Robinhood Chain is giving Arbitrum a direct path to revenue. Offchain Labs co-founder Steven Goldfeder said fees from Robinhood Chain and other Layer 2 networks built with Arbitrum technology will send 10% of net protocol revenue back to the Arbitrum ecosystem. Under that split, 8% goes to the tokenholder-controlled Arbitrum DAO treasury and 2% goes to development funding.
Goldfeder also said Arbitrum is in position to capture revenue as enterprise adoption picks up. He added that 100% of fees collected on Arbitrum One will go to the Arbitrum treasury. That creates two lanes for ecosystem funding: fees generated on Arbitrum One itself, and revenue-sharing from external chains using the Arbitrum stack.
The fee share is based on net protocol revenue
The Arbitrum DAO factsheet defines the revenue base as “protocol net revenue.” That detail matters. It means the arrangement is tied to revenue after network costs rather than a simple cut of every user fee paid on the chain.
The model applies to chains launched outside Arbitrum One under the Arbitrum Expansion Program. It also gives the DAO a clearer way to compare revenue contribution across partner chains built on the same framework.
Robinhood Chain is now live inside Robinhood Wallet
According to an update shared by Wu Blockchain, Robinhood Chain is now live in Robinhood Wallet. Users can bridge assets from Solana, Ethereum, Arbitrum and other networks into Robinhood Chain, then swap assets inside the app. Access is already in place; the next question is how much activity it can sustain.
The wallet integration follows Robinhood’s public mainnet launch earlier this month. Previous reporting described Robinhood Chain as an Ethereum Layer 2 network built with Arbitrum technology and designed around tokenized stocks, real-world assets and DeFi tools.
The network moved from testnet to mainnet after months of development. In its first testnet week, it processed more than 4 million transactions as developers tested tokenized stock assets and finance tools before the public rollout.
Tokenized stocks are the chain’s anchor product
Robinhood has positioned tokenized stocks at the center of the new network. The company said eligible users in more than 120 countries can trade tokenized equities through Robinhood Wallet and supported decentralized exchanges.
The same product push also included perpetual futures tied to commodities, ETFs and currencies for eligible European users, along with Stock Tokens, Robinhood Earn and plans for AI-linked trading accounts. That gives Robinhood Chain early activity across trading, lending and liquidity venues.
On infrastructure, Uniswap supports a dedicated automated market maker, while other partners provide data, custody and on-chain routing. For Arbitrum, the key issue is not only whether branded chains launch, but whether they can keep producing steady fees and measurable net revenue.
July 1 launch puts enterprise chain revenue into focus
The Arbitrum DAO factsheet says Robinhood Chain went live on July 1 as a dedicated Arbitrum chain that settles to Ethereum. Under the Arbitrum Expansion Program license, it returns 10% of protocol net revenue.
Of that amount, 8% flows to the Arbitrum DAO treasury and 2% goes to the Arbitrum Developer Guild. The structure connects enterprise chain adoption directly to tokenholder and builder funding. Robinhood Chain is also part of a broader corporate-chain trend that includes Base and other branded networks, with Robinhood using its tokenized equity business as the chain’s starting point.
For Arbitrum, the model ties ecosystem funding to real commercial usage. If Robinhood Chain maintains trading, swapping and lending activity over time, the Arbitrum treasury and developer funds could receive recurring income from a network built outside Arbitrum One.