Author: KarenZ, Foresight News
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev posted a "recruitment notice" on Twitter today: "If you're embedding stock tokens or RWA into an app, Robinhood wants to talk to you."
The context for this statement is that the Robinhood Chain public mainnet went live on July 1st. The company has listed stocks, ETFs, private assets, and other RWAs as key focus areas. This article will provide an overview of the RWA-related projects currently launched on Robinhood Chain.
It is important to note that the ecosystem surrounding RWA on Robinhood Chain is still in its early stages. Most projects have been live for a short time, and their product completeness, genuine user demand, and sustained operational capabilities have not been fully validated. Some projects have only been mentioned, shared, or included by ecosystem accounts like Virtuals; these public signals of association do not represent investment, formal partnerships, or credit guarantees. There is uncertainty regarding whether the related projects can deliver products as planned and generate stable revenue. If tokens are involved, risks such as insufficient liquidity, contract vulnerabilities, concentrated holdings, severe price volatility, and project abandonment must be considered. Participants should independently verify information and conduct thorough risk assessments. This article is for informational purposes only. DYOR.
Arcus: Stock Token and Cryptocurrency DEX
Arcus is a stock token and cryptocurrency DEX jointly built by dYdX Labs and Robinhood Crypto. It focuses on spot and perpetual contracts, facilitating peer-to-peer trading of stock tokens on Robinhood Chain.
When officially announcing Arcus, dYdX stated that a portion of Arcus tokens will be distributed to the dYdX community in the future. The Defiant also reported that Arcus tokens will be prioritized for users who trade, stake, or validate on the dYdX platform, with existing dYdX community members given priority consideration at token launch.
Public Endorsement / Association: dYdX Labs, Robinhood Crypto
Lighter: Supporting Trading of Perpetual Contracts and Stock Tokens
Lighter is a ZK-powered decentralized perpetual and spot exchange deployed on Robinhood Chain. Robinhood Wallet users can now trade perpetual contracts and stock tokens directly via Lighter.
According to Bankless, Lighter has committed $11 million worth of LIT to the Robinhood community: Users can earn points by trading perpetual contracts on Lighter (2x points for trading via Robinhood Wallet, 1x via the Lighter web app), which can be directly redeemed for LIT (subject to Lighter's terms).
Rialto: A Proprietary AMM Listed Officially by Robinhood Chain
Rialto defines itself as an on-chain spot exchange supporting asset types like cryptocurrencies, stocks, ETFs, and commodities. However, Rialto emphasizes not just the "coverage of categories," but also the quoting, market-making, routing, and settlement behind each order.
Regarding the team, Rialto team member Riley (@riley_gmi) previously worked at trading-related institutions like BlockTower, Arca, ASXN, and RockawayX. Another Rialto team member, boccaccio, previously worked at crypto media and information platform Blockworks.
Public Endorsement / Association: Rialto emerged in the context of collaboration with Robinhood Crypto, Offchain, and Arbitrum.
The Index (INDEX): Distributing Stock Tokens to Holders Using Trading Fees
The Index posted its first tweet on July 3rd. It supports stock token trading (powered by Rialto) and has developed a stock token distribution protocol: Users hold a certain amount of INDEX, and the protocol converts stock token trading fees into a basket of stock tokens, sending them proportionally to eligible wallets.
The specific mechanism is that the Uniswap v4 Index/ETH pool charges a 3% fee in native ETH on trades via Hook; the collected ETH is used to buy the protocol's supported stock tokens, which are then sent by the distribution contract every 15 minutes to wallets holding at least 10,000 INDEX. Users do not need to stake or claim manually. The website also emphasizes that what is distributed are stock tokens, not brokerage stocks, and they do not include traditional stock voting rights or dividend rights. Data from The Index website shows it has distributed over $480,000 worth of RWAs.
On July 15th, The Index launched a new product, rwa.wtf, supporting leveraged trading of RWA assets with up to 50x leverage. Here, 75% of each trade's fee is used to buy stocks distributed to INDEX holders, while the other 25% deepens liquidity.
Public Endorsement / Association: The Index official Twitter is followed by Adam Fern, Head of DeFi Product at Robinhood. The Index's stock token trading is powered by Rialto.
Arrow Finance (ARROW): Crypto Asset / Stock Token Collateralized Lending Protocol
Arrow Finance is developing an overcollateralized lending protocol (CDP) on Robinhood Chain. Users do not need to sell their held stock tokens, ETFs, stablecoins, or crypto assets. Instead, they can deposit them into an independent Vault to mint the USD-pegged debt token aUSD.
However, Arrow is currently still in the testnet phase. Additionally, Arrow will launch its token launchpad, Arrow Pad, on July 20th.
Public Endorsement / Association: On July 10th, Arrow announced the appointment of Ash Manicka as a strategic advisor. Ash previously joined Robinhood before its IPO and participated in market promotion for crypto products like Robinhood Wallet.
