Robinhood Chain posts $1.05 million in 24-hour NFT trading volume
The Arbitrum-based Layer 2 blockchain is barely weeks old and already doubling Ethereum’s daily NFT trading activity
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byEditorial Team
Aug. 13, 2026
Robinhood’s own blockchain is generating more than twice the 24-hour NFT trading volume of Ethereum. For a chain that didn’t exist before July 1, that’s a remarkable flex against the network that essentially invented the NFT market.
The Robinhood Chain, a permissionless Layer 2 built on Arbitrum technology, has been posting roughly $1.05 million in daily NFT volume according to recent data. Ethereum, the chain that gave the world CryptoPunks and Bored Apes, is sitting at less than half that figure on a given day.
A chain built for speed, fueled by memes
Robinhood Chain launched its mainnet on July 1, 2026, positioning itself as what the company calls an “AI-native” Layer 2 blockchain. The pitch includes tokenized real-world assets like stock tokens alongside the usual DeFi suite.
The Spritehood collection offered the clearest proof of demand. A set of 44,444 NFTs sold out in roughly 54 minutes, pulling in approximately $1.28 million, or around 684 ETH at the time of sale.
Since then, collections like StonkBrokers and Robinhood Punks have kept the momentum going, racking up thousands of sales and maintaining elevated daily volumes. OpenSea, which added Robinhood Chain support, has been the primary venue for much of this activity.
Beyond NFTs: the DEX dominance story
NFTs are grabbing the spotlight, but they’re not the only metric where Robinhood Chain is punching above its weight. The chain has also ranked high in decentralized exchange trading volume, frequently surpassing Ethereum in daily DEX metrics within weeks of going live.
Robinhood Chain inherits Arbitrum’s low-fee, high-throughput architecture, which makes small-dollar trades during periods of congestion
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