Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev shares guide to bridge assets from Solana to Robinhood Chain
Tenev's step-by-step walkthrough signals how seriously Robinhood is courting the on-chain crowd as its Layer 2 mainnet finds its footing
Vlad Tenev is not exactly known for posting crypto tutorials. So when the Robinhood CEO personally shared a guide walking users through how to move assets from Solana onto Robinhood Chain, it was a signal worth paying attention to.
The move comes just weeks after Robinhood Chain’s public mainnet went live on July 1, 2026.
What bridging actually looks like
The Robinhood Wallet now supports bridging from Solana, Ethereum, and Arbitrum directly within the app, collapsing what used to be a multi-tab, multi-wallet operation into a single interface.
The specific flow Tenev highlighted involves transferring USDC from Solana and receiving USDG on the other end. USDG is a Paxos-issued stablecoin native to Robinhood Chain, and the bridging runs through Across, a cross-chain transfer protocol. In plain terms: you put dollars in on the Solana side, and spendable stablecoin comes out on Robinhood’s chain, ready to use for trading tokenized equities or other on-chain activity.
That last part matters. This isn’t bridging for bridging’s sake. The destination has actual financial products attached to it, including tokenized stock tokens for companies like NVDA, GOOG, and AAPL, all priced using Chainlink’s decentralized oracle network.
What Robinhood Chain actually is
Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 built on the Arbitrum stack, running under Chain ID 4663 with block times around 100 milliseconds. For context, Ethereum’s mainnet produces a block roughly every 12 seconds. Robinhood Chain is moving about 120 times faster.
The mainnet launched alongside a partnership with Uniswap, which provides decentralized trading infrastructure, and Chainlink, which feeds reliable price data for tokenized equities on-chain.
World, a prediction market platform that previously operated on Solana, is also migrating to Robinhood Chain.
Why this matters for retail investors
Coinbase launched its own Layer 2, Base, in 2023, and it has grown into one of the more active chains in the ecosystem. Robinhood is entering that same category of exchange-backed L2s, but with a sharper focus on tokenized equities rather than general-purpose DeFi.
By welcoming assets from Solana, Ethereum, and Arbitrum rather than demanding users start fresh, Robinhood is lowering the cost of trying the chain. You don’t have to abandon wherever you already are. You just move some USDC over and see what the products feel like.