Robinhood Layer-2 Unveiled: Crypto Revenue Takes a Dive!

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Ah, the great Robinhood has once again cast its net into the turbulent waters of the crypto sea! With the fanfare befitting a circus performance, they have unveiled a public testnet for their shiny new Ethereum-based Robinhood Chain. Meanwhile, Wall Street, those ever-optimistic soothsayers, pouted over the company’s latest earnings that didn’t quite tickle their fancy. But fear not, dear reader, for Robinhood seems intent on building a grander, more diversified platform that even the most stubborn of skeptics might find intriguing.

Robinhood Layer-2: A Spectacle to Behold

Crafted upon the foundation of Arbitrum, the Robinhood Chain was paraded forth by none other than Johann Kerbrat, the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Robinhood Crypto, at the illustrious Consensus Hong Kong. This event marks the first public unveiling after it was whispered about at their Cannes keynote last year-because who wouldn’t want their crypto dreams glamorized under the Mediterranean sun?

This splendid testnet will bestow upon developers the keys to the kingdom-entry points, documentation, and full compatibility with the revered tools of standard Ethereum [ETH]. The likes of infrastructure partners such as Alchemy and LayerZero [ZRO] are already hard at work, building castles in this digital sky.

The Revenue Rollercoaster: Up, Up, and Away-Sort Of

In a turn of events that could make one chuckle, Robinhood proudly announced a record Q4 net revenue of $1.28 billion, a dazzling 27% increase year-over-year. Yet, as fate would have it, this figure fell short of Wall Street’s lofty expectations of $1.34 billion. And oh, the crypto revenue-what a sad tale it tells, plunging by a staggering 38% from the previous year to a mere $221 million.

Quarterly net income took a nosedive, declining 34% to $605 million, though the earnings per share managed to crawl above the forecast at 66 cents-barely escaping the clutches of disappointment.

For the full year, Robinhood trumpeted a record net revenue of $4.5 billion in 2025-a remarkable 52% increase from the previous year. Annual net income rose 35% to $1.9 billion. Crypto volumes saw a modest rise of 3% quarter-on-quarter to $82.4 billion, while equity volumes leapt 10% to a staggering $710 billion. Options contracts, too, decided to join the party, increasing by 8% to 659 million. What a delightful gathering!

Meanwhile, predictions and futures markets danced with joy, rising a whopping 375% year-on-year to $147 million, surpassing equity-trading revenue for the very first time. Bravo!

As the revenues dipped below forecasts, the stock symbol HOOD gracefully slipped down the price charts, responding in kind. How poetic!

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2026-02-12 00:08