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Robinhood Expands Tokenization Push With EU Stock Tokens and Layer-2 Blockchain

Robinhood’s thrust in active world active ingredients (RWAS) is gaining momentum, digital brokerage launching a blockchain in layer 2 focused on tokenization and the introduction of a token in trading actions for users of the European Union.

Built on Arbitrum, the new A-2 Network will allow the issue of more than 200 US action and scholarships (ETF), giving European investors access to American assets, Robinhood announced on Monday.

Robinhood shares will have no commissions and will be available to exchange 24 hours a day, five days a week.

Source: Robin

The company also announced the launch of perpetual term contracts in the EU, giving eligible traders access to derivatives with a lever effect of up to three times. These professions will be transported via Bitstamp, the Robinhood of Crypto Exchange recently acquired for $ 200 million.

Robinhood is not the first exchange to offer token actions to European investors. As Cintelelegraph reported, Gemini has already started to offer a tokenized version of strategy actions (MSTR), giving investors an exhibition to the Bitcoin focus.

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Robinhood crypto push is intensifying

Robinhood unveiled its new tokenization initiative a few days after launching micro contracts in the long term for Bitcoin (BTC), XRP (XRP) and Solana (soil), allowing traders to access the derivative markets with significantly lower capital requirements.

In May, the exchange acquired the Canadian cryptography operator Wonderfi in an agreement of $ 179 million.

The company also pleaded for judicious legislation to tokenization in the United States, having submitted a proposal to the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish a national framework for RWAS.

Robinhood’s proposal includes plans to launch Real World Asset Exchange, a platform designed for trading offchain with ONCHAIN ​​regulations.

The RWA market has increased considerably in the past year, eclipping $ 24 billion in June, according to a recent Redstone report. However, a large part of its growth has been driven by the private credit and the debt of the US Treasury, the tokenized actions representing less than $ 400 million.

The total value of the active worlds tokenized, excluding stablecoins. Source: Rwa.xyz

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