Morning Edition · Thursday, July 9, 2026
Robinhood Chain Will Route 10% of Its Fees to Arbitrum, Turning Layer-2 Revenue Into a Contested Prize
Eight percent of Robinhood Chain fees will flow to the Arbitrum treasury and two percent to developers, as the network's value secured jumped nearly 293% in a week.
Robinhood Chain, the layer-2 network built on Arbitrum's technology stack, will send 10% of its fee revenue to the Arbitrum ecosystem, split between 8% for the Arbitrum decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) treasury and 2% for develop…
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