Чому Robinhood обрав Arbitrum замість незалежного Layer-1? Масштаб токенізованих акцій перевищив 2000 одиниць

【BlockBeats】Robinhood’s crypto business team recently made an interesting choice — instead of building an independent Layer-1 blockchain, they decided to construct their own Ethereum Layer-2 solution on Arbitrum. The responsible person explained that while this decision might seem unconventional, the logic is quite clear: directly inherit Ethereum’s security guarantees and decentralization characteristics, plus leverage the liquidity already present in the EVM ecosystem. This saves a lot of trouble and allows them to focus all efforts on their core business — stock tokenization.

Currently, Robinhood’s own L2 is still in the private testnet phase, but the deployment of tokenized stocks started long ago and is already running on Arbitrum One. When the new chain officially launches, these assets and liquidity can seamlessly migrate over with almost zero migration costs.

Looking at the numbers, this business is growing quite rapidly. Initially, there were only about 200 tokenized stocks, now it has expanded to over 2000, more than a tenfold increase. This growth curve shows that the market’s acceptance of such products is rising, and Robinhood’s layout on this path is indeed quite interesting.