Robinhood Chain posts $1.05 million in 24-hour NFT trading volume

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 b...