# Layer 2 Related Articles

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Arcus Chooses "Stepfather" Robinhood Chain, "Biological Father" dYdX Awkwardly Attempts to Salvage the Situation

Robinhood officially launched its own Layer 2 network, Robinhood Chain. In response, many major DeFi protocols like Uniswap and Chainlink announced integration. A key point of discussion was Arcus, a new decentralized exchange (DEX) developed by the dYdX team, which chose to launch on Robinhood Chain instead of the native dYdX Chain. Arcus offers 24/7, zero-fee trading of 95 tokenized stocks and perpetual contracts. This move sparked community concerns about dYdX Chain potentially being sidelined, causing DYDX token's price to drop over 12%. Critics questioned if dYdX Labs' focus is shifting to Arcus and how DYDX token holders would benefit from Arcus's future growth, especially as its founder mentioned a future Arcus token would allocate a portion to the dYdX community. dYdX founder Antonio Juliano clarified that dYdX Chain will continue operating, but acknowledged its deep decentralization involved trade-offs in performance and user experience. He stated Arcus is a separate product led by a new CEO, responding to market demands for faster, simpler platforms. The dYdX Foundation also confirmed DYDX's role remains unchanged for dYdX Chain governance and staking, with no plans for token migration. However, the core uncertainty remains: if Arcus succeeds, how will that value flow back to dYdX Chain and its DYDX token holders?

Odaily星球日报07/03 01:58

Arcus Chooses "Stepfather" Robinhood Chain, "Biological Father" dYdX Awkwardly Attempts to Salvage the Situation

Odaily星球日报07/03 01:58

Robinhood Layer 2 integration fuels 14% Uniswap price jump

Uniswap has deployed its V2, V3, V4, and UniswapX protocols on the Robinhood Chain, a new Layer 2 network built by Robinhood Crypto, where Uniswap will serve as the automated market maker (AMM). The integration, aimed at programmatic and AI-driven ecosystems, sparked a 14.2% surge in the UNI token's price and an 81% increase in daily trading volume over 24 hours, buoyed by a broader 2.3% crypto market rally. Technical analysis reveals a contrasting long-term bearish trend. Despite the short-term bounce, the weekly chart shows UNI broke below the key $4 support level, which has now turned into resistance, with a recent swing low at $2.316 in early June. While the RSI has moved above 50, indicating momentum, the On-Balance Volume (OBV) has not recovered to June highs, suggesting a lack of sustained buying pressure. A Fibonacci retracement analysis places the current rally within a broader bearish structure. The liquidation heatmap shows a high concentration of leveraged short positions up to the $3.52 level, increasing the likelihood of a short-term price move towards $3.5. The analysis suggests traders could use a potential bounce to $3.5 or even $3.77 (the 78.6% retracement level) as a selling opportunity. The overall bearish bias remains intact unless UNI breaks above the $4.17 swing high. In summary, while the Robinhood news triggered a rally, it is viewed as a minor rebound within a dominant long-term downtrend.

ambcrypto07/03 01:32

Robinhood Layer 2 integration fuels 14% Uniswap price jump

ambcrypto07/03 01:32

Robinhood Launches Its Own Chain, No Longer Wants to Be a Tenant on Others' Chains

Robinhood has launched its own layer-2 blockchain, Robinhood Chain, built on Arbitrum, marking a strategic shift to control its financial infrastructure rather than relying on external networks. The chain focuses on tokenized real-world assets (RWA) and DeFi, enabling trading of tokenized stocks on integrated DEXs and use in lending and yield farming. Alongside, Robinhood introduced Robinhood Earn for USDG stablecoin lending, expanded European perpetual futures, and launched AI-powered Agentic Accounts in the US. This move reflects a broader trend among financial platforms like Circle and Coinbase to build proprietary chains, moving from being front-end interfaces to owning the underlying settlement layer. For Robinhood, with nearly 28 million funded accounts, this aims to deepen control over asset flows, clearing, and revenue streams across stocks, crypto, and emerging products like prediction markets. The launch comes as Robinhood's crypto trading revenue declines sharply, with prediction markets now potentially surpassing it as a key income source. The company is streamlining operations with recent layoffs while aggressively expanding its integrated financial ecosystem, aiming to become a comprehensive "everything exchange" rather than just a commission-free broker or crypto gateway.

