# HoodL2 > The neutral, sourced, current reference for Robinhood Chain, the tokenized-equities Layer 2 from Robinhood on the Arbitrum stack: Stock Tokens, stablecoins, DeFi, bridges, infrastructure, data, and jobs. Every fact carries a source and a date. HoodL2 is an independent, sourced, neutral reference for Robinhood Chain (https://robinhood.com/chain). Robinhood Chain is a permissionless, EVM-compatible Layer 2 built on the Arbitrum stack and settled to Ethereum; public testnet February 2026, mainnet 1 July 2026 (chain ID 4663). It has no native chain token — gas is paid in ETH — and no staking. HoodL2 tracks 49+ entities across the chain and its core contracts, Stock Tokens, stablecoins, DeFi, bridges, and infrastructure, each with sources and a confidence level. ## Start here - [Ecosystem directory](https://hoodl2.com/ecosystem): every tracked entity, faceted by type and category. - [Ecosystem map](https://hoodl2.com/map): the relationship graph between projects. - [Data](https://hoodl2.com/data): the ecosystem in numbers — TVL, DEX volume, stablecoin supply, block times. - [Network architecture](https://hoodl2.com/validators): the Robinhood-operated sequencer, ordering policy, settlement, data availability, and the L2BEAT reading. - [Learn](https://hoodl2.com/learn): sourced explainers — Stock Tokens, USDG, the sequencer, Arbitrum settlement. - [Articles](https://hoodl2.com/articles): top-of-funnel explainers on tokenized equities, stablecoins, RWAs, and chain comparisons. - [Insights](https://hoodl2.com/insights): dated, sourced analysis of Robinhood Chain and the tokenized-equities market (newest first). - [Tools](https://hoodl2.com/tools): interactive payment-cost calculator, chain comparator, and stablecoin selector. - [Developers](https://hoodl2.com/developers): connect to Robinhood Chain (chain ID 4663), the EVM tooling, the read API. - [Methodology](https://hoodl2.com/methodology): how facts are sourced and confidence-scored. ## Articles by topic 4 sourced, neutral explainers — answer-first and citation-backed. Grouped by topic; each routes toward how Robinhood Chain fits. ### Stock Tokens — [hub](https://hoodl2.com/topic/stock-tokens) - [Tokenised equities meet a permissionless mempool](https://hoodl2.com/articles/tokenized-equities-meet-a-permissionless-mempool): Robinhood issues Stock Tokens as carefully wrapped debt securities with Chainlink prices and a legal prospectus. Then it puts them on a permissionless chain where anyone can mint a lookalike. The collision of a curated asset and an open mempool is the chain's defining tension. ### The chain — [hub](https://hoodl2.com/topic/robinhood-chain) - [Robinhood Chain's first two weeks, in data](https://hoodl2.com/articles/robinhood-chain-first-two-weeks-in-data): Two weeks after mainnet, Robinhood Chain's activity is real but concentrated: a handful of protocols hold nearly all the capital, spot DEX volume dwarfs everything else, and the tokenised-equity thesis is still more thesis than volume. A dated reading of the launch numbers. - [The chain with no token](https://hoodl2.com/articles/the-chain-with-no-token): Robinhood Chain launched with no gas coin, no governance token, and no airdrop. That is a strategy, not an omission: value routes through sequencer economics and an Arbitrum revenue share, and the investable thesis is the venue and its distribution, not a ticker. - [The curated chain](https://hoodl2.com/articles/the-curated-chain): Robinhood Chain is permissionless at its base and tightly curated one layer up. Robinhood didn't build the stack — it selected it: Chainlink for prices, Alchemy for infrastructure, Morpho for lending, Uniswap for spot, Paxos for dollars. The strategy, and its dependency risk. ## Core entities - [Robinhood Chain](https://hoodl2.com/entity/robinhood-chain): A permissionless Arbitrum-stack Ethereum L2 for tokenized stocks — ETH for gas, no native token, one Robinhood sequencer. - [Stock