) token for trading.

TEAM UPDATE

Appointed a new Head of Onchain & DeFi who will oversee the HOOD blockchain, Robinhood Wallet, and tokenization efforts.

1M ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed RENDER on spot trading.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Invested in crypto trading platform Talos at a $1.5 billion valuation.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Bitstamp by Robinhood is sponsoring Liquidity 2026 conference in Hong Kong as a Silver Sponsor, participating in discussions on tokenization and digital markets.

PARTNERSHIP

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.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Shares fell 7.8% on January 15, 2026.

VISIBILITY EVENT

GM of Crypto is speaking at the DAS conference.

2M ago
ONCHAIN METRICS

Processed over 4 billion lifetime transactions.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached approximately 824,000 daily active wallets, nearly doubling year-over-year.

TECH EVENT

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.

FINANCIAL EVENT

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.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Retirement assets under custody reached $24.2 billion in mid-2025, doubling year-over-year.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Achieved 3x crypto revenue growth in Q3.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Chainflip as a broker/integrator for cross-chain swaps, appearing in recent transaction data alongside other wallets and aggregators.

MARKET ACTIVITY

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.

PARTNERSHIP

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.