链捕手07/02 15:01

Robinhood Launches Its Own Chain, No Longer Wants to Be a Tenant on Others' Chains

链捕手07/02 15:01

Robinhood Chain Mainnet Launch Ignites Industry Shockwaves: Rally of Top Protocols, but Leaves dYdX in a Deep Pit

Robinhood's launch of its Layer 2 blockchain, Robinhood Chain, and a suite of new crypto products has significantly impacted the market. The announcement, made ahead of its Q2 earnings, caused the company's stock to rise 8.35%. The chain, built on Arbitrum Orbit, aims to be an institutional-grade, AI-native infrastructure optimized for Real World Assets (RWA). Key product launches include tokenized stocks available globally via various DEXs, perpetual contracts with fee incentives, and a decentralized lending product called Robinhood Earn offering yields on USDG stablecoin. The company is also expanding its AI trading tools to crypto. The move has attracted major protocols like Uniswap and Chainlink to its ecosystem. However, a partnership with dYdX to launch a new DEX called Arcus on Robinhood Chain sparked controversy. The dYdX community expressed concerns that the core team's focus on this new, independent platform could divert resources and liquidity away from the existing dYdX Chain, potentially diluting the value of the DYDX token. Despite assurances from dYdX's founder about shared interests and potential future token allocations for the dYdX community, the DYDX token price dropped roughly 40.7% following the news. Amidst slowing crypto revenue growth, Robinhood is leveraging its large user base and financial expertise to expand globally and transform from an internet broker into a broader financial gateway through its new blockchain initiative.

链捕手07/02 08:49

Robinhood Chain Mainnet Launch Ignites Industry Shockwaves: Rally of Top Protocols, but Leaves dYdX in a Deep Pit

链捕手07/02 08:49

dYdX Changes Brand and Starts Anew: Can This Collaboration with Robinhood Succeed?

On July 1st, Arcus, a DEX co-developed by dYdX Labs and Robinhood Crypto, launched its Beta version. Deployed on the newly public mainnet Robinhood Chain (an L2 built on Arbitrum tech), Arcus offers 24/7 spot trading for 95 tokenized stocks with 0% fees on the web and plans to introduce cross-asset perpetual contracts. Key future features include access to Pre-IPO investments (like OpenAI) and using tokenized stocks as collateral for perpetual trading. This new platform represents a separate product line for the dYdX team, not an iteration of the dYdX Chain. It aims to leverage Robinhood's nearly 28-million-strong user base for retail access while applying dYdX's DeFi expertise to the RWA (Real World Assets) sector, enabling global, round-the-clock trading of traditional assets like stocks and commodities. The launch follows dYdX v4's struggles with performance and tokenomics after moving to a fully decentralized model. While the dYdX Chain continues to operate independently with community support, Arcus is positioned as a parallel, platform-focused venture by the core team. Although no official token plans for Arcus have been announced, market expectations for a potential new token or airdrop are high.

marsbit07/02 04:36

Robinhood Chain Mainnet Goes Live: Can Stocks Finally Be Moved Into Wallets?

Robinhood has officially launched its public mainnet, Robinhood Chain, along with stock-like tokens, the USDG yield product, and a DeFi lending portal. This marks a significant shift where a major online broker is integrating its user interface, regulatory compliance, self-custody wallet, and on-chain protocols into a single, streamlined experience. The goal is to simplify access to stock exposure, stablecoin yields, collateralized lending, and AMM trading for mainstream users. Eligible non-U.S. users can hold these "Stock Tokens"—structured as tokenized debt securities—in the Robinhood Wallet for 24/7 exposure to assets like U.S. stocks or ETFs. U.S. users can access an estimated ~7% APY on dollar-backed USDG through the Robinhood Earn program via self-custody wallets, with lending infrastructure powered by Morpho protocol. Built as a Layer 2 on Arbitrum, Robinhood Chain leverages existing DeFi protocols like Uniswap. The core strategy is not to reinvent DeFi but to channel Robinhood's large traditional finance user base (27.4 million funded customers as of Q1 2026) into on-chain finance, lowering the technical barriers. However, key limitations exist. The stock tokens are not direct equity ownership and are unavailable in the U.S. and some jurisdictions due to regulatory constraints. The ~7% yield is variable and carries inherent DeFi risks, not guaranteed principal protection. Furthermore, while AMMs enable trading, price discovery for major stocks will likely remain anchored in traditional markets like NASDAQ for the foreseeable future. Ultimately, Robinhood Chain is an early experiment in "on-chain brokerage." Its success will depend on real-world metrics like trading volume, sustained user migration to self-custody, stable yield performance, and regulatory feedback, rather than its launch narrative.

marsbit07/02 04:06

Robinhood Chain Mainnet Goes Live: Can Stocks Finally Be Moved Into Wallets?

marsbit07/02 04:06

dYdX Changes Tack and Starts Anew, This Time Partnering with Robinhood: Will It Succeed?

