Robinhood launches on-chain stocks and 10x perpetual futures in Europe, targeting mainstream investors who avoid crypto-native platforms.
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Robinhood launched tokenized U.S. stocks and crypto perpetual futures in the European Union starting June 2025. The company's Classic Stock Tokens give investors on-chain exposure to equities and ETFs, including dividend payments, with zero commissions and 24/7 trading. The assets live on the blockchain, not on a traditional exchange.
Perpetual futures contracts cover crypto, commodities, ETFs, and foreign exchange, with leverage up to 10x. Unlike traditional futures, they never expire. Robinhood Chain, the company's own Arbitrum-based Layer 2 blockchain, went live July 1, 2026, to support tokenized assets and DeFi integrations. Users can hold their own tokens through self-custody features. U.S. users get staking options for ETH and SOL.
Most of these products launch in Europe first. The EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework provides regulatory clarity the U.S. lacks. Robinhood can offer tokenized stocks, leveraged perpetuals, and DeFi integrations without the threat of SEC enforcement action.
CEO Vlad Tenev has called tokenization a 'freight train' for global asset access. A survey found 55% of EU investors expressed strong interest in stock tokens, especially those familiar with cryptographic technologies.
The risks are real. Offering 10x leverage on perpetual futures to a younger, less experienced investor base attracts regulatory scrutiny, even under MiCA. Leverage amplifies gains and losses equally. Robinhood's history with the GameStop saga showed how quickly retail risk-taking can become a political issue.
There is also execution risk with Robinhood Chain. Running a Layer 2 blockchain is operationally complex. A security incident or downtime could undermine trust in the tokenized assets built on top of it.
Robinhood's EU tokenized stock rollout accelerated after the MiCA framework took effect in 2025.
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