Robinhood Chain activity drops as memecoin demand fades
Robinhood Chain's daily transactions fell more than 40% as memecoin trading cooled, following a 97% collapse in daily fees from about $8 million in early September to $230,000 by Sept. 16. DEX volume and total value locked held up better, with TVL steady near $1 billion and no major migration to rival networks. The Ethereum layer-2 launched on July 1, 2026, using Arbitrum Orbit technology.
Robinhood Chain went live on July 1, 2026, as an Ethereum layer-2 built with Arbitrum Orbit and tied to Robinhood (HOOD). Its fee surge peaked near $8 million daily in early September before falling to roughly $230,000 by Sept. 16, a 97% decline. Daily transactions moved from 13.1 million to 8.9 million by mid-September, while the seven-day average eased only about 6%.
Memecoin activity drove the earlier spike, with Pons launches generating heavy gas use; weekly Pons memecoin volume later dropped 37%. DEX volume stayed at or above $1 billion daily in mid-September, though below its roughly $1.88 billion peak. TVL held near $1 billion. No major shift to Solana was evident, and NEAR Intents support added swaps across 180+ assets and 30+ blockchains.
Count words. First para: Robinhood(1) Chain2 went3 live4 on5 July6 1,7 2026,8 as9 an10 Ethereum11 layer-212 built13 with14 Arbitrum15 Orbit16 and17 tied18 to19 Robinhood20 (HOOD).21 Its22 fee23 surge24 peaked25 near26 $827 million28 daily29 in30 early31 September32 before33 falling34 to35 roughly36 $230,00037 by38 Sept.39 16,40 a41 97%42 decline.43 Daily44 transactions45 moved46 from47 13.148 million49 to50 8.951 million52 by53 mid-September,54 while55 the56 seven-day57 average58 eased59 only60 about61 6%.62. Second: Memecoin63 activity64 drove65 the66 earlier67 spike,68 with69 Pons70 launches71 generating72 heavy73 gas74 use;75 weekly76 Pons77 memecoin78 volume79 later80 dropped81 37%.82 DEX83 volume84 stayed85 at86 or87 above88
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