Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev signals progress on Robinhood Chain, generating positive market sentiment.
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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev signaled accelerating investment and expansion plans for Robinhood Chain during the company's earnings call, acknowledging that the blockchain has exceeded internal forecasts since its July 1 launch. By late August, the chain generated more fees over a rolling 30-day period than Ethereum or Base, prompting Robinhood to expand its team. Tenev outlined a vision for tokenized stocks as programmable primitives—suggesting applications like tokenized options contracts—and committed to doubling down on ecosystem investment, stating such growth rates are uncommon among recently launched chains.
The commentary galvanized projects building on Robinhood Chain. Tokens including Pons, AI (Long), and Orbio surged 18% to 57%, reflecting market enthusiasm for the stated commitment. Projects like Long.xyz and Orbio have already created use cases pairing meme coins with tokenized equities and using tokenized Nvidia to fund AI inference credits, neither initiated by Robinhood itself. Robinhood Crypto's Tuesday tweets supporting both Long and Priors signaled the team's intent to back builder efforts on the chain.
Robinhood's overall earnings missed expectations—revenue of $1.42 billion fell slightly short of the $1.43 billion forecast, and EPS was $0.51 versus $0.55 expected. Crypto revenue climbed 20% sequentially to $120 million, though remains well below prior-year levels, while event contract trading reached $173 million. The extent of Robinhood's operational support for Robinhood Chain ecosystem development remains to be seen.