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Robinhood Chain DEX Volume Soars 10x, TVL Jumps to $242 Million
Robinhood Chain's DEX volume soared 10x to $568 million as TVL reached $242 million and new users flooded the network.
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BLOCKINSIDERLoadingRobinhood Chain's DEX volume soared 10x to $568 million as TVL reached $242 million and new users flooded the network.
The recently launched Robinhood Chain is making waves in the realm of cryptocurrency. This attention Robinhood network is gaining, as it was pitched for RWAs and for tokenized stock, but on July 8, 2026, it did something other than what everyone expected.
The latest update from analytics platform Dune revealed that the Robinhood Chain's decentralized exchange volume hit a record high of $568.40 million on Uniswap on July 8, 2026, just after a week of its launch. This surge is almost 10 times higher than the previous day, which processed $58.90 million.
Looking at these developments within a week-old network, Uniswap protocol founder Hyden Adams shared insights on X. In the post, Hyden stated:
"Robinhood chain is going absolutely crazy with $500m in 24 hr volume on Uniswap - that’s 10x what it did yesterday and more than any chain other than Ethereum mainnet!”
This explosive jump in DEX volume comes after Solana-based launchpad Pump.fun opened direct access to Robinhood tokens for its users. In the post on X, the platform stated:
"Robinhood tokens are now available to trade on the Pumpfun app!"
In fact, Pumpfun highlights three key features: no bridging required, seamless trading using SOL, and access to every trending Robinhood token.
In addition to the spike in Robinhood Chain DEX volume, WuBlockchain pointed out that daily active addresses of the network surged to nearly 200,000, with more than 140,000 being new addresses making their first transaction. This potentially suggests that the Pump.fun integration may have been behind the massive influx of new users.
Meanwhile, token creation on the chain also recorded at pace; as per the shared report, nearly 16,000 new tokens were minted on the network in a single day. This might be another factor behind the massive surge in DEX volume, as seven tokens, which are meme coins, have surpassed market caps above $1 million. However, Cash Cat (CASHCAT) led in terms of market cap, with over $100 million recorded.
In addition, Robinhood Chain saw a massive spike in Total Value Locked (TVL), surging from $56.84 million to $242.66 million, indicating strong capital inflows and growing user confidence in the network. However, RWA Tokenized Value has remained stagnant since its launch, with its value moving only from $11.87 million to $12.59 million.
The impact of this development is evident on the Robinhood Market Inc NASDAQ: HOOD price, as it climbed 4% to the $113 level. Whereas, in the past week, the asset has posted a gain of over 12.20%.
Now, the real question is whether Robinhood Chain can maintain this momentum, as the recent surge in DEX volume was most likely driven by the CASHCAT memecoin. This memecoin attracted over 140,000 new wallets and led to the creation of nearly 16,000 new tokens.
This doesn't necessarily mean these memecoins will continue to generate such trading volume, developers will keep minting new tokens, or users will eventually transition to trading RWAs. As of today, Robinhood Chain DEX volume has declined to $240.52 million from $568.40 million.
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