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Robinhood Chain mainnet is now live, an Arbitrum-based Layer 2 designed for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), financial services, and DeFi primitives with fast block times and Ethereum security.
Day-one integrations include Uniswap for liquidity, Chainlink oracles, Alchemy, and BitGo custody; new Stock Tokens enable 24/7 trading and DeFi composability in over 120 countries.
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The outflows coincided with Bitcoin’s roughly 20% decline in June, pushing prices near $58,000 amid broader market pressures.
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