More than $700 million in ETH has been bridged from Ethereum mainnet to Robinhood Chain, per Token Terminal data, with deposits climbing roughly 150 percent over the past month. The milestone signals accelerating adoption of the Arbitrum-powered layer-2 network.
Bridge deposits into Robinhood Chain from Ethereum mainnet have crossed the $700 million threshold, per Token Terminal data, as the layer-2 network's cross-chain activity accelerates.
Deposits on the Arbitrum-powered network have risen roughly 150 percent over the past month, Token Terminal data shows, as Robinhood's public mainnet — launched in July using Arbitrum's Orbit technology — draws increasing cross-chain flows. The network was designed around tokenized real-world assets, including Robinhood's tokenized stocks, while also serving as a venue for crypto-native trading.
"Eth alignment is a real concept, but not in the revenue/fee maxi way that eth opponents tried to cast it," Ryan Berckmans, an Ethereum ecosystem researcher, wrote on X, arguing that Robinhood Chain creates new ETH holders and helps expand the layer-2 ecosystem.
The bridge inflow milestone follows a broader surge in Robinhood Chain activity. DeFiLlama data shows the network generated about $25 million in fees over the past seven days, more than any other blockchain in that period, while weekly DEX volume has climbed past $11 billion — ahead of Ethereum and Base. Uniswap has become a major source of that volume, and Pons, a token creation and trading application, has emerged as one of the top revenue-generating crypto apps overall.
The Arbitrum Foundation reported $6.19 million in first-half 2026 income, with Expansion Program licensing fees accounting for 35 percent of ArbitrumDAO income in July, according to the foundation. That makes Robinhood Chain's growth an increasingly material revenue channel for the broader Arbitrum ecosystem, which collects licensing fees from chains built on its Orbit framework.
The acceleration in ETH bridging positions Robinhood Chain for deeper liquidity across its decentralized applications, though ARK Invest research found most activity on the network comes from existing crypto users rather than newcomers introduced through Robinhood, founder Cathie Wood noted on X. Steven Goldfeder, founder of Arbitrum, separately pushed back on concerns that the network's growth comes at Ethereum's expense, pointing to roughly $6 million in ETH demand generated through gas payments on Robinhood Chain.
For Ethereum, the trend cuts both ways. Robinhood Chain's sequencer kept producing blocks even when data posting to Ethereum's settlement layer paused for roughly 14 minutes last week, a reminder that L2 users may have limited exposure to the base chain's operational status. The question for ETH holders is whether the growth of controlled L2 environments strengthens or dilutes value accrual to Ethereum's base layer, particularly as centralized intermediaries like Robinhood and Coinbase capture an increasing share of onchain economics through their respective chains.
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