On July 1st, dYdX Labs, in partnership with Robinhood Crypto, launched the Beta version of Arcus, a new decentralized exchange (DEX). Deployed on the newly launched Robinhood Chain (an L2 built on Arbitrum), Arcus supports spot trading for 95 tokenized stocks and plans to introduce cross-asset perpetual contracts. This marks a separate, new product line for the dYdX team, distinct from the existing dYdX Chain. Arcus's core features promise 24/7 trading, self-custody, and institutional-grade liquidity. Initial offerings include zero-fee web-based spot trading and a perpetual contracts testnet. Future plans involve using tokenized stocks as collateral and providing access to Pre-IPO investments. The platform is not available to users in the US, Canada, the UK, and other restricted jurisdictions. This move follows dYdX's v4 upgrade, which, while achieving full decentralization, faced criticism over performance and tokenomics, leading to a loss of market share. Arcus represents a strategic pivot, leveraging Robinhood's vast user base to target the RWA (Real World Assets) sector and global 24/7 trading. The dYdX Foundation clarified that Arcus is a parallel product incubated by dYdX Labs, and the original dYdX Chain continues to operate independently. While no official token plans have been announced, market participants speculate about potential new tokens or airdrops from the Arcus project.

Foresight News07/02 03:53

dYdX Changes Tack and Starts Anew, This Time Partnering with Robinhood: Will It Succeed?

Foresight News07/02 03:53

Former Ethereum Foundation enterprise team launches Ethereum Institutional

Former Ethereum Foundation enterprise team members have launched Ethereum Institutional, an independent non-profit organization aimed at accelerating institutional adoption of Ethereum, its Layer 2 networks, applications, and broader ecosystem. It will serve as a neutral point of contact, offering financial institutions technical guidance, ecosystem intelligence, and engagement support for long-term infrastructure decisions involving tokenization, stablecoins, and on-chain finance. The founding team, which previously built the Ethereum Foundation's enterprise engagement function, will scale its work through five core areas: Institutional Engagement, Institutional Intelligence, Ethereum Ecosystem and ETH Marketing, Industry Discovery and Requirements, and Events and Convenings. The non-profit is backed by anchor funders Bitmine, SharpLink, and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin. This launch follows recent Ethereum ecosystem developments, including the Ethereum Foundation's organizational restructuring and the creation of Ethlabs, an independent R&D organization. These initiatives reflect a broader strategy to support specialized, independent organizations that advance Ethereum's long-term adoption.

ambcrypto07/01 14:40

Former Ethereum Foundation enterprise team launches Ethereum Institutional

ambcrypto07/01 14:40

Base's New Token Issuance Gateway B20: What Assets Does It Aim to Accommodate?

Base, a layer-2 blockchain, is developing B20, a native token standard designed to be a foundational tool for asset issuance. It serves as an ERC-20 compatible, pre-compiled system built directly into Base's infrastructure, offering faster speeds and lower costs than standard smart contracts. The core innovation lies in its robust control features for issuers. B20 enables granular role-based access control for functions like minting or pausing, alongside policy registries for whitelists and blacklists to restrict transfers. It also supports transaction memos for linking on-chain actions to off-chain records. These features are particularly targeted at stablecoin providers, Real World Asset (RWA) tokenizers, and other projects needing compliant, controllable, and low-cost token creation. However, its launch on the mainnet was recently delayed following network stability issues, underscoring its critical importance as a core network upgrade. B20 provides the tools for controlled issuance, but the responsibility for implementing specific compliance rules remains with the asset issuers themselves.

Foresight News06/30 02:10

Base's New Token Issuance Gateway B20: What Assets Does It Aim to Accommodate?

Foresight News06/30 02:10

‘Halt is not okay’ – All about Base and its consensus problem

Base, a Coinbase-incubated Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) network, experienced a significant consensus issue for nearly 48 hours, halting deposit and withdrawal functions. The problem began on June 25th when an invalid block was sequenced, leading to "unhealthy" mainnet block production. While withdrawals were partially degraded, deposits faced a "major outage." Base co-founder Jesse Pollak assured users that all funds were safe but emphasized that such a chain halt is unacceptable, vowing to improve the platform's reliability for 24/7 global finance. This disruption occurs as Base aims to expand into tokenized asset lending and borrowing, despite having achieved substantial growth with over $184M in cumulative revenue and $4B in Total Value Locked (TVL). The incident's impact on user confidence remains to be seen.

ambcrypto06/27 04:40

‘Halt is not okay’ – All about Base and its consensus problem