Ethereum (ETH)

It’s not just gas fees, but the trading pair of most assets. ethereum:native is the medium of exchange of the onchain economy.

Most people are missing the ETH angle behind Robinhood Chain.

At first glance, it may seem like Robinhood launching its own chain has little to do with $ETH. The activity happens on Layer 2, fees are low, and users may never think about Ethereum mainnet.

But the deeper point is security.

Ethereum L2s do not exist in isolation. They rely on Ethereum mainnet for settlement, data availability, and security. If Ethereum’s security were compromised, assets and applications on its L2 ecosystem could also be affected.

According to the Ethereum Foundation’s report, around $76B worth of ETH is staged to secure Ethereum. The report also estimates that it would take about $50.7B worth of ETH to finalize a fraudulent transaction.

That is why institutional adoption on Ethereum matters for ETH.

Robinhood may be only one of the first major traditional finance platforms to build on Ethereum’s L2 ecosystem. If more banks, brokers, fintechs, and asset managers follow, the amount of value relying on Ethereum security coul