Robinhood announced on Tuesday evening that a developers’ version of its custom built blockchain, known as Robinhood Chain, is now live. The move, announced at the Consensus event in Hong Kong, comes as the company accelerates its push into crypto-based financial services, including tokenized versions of popular stocks.
“We now have Alchemy, LayerZero, Chainlink, and other big crypto players. But moving forward, when the mainnet is live, customers will be able to interact directly with it,” Robinhood’s SVP of Crypto, Johann Kerbrat, told Fortune.
Kerbrat added that Robinhood Chain will support transactions both in its self-custody crypto wallet, and also in the main Robinhood app. He noted that, on a customer level, the blockchain will be a seamless experience and many people will be unaware they are even using it.
Robinhood’s blockchain announcement came the same day the company reported fourth quarter earnings for 2025. The earnings showed a fourth-quarter profit of $605 million, or 66 cents a share, which beat analysts’ estimate of 63 cents. Robinhood posted weaker than expected revenue, however, leading shares to fall in after-hours trading.