Tokens](https://hoodl2.com/entity/stock-tokens): Robinhood's ~98 tokenized equities — ERC-20 debt securities priced by Chainlink, non-US, issued from Jersey. - [Robinhood Chain Bridge](https://hoodl2.com/entity/robinhood-chain-bridge): The canonical Arbitrum-native bridge between Ethereum and Robinhood Chain, with a 7-day withdrawal challenge. - [USDG (Global Dollar)](https://hoodl2.com/entity/usdg): The Global Dollar (USDG) — Paxos-issued, the first stablecoin native to Robinhood Chain and Robinhood Earn's yield asset. ## Categories - [Protocol & Core](https://hoodl2.com/category/protocol-core): The chain itself and its operational spine: the Arbitrum-stack rollup, the Robinhood-operated sequencer, Ethereum settlement and blob DA, the canonical bridge, and core contracts. - [Stock Tokens & RWAs](https://hoodl2.com/category/stock-tokens): Robinhood-issued tokenised equities and ETFs — ERC-20 debt securities priced by Chainlink, adjusted for dividends and splits onchain. The chain's differentiating asset class. - [Stablecoins](https://hoodl2.com/category/stablecoins): Dollar liquidity on Robinhood Chain, led by USDG under Paxos's Global Dollar Network. - [Lending & Yield](https://hoodl2.com/category/lending-yield): Credit and yield venues, anchored by Morpho — the protocol behind Robinhood Earn's self-custodial USDG lending. - [DEXs & Liquidity](https://hoodl2.com/category/dex): Public spot venues. Uniswap is the chain's primary AMM; a long tail of smaller DEXs competes behind it. - [Perps & Derivatives](https://hoodl2.com/category/perps-derivatives): Perpetuals, structured trading, and prediction markets: Arcus, Lighter, Meridian Predict. - [Aggregation & Execution](https://hoodl2.com/category/aggregation-execution): Routing and best-execution infrastructure across venues: Rialto's PropAMM, 0x APIs, aggregators. - [Launchpads & New Tokens](https://hoodl2.com/category/launchpads): Token launch venues and their graduation mechanics — the chain's speculative frontier, and where its scam-token risk concentrates. - [NFTs & Gaming](https://hoodl2.com/category/nft-gaming): Marketplaces and consumer apps: OpenSea support, early onchain games. - [Bridges & Interoperability](https://hoodl2.com/category/bridges-interop): Routes in and out: the canonical Ethereum bridge plus LayerZero, Across, LI.FI, and cross-chain APIs. - [Oracles & Price Feeds](https://hoodl2.com/category/oracles): Chainlink Data Feeds, Data Streams, and CCIP — the pricing layer under Stock Tokens and DeFi. - [Wallets & Custody](https://hoodl2.com/category/wallets-custody): Self-custody wallets and institutional custody with native Robinhood Chain support. - [RPC & Node Infrastructure](https://hoodl2.com/category/rpc-nodes): Production-grade RPC and node access beyond the rate-limited public endpoints. - [Explorers, Indexers & Analytics](https://hoodl2.com/category/explorers-data): Block explorers, indexing, and analytics coverage: Blockscout, Allium, Dune, CoinGecko, DefiLlama, L2BEAT. - [Compliance & Security](https://hoodl2.com/category/compliance-security): Transaction monitoring, compliance tooling, and the chain's security posture — TRM, disclosure programs, scam-token defenses. - [Adjacent & Watching](https://hoodl2.com/category/adjacent): The stack the chain stands on (Arbitrum, Ethereum) and unverified or emerging projects the record is watching. ## Data - [JSON API](https://hoodl2.com/api/v1): read-only, no key, CORS-open. - [Filing API](https://hoodl2.com/developers#filing-api): list a project via POST /api/submissions; review agents claim, enrich, and decide filings at /api/agent/submissions (bearer key). ## Notes - HoodL2 is not affiliated with Robinhood. Trademarks belong to their owners. - Robinhood Chain has no native chain token, staking, or airdrop; gas is paid in ETH. Any claim of a chain token is incorrect. - Stock Tokens are tokenized debt securities issued by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited, not direct ownership of the underlying shares.