Meridian: RWA Perpetual Contract and Prediction Market Platform
Meridian is a Robinhood Chain ecosystem platform specializing in RWA perpetual contracts and prediction markets, with USDe as the settlement asset.
Notably, Meridian was formerly known as Ethereal, rebranding to Meridian in May 2026, shifting from potentially more general derivatives/trading infrastructure to a sharper focus on RWA + prediction markets + perpetual contracts.
In November 2024, Ethereal stated at the time that it would allocate 15% of all future Ethereal governance tokens to ENA (sENA) stakers.
Public Endorsement / Association: Meridian claims to be a day-one launch partner on Robinhood Chain. However, Meridian is not listed separately in Robinhood's current public list of core application partners.
Vimen (VIM): Packaging a Basket of Stock Tokens / Crypto Assets into a Single Index Token
Vimen is developing a fully collateralized index basket protocol on Robinhood Chain: Users deposit multiple stock tokens or cryptocurrencies of the same category into a smart contract and receive an ERC-20 basket token representing the entire group of assets. They can later burn the basket token to retrieve the corresponding underlying assets. Additionally, Vimen supports one-click minting of basket tokens using ETH or USDG.
Currently, Vimen has launched three baskets:
- MAG7: Composed of AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN, META, NVDA, and TSLA stock tokens;
- AI6: Composed of NVDA, AMD, MU, PLTR, GOOGL, and SPCX;
- HOOD6: Composed of CASHCAT, ARROW, HOODRAT, VIBECAT, VEX, and VIRTUAL, six Robinhood Chain native tokens. HOOD6 is a crypto asset basket.
On Vimen, the minting fee is 0.30%, and redemption does not incur any fee.
Public Endorsement / Association: Mentioned by Virtuals official Twitter.
RoodFi (ROODFI): Tokenizing US Tax Liens On-Chain
RoodFi announced its launch on the Robinhood Chain mainnet on July 13th, attempting to turn US local government Tax Liens and Tax Deeds into on-chain certificates. Users purchase them with USDG and can hold them until redemption or sell them on secondary markets.
Public Endorsement / Association: Mentioned in Virtuals weekly report. It is worth noting that the project's official Twitter bio in May described it as "a terminal (command-line) first autonomous AI agent management system." Currently, the related token market cap is only around $4,500.
Fletcher (FLETCHER): Mapping Solana Physical Collectible Cards to Robinhood Chain
Fletcher announced the launch of its Gacha card drawing application on July 11th. It is not a stock token project but a physical collectible card RWA project.
According to the project documentation, Collector Crypt stores PSA, CGC, or BGS-graded physical cards in a vault and mints one-to-one NFTs on Solana. FLETCHER aggregates this card inventory: After users draw or buy cards on Robinhood Chain using USDG, the system settles value between Robinhood Chain and Solana via Across, then mints a one-to-one mirrored ERC-721 on Robinhood Chain.
Users can hold or sell the mirrored NFT. Fletcher states that cards drawn can be sold back via Collector Crypt's buyback channel within 72 hours, after which they must be listed for sale on the market. Physical card redemption functionality is being rolled out gradually. FLETCHER also offers a "Tweet-to-rip" bot, allowing users who authorize wallet allowances to send commands directly on X to draw cards.
The Fletcher token, FLETCHER, was launched via Virtuals.
Public Endorsement / Association: Mentioned in Virtuals weekly report. Additionally, Collector Crypt and Across are disclosed in Fletcher's documentation as inventory sources and cross-chain infrastructure, though no project-level confirmation from their official Twitters has been found currently.
Sherwood Exchange (SWOOD): Privacy Trading Layer for Stock Tokens
Sherwood Exchange is positioned as a private RWA trading platform on Robinhood Chain.
According to Sherwood Exchange's introduction, users can first deposit assets into a privacy pool, generating a zero-knowledge UTXO Note. When transferring or trading, users prove they own a valid Note without revealing the direct correspondence between the original deposit and subsequent operations. Sherwood does not build completely isolated private liquidity pools. Its exchange flow calls upon public Uniswap liquidity to complete trades, then redeposits the acquired assets into a new privacy Note.
Public Endorsement / Association: Sherwood Exchange has joined Virtuals' community showcase section and was mentioned in Virtuals' weekly report.
Fletch Finance: Splitting Stock Principal and Dividends into Two Tokens
Fletch Finance is a stock dividend splitting protocol on Robinhood Chain, similar to Pendle. After a user deposits one stock token, the protocol mints two assets at a 1:1 ratio:
- PT (Principal Token) represents the stock principal stripped of dividends, usually traded at a discount, redeemable for the full stock token at maturity;
- YT (Yield Token) represents only the dividends generated by that stock before maturity.
Every trade conducted on Fletch pays a transaction fee, a portion of which is directly channeled back into the FLETCH token (through mechanisms like buyback and burn).
Public Endorsement / Association: No relevant background information found currently. DYOR.
