{"id":94454,"date":"2026-02-19T15:39:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=94454"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:45:19","slug":"robinhood-chain-testnet-processes-4-million-transactions-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/robinhood-chain-testnet-processes-4-million-transactions-in-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Robinhood Chain Testnet Processes 4 Million Transactions in a Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The public testnet of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">L2<\/a> network by Robinhood processed 4 million transactions in seven days, according to statistics provided by the online broker&#8217;s CEO, Vlad Tenev.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Four million transactions in the first week of Robinhood Chain testnet.<\/p>\n<p>Developers are already building on our L2, designed for tokenized real world assets and onchain financial services.<\/p>\n<p>The next chapter of finance runs onchain.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vlad Tenev (@vladtenev) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vladtenev\/status\/2024284301068816570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Developers are already creating applications on our second-layer solution, designed for <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-arbitrum\"><em>tokenized real-world assets<\/em><\/a><em> and financial services. The next chapter of finance will be focused onchain,&#8221; he wrote.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The financial platform <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/robinhood-launches-l2-for-asset-tokenization-amid-revenue-decline\">launched<\/a> the Robinhood Chain testnet on February 11. This L2 network is built on <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-arbitrum\">Arbitrum<\/a>. Before its public release, the blockchain underwent six months of closed testing.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Features and Partners<\/h2>\n<p>This decentralized solution is aimed at high-performance financial applications with native support for tokenized stocks, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\">ETFs<\/a>, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-rwas-real-world-assets\">RWAs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Major infrastructure players are involved in the technical implementation of the project:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alchemy \u2014 development tools;<\/li>\n<li>LayerZero \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-cross-chain-bridges\">cross-chain<\/a> interaction;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-chainlink-link\">Chainlink<\/a> \u2014 decentralized <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-blockchain-oracle\">oracles<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategic Context<\/h2>\n<p>The launch of Robinhood Chain is a logical step in expanding the company&#8217;s crypto direction. The broker is steadily exploring the RWA segment: approximately 2,000 American stocks and exchange-traded funds have already been tokenized via Arbitrum.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-974959a2051823d2-6721023272785926.webp\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-275421\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/entropy_advisors\/robinhood-stock-tokens\">Dune<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tenev <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/robinhood-ceo-plans-to-launch-thousands-of-tokenized-stocks\">spoke<\/a> about plans to launch RWAs on the platform back in July. According to him, the company plans to implement 24\/7 trading of tokenized instruments and instant blockchain settlements.<\/p>\n<p>The mainnet release is expected later in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Robinhood <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/robinhood-to-launch-prediction-markets-exchange\">announced<\/a> the creation of its own derivatives exchange and clearinghouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The public testnet of the L2 network by Robinhood processed 4 million transactions in seven days, according to statistics provided by the online broker&#8217;s CEO, Vlad Tenev.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Robinhood's L2 testnet processed 4 million transactions in a week, says CEO Vlad Tenev.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1234,1308],"class_list":["post-94454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-robinhood","tag-rwa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"127","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Robinhood's L2 testnet processed 4 million transactions in a week, says CEO Vlad Tenev.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94455,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94454\/revisions\/94455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}