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Virtuals Protocol launched Monvera, an AI-powered broker offering access to roughly 95 tokenized equities on Robinhood Chain, the project said July 14.
"Monvera lets users execute trades, manage portfolios and liquidate positions through an AI interface, with a single-click feature to dump an entire tokenized stock portfolio," according to the project's documentation.
The $MONVERA token has a total supply of 1 billion tokens, with 69.3% allocated for pledger claims available immediately, 23% for the liquidity pool and 7.7% for developer vesting. The platform supports gasless interactions, removing the need for users to hold native tokens for transaction fees.
The launch comes as tokenized real-world assets have grown to more than $51 billion, up about 50% year to date, with tokenized equities expanding roughly 170% to $1.9 billion over the same period, according to Bernstein. Virtuals Protocol integrated its AI agent infrastructure with Robinhood Chain's mainnet on July 1, giving it an early-mover advantage in combining AI agents with tokenized equities.
Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain built on Arbitrum, processed $3.1 billion in decentralized exchange trading volume over the past seven days, ranking among the top five chains by DEX activity, Bernstein said. More than 65,000 users hold roughly $13 million in tokenized stocks and $300 million in stablecoins on the network.
The Monvera launch follows Virtuals Protocol's integration with Robinhood Chain on July 1, the same day the blockchain's mainnet went live. Virtuals Protocol had previously been involved in trading tokenized assets alongside Ondo Finance, one of the larger players in the tokenized treasury and real-world asset space.
With nearly 70% of the $MONVERA supply available for immediate claims, early selling pressure could be significant. The 23% liquidity pool allocation may help absorb some of that supply, though the tokenomics structure rewards early movers.
Any protocol that can replicate Monvera's functionality, particularly with access to a broader range of tokenized assets beyond Robinhood's current catalog of roughly 95 stocks, could emerge as a serious competitor.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
