Hood Lab

Memory lane

Hood LabIndependent archive
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The archive of retail markets, crypto and the onchain era

An independent archive of how Robinhood, meme stocks and crypto changed who gets to invest. Every claim links to the source it came from.

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Robinhood Chain
Before the chain

Thirteen years in the making.

From a brokerage started in Palo Alto in 2013 to a public launch with no commissions, crypto trading and the GameStop surge. The earlier chapters live in the newsroom.

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Robinhood co-founders Baiju Bhatt and Vladimir Tenev in front of a willow tree.
Robinhood co-founders Vladimir Tenev, left, and Baiju Bhatt in a sunlit park.
Robinhood co-founders Baiju Bhatt and Vladimir Tenev in their Palo Alto office, in front of a green forest mural.
Robinhood co-founders Baiju Bhatt and Vladimir Tenev sitting together on a couch in front of a chalkboard.
Robinhood co-founders Vlad Tenev, left, seated on a bench, and Baiju Bhatt standing beside him.
Robinhood co-founders Baiju Bhatt and Vladimir Tenev, as the press pictured them from 2015 to 2023. Photos via Business Insider, The New York Times, Fox Business and The Wall Street Journal.
  1. 2013Robinhood starts
  2. 2015Open to everyone, no commissions
  3. 2018Crypto trading arrives
  4. 2021GameStop and the IPO
  5. 2022A self-custody wallet
  6. 2024Crypto in Europe
  7. 2026Robinhood Chain mainnet
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The chain era

A year that put Robinhood onchain, one moment at a time.

Scroll from the Layer 2 announcement in June 2025 to a live mainnet on July 1, 2026. Each achievement opens as you reach it.

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  1. June 30, 2025Stock Tokens launch, and a Layer 2 is announced
  2. February 10, 2026A public testnet opens
  3. July 1, 2026Robinhood Chain mainnet goes live
Market and Impact

What’s moving now, and why.

Live quotes for canonical Stock Tokens, and a transparent Impact ranking that shows its working.

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Stock Token quotesLive

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Impact formula, version 1

Seven signals, weighted. Scores appear once the pipeline has a baseline.

Onchain

Robinhood Chain, block by block.

The latest block from the public RPC, the network’s settings and every canonical Stock Token contract.

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Latest blockConnecting

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Chain ID
4663
Transactions in block
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Canonical Stock Tokens
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OnchainRead from rpc.mainnet.chain.robinhood.com. Token count from Robinhood’s asset registry.

Newsroom

Newest verified entries.

  1. July 1, 2026

    Robinhood Chain mainnet goes live
    Verified

  2. July 1, 2026

    Stock Tokens go global
    Verified

  3. July 1, 2026

    DeFi from the first day
    Verified
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Current artifactNot launched

Hood Lab’s own token.

Documented as the newest artifact in the archive. It isn’t live yet, so there are no numbers to show.

Chain
Robinhood Chain
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