Robinhood Markets announced a major global expansion and product roadmap during its “Robinhood Presents: The World is Flat” keynote in London. The company unveiled new decentralized finance, stock token, agentic trading, and international expansion initiatives designed to broaden access to global markets.
A central part of the announcement is the public mainnet launch of Robinhood Chain. The Layer 2 blockchain is built using the Arbitrum Platform and is designed for financial services, real-world assets, and builders developing onchain products.
Robinhood Chain is launching with day-one partners including Uniswap and Pleiades. The ecosystem also includes integrations with Alchemy, BitGo, and Chainlink, as well as DeFi primitives such as lending and borrowing.
Robinhood also launched Stock Tokens in the Robinhood Wallet across more than 120 countries, with availability varying by jurisdiction. Eligible users can access 24/7 trading directly on Robinhood Chain and use tokens across DeFi activities such as lending pools and collateralized trading.
The company said eligible users will be able to access Stock Tokens through decentralized exchanges including Uniswap, Rialto, Lighter, Arcus, and 1Inch. Robinhood’s first-generation stock tokens, now called Classic Stock Tokens, will continue to be available in the Robinhood Europe app.
Robinhood is also rolling out Robinhood Earn to eligible U.S. users. The product enables users to lend dollar-backed USDG through a self-custody wallet at an estimated 7% APY, with underlying lending infrastructure powered by the Morpho protocol.
Robinhood Wallet is being updated with native Robinhood Chain integrations. Eligible users in selected jurisdictions can now access perpetual futures on Lighter, a decentralized exchange, directly in their wallets.
Robinhood also announced an expansion of perpetual futures in Europe beyond crypto. Eligible European investors will be able to trade commodity, ETF, and FX perpetual futures, including GOLD, SILVER, QQQ, EUR/USD, WTI, Brent crude oil, and EWY, with up to 10x leverage.
For eligible crypto traders, Robinhood is introducing maker order types. The company said the new maker/taker fee structure can offer fees as low as 0% based on trading volume.
Robinhood said it now serves nearly 28 million customers across 38 countries and three continents. The company is planning to launch crypto trading in the U.K., has officially launched in Canada following its acquisition of WonderFi, and said Robinhood Singapore has received a capital markets services license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
The company is also expanding its AI-powered trading capabilities. After launching Agentic Trading for equities and options in the U.S., Robinhood plans to bring Agentic Accounts to crypto, allowing eligible U.S. traders to connect an AI model of choice to Robinhood data sources and tools while setting capital allocations and safety guardrails.
Robinhood also said it set an official Guinness World Records title for the most items purchased by an AI agent in three minutes using a single credit card. The record was completed using the Robinhood Agentic Credit Card during the London event.
KEY QUOTE:
“Decentralized finance unlocks possibilities beyond what traditional finance can offer, but historically, it has required technical expertise to navigate. We’re bringing the best of traditional finance and DeFi together, and in doing so, expanding financial ownership to every corner of the globe.”
Johann Kerbrat, SVP and General Manager of Crypto and International at Robinhood
