With the launch of Robinhood Chain, one of the largest retail brokerages has now entered the race to build a financial “super app” that brings together traditional markets, crypto, and tokenized RWAs. A key part of this strategy is an onchain settlement layer powered by Robinhood’s global reach. At Robinhood’s “World is Flat” event, the company unveiled a range of products including its own Layer-2 blockchain, a model that has become increasingly common among exchanges such as Coinbase (Base) and Kraken (Ink). Early user activity and onchain data point to Robinhood Chain gaining rapid traction, with over $200M in ETH ... (full story)