{"id":12845,"date":"2026-09-05T00:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T00:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12845"},"modified":"2026-09-05T00:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T00:27:12","slug":"robinhood-chain-just-ran-into-two-problems-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12845","title":{"rendered":"Robinhood Chain just ran into two problems at once"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robinhood Chain\u2019s rapid growth ran into two problems at once on Sept. 4 as the network briefly stopped producing blocks while AMC challenged its fast-growing Stock Token business.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 4, the Ethereum layer-2 network halted block production for at least 14 minutes, stalling transactions before activity began recovering. Robinhood had not publicly disclosed the cause of the interruption at the time of publication.<\/p>\n

The outage came roughly two months after the network\u2019s public mainnet launch.<\/p>\n

Robinhood Chain\u2019s rapid growth raises the stakes<\/h2>\n

The disruption comes after Robinhood Chain rapidly emerged as one of crypto\u2019s highest-earning networks, making even a brief interruption in block production more significant.<\/p>\n

The network has generated about $23 million in cumulative fees, including roughly $4 million in a recent 24-hour period, Entropy Advisors\u2019 Tom Wan said. Token Terminal separately estimated that Robinhood Chain accounted for 78.5% of layer-2 blockchain revenue over the past 30 days.<\/p>\n

At its recent pace, Robinhood Chain\u2019s revenue would annualize to roughly $1.7 billion. That figure extrapolates a short period of elevated activity rather than representing a formal revenue forecast, but it illustrates how quickly the two-month-old network has scaled.<\/p>\n

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Chart shows Robinhood Chain\u2019s daily revenue surging to $4.6 million two months after launch, equivalent to about $1.7 billion annualized. Source: Token Terminal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DeFi activity has expanded alongside those fees. Data from DeFiLlama shows that the total value locked on Robinhood Chain climbed nearly 27% over the past week to roughly $840 million, while decentralized exchange activity has also accelerated as users move more assets and trades onto the network.<\/p>\n

The chain is also creating revenue opportunities beyond transaction fees.<\/p>\n

Wan estimated that Robinhood could have generated roughly $1.7 million from its share of USDG economics at a 3% annual yield.<\/p>\n

Growth in assets held across Robinhood and Bitstamp may also support higher trading revenue, with crypto assets under management rising by about $4 billion on Robinhood and $600 million on Bitstamp.<\/p>\n

Stock Tokens add another potential revenue source, though their economics are less transparent. Robinhood has not published a detailed fee schedule covering possible minting and redemption charges for authorized participants or market makers.<\/p>\n

This rapid expansion has pushed Robinhood Chain into territory normally occupied by much older networks like BNB Chain and others.<\/p>\n

Stock Tokens draw resistance as adoption accelerates<\/h2>\n

That growth raises the cost of downtime as Robinhood pushes more financial products onto the network, including a Stock Token business already attracting resistance from some of the companies it tracks.<\/p>\n

AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron challenged Robinhood this week after discovering a token tracking his company\u2019s shares on the platform’s Ethereum layer-2 network.<\/p>\n

He stated on X:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey are not registered under U.S. securities laws !!!!!! I find this practice to be contemptible, outrageous, disgusting, detestable, inexcusable, vile. How can it possibly be legal? We have no connection to this at all, and do not condone it in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Aron said AMC would ask outside securities counsel to examine the offering, while asking \u201cRobinhood to voluntarily CEASE AND DECIST the trading of AMC stock tokens. If you don\u2019t, our high priced securities counsel has been asked to see whether we can force you to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n