Robinhood opened the public mainnet on July 1, 2026, following its testnet launch in February. Built on Arbitrum technology, this Ethereum layer-2 network settles its transactions on Ethereum while relying on ETH as its gas token.
Network revenue rises as trading shifts
Revenue across the networks covered by $ARK increased about 24% to roughly $349 million from Q2, but remained 47% below the year-earlier level. $ARK described it as the first quarterly increase in five quarters, crediting Solana’s recovery and Robinhood Chain’s debut.
The trading figures showed a different direction for established venues. Ethereum’s decentralized exchange, or DEX, volume declined about 27% from Q2 2026, while Base’s fell about 17%. $ARK said trading activity shifted toward newer venues, including Robinhood Chain.
Robinhood Chain processed about $65 billion in DEX volume during its debut quarter, placing fourth among networks in $ARK’s data. Tokenized equities represented about $13.7 billion of that activity. Only BNB Chain recorded more tokenized-equity trading, at roughly $16.5 billion.
Ethereum keeps its tokenization lead
Ethereum remained the largest host of tokenized real-world asset value on public blockchains, with about $16.7 billion, despite losing market share.
Its share fell from about 50% in late June to 44%. That left Ethereum leading this measure even as both its network revenue and DEX trading volume declined during the quarter.
Fee changes and the next earnings report
$ARK expects a gas adjustment on Robinhood Chain to eliminate high congestion-pricing fees. The network increased gas, changing the fee conditions behind its debut-quarter performance.
Coinbase’s disclosures illustrate how network fees enter corporate reporting. In July, Coinbase said it records Base sequencer fees within other transaction revenue. It was this broader revenue category, rather than Base revenue by itself, that dropped roughly 11% quarter-over-quarter to $47.4 million. CFO Alesia Haas attributed the drop to weaker instant transfer activity alongside Base revenue.
Robinhood tied the chain’s payoff to usage in its second-quarter SEC filing. Its third-quarter results, scheduled for October 27, 2026, cover the first full quarter of Robinhood Chain’s public operation.
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