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DOJ Charges Two Robinhood Engineers Over Alleged Front-Running of Crypto Listings on Hyperliquid
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged two Robinhood engineers, Hefu Chai and Huaisong Xiang, with using confidential crypto-listing information to trade Hyperliquid perpetual futures, each allegedly netting more than $50,000.
A $1 token factory briefly outearned Pump and Hyperliquid on Robinhood's chain
Pons, an independent memecoin launchpad on Robinhood Chain, generated about $5.95 million in fees in 24 hours as roughly 25,000 tokens launched on September 2, according to DefiLlama data cited by CoinDesk.
Arbitrum DAO reports $6.19M in first-half income as Robinhood Chain becomes a fee engine
The Arbitrum Foundation says its DAO booked $6.19 million of income in the first half of 2026 across four revenue lines, with fees from the new Robinhood Chain quickly becoming a major contributor.
Robinhood Chain sets a revenue record; ARB rallies 30% on a payout holders don't receive
Robinhood Chain posted a record $1.92M in 24-hour revenue, sending Arbitrum's ARB token up more than 30% even though the network's fees flow to a treasury, not to token holders.
Robinhood Chain's deposits are climbing. Its tokenized-stocks pitch isn't.
Total value locked on Robinhood Chain topped $540 million in mid-August, up more than 45% this month, while tokenized real-world assets shrank to 6% of the chain from roughly a third on July 7.
Robinhood turns on UK crypto via Bitstamp, with a "zero-fee" label that has an FX fee attached
Robinhood switched on crypto trading for eligible UK customers this week, routing more than 50 tokens through FCA-registered Bitstamp UK, as its own crypto revenue fell 38% year over year and prediction markets overtook it.
Tokenized stocks on Robinhood Chain grow fivefold to ~$70M — but still under a tenth of the chain's trading
Tokenized real-world assets on Robinhood Chain rose to about $70 million, roughly fivefold in under two weeks, though memecoins and stablecoins still account for most of the network's near-$600 million daily volume.
Ethereum Foundation's monthly launch roundup leads with Robinhood's L2 and Aztec's decentralization milestone
The Ethereum Foundation's monthly "shipping" thread touts a Robinhood Layer 2 that cleared $1B in DEX volume in a week and Aztec's Stage 2 decentralization, but nearly every figure is self-reported by the projects involved.
A "$HOOD" token for Robinhood shows up on Solana — announced by Solana itself, with most of the details missing
Solana's official account says a "$HOOD" token tracking Robinhood, issued by Backpack Securities via a system called Sunrise, is now trading across Solana apps — but the announcement omits price, backing and Robinhood's own role.
Robinhood built a chain for tokenized stocks. Two weeks in, memecoins own it
Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum layer-2 launched July 1 to host tokenized stocks, has drawn heavy early traffic driven mostly by memecoins, with real-world assets making up roughly $13 million of activity.
Robinhood Chain posts big week-one numbers — and its first scam-token warnings
Robinhood's crypto GM touted 17M transactions and $250M TVL a week into Robinhood Chain, as Relay Protocol warned of self-deleting scam tokens hitting buyers on the permissionless network.
Robinhood says its 'Robinhood Chain' is live on mainnet — the receipts, so far, are thin
Robinhood said its own blockchain, "Robinhood Chain," went live on mainnet on July 1, 2026 — an announcement the Ethereum Foundation amplified but that comes with marketing language and no independent activity data.