Robinhood Chain recorded its strongest day since mainnet launched on July 1, reaching $874.8 million in decentralized exchange volume and 5,521,213 transactions on August 30.
DefiLlama data also showed the network exceeded Ethereum and Hyperliquid in 24-hour app revenue, trailing only Solana during the same period.
The milestone capped a sharp recovery from early August, when daily DEX volume had fallen to about $140 million after the launch-week surge faded. Over the following three weeks, activity climbed steadily and moved beyond the previous high recorded on July 11.
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Pons Family Drives More Than Half of Robinhood Chain Volume
Pons.family generated $445.98 million in token volume on August 30, accounting for roughly 51% of total trading activity across Robinhood Chain. The permissionless launchpad allows users to deploy fixed-supply tokens traded against WETH while charging a fee on each swap.
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The platform became the chain’s busiest token launchpad after Noxa stopped accepting new token launches on July 11. Its latest daily volume was nearly 2.6 times its mid-July peak and more than twenty times the level recorded in mid-August.
Competition increased after Uniswap Labs introduced Pools.trade on August 5. The Robinhood Chain launchpad offers zero platform fees and permanently locked Uniswap v4 liquidity. Pools.trade briefly surpassed Pons in token volume and daily token creation during its first 24 hours, but that lead did not continue.
Pons routes 80% of protocol fees into an automated TWAP buyback that sends PONS tokens to a burn address, according to its documentation. The team said on August 29 that 29% of the original one billion token supply had been retired.
Arcus Adds Leveraged Tokens and Stock Collateral
Arcus, the dYdX-built decentralized exchange backed by Robinhood Crypto, launched pTokens on August 25. The products convert leveraged perpetual accounts into transferable ERC-20 tokens, including pBTC3x and pHOOD3x.
Arcus also began accepting SPY, QQQ, and MAG7 stock tokens as collateral at 50% loan-to-value. The feature allows traders to use tokenized equity exposure as collateral without closing those positions.
The launch arrived as broader crypto markets strengthened. Bitcoin rallied after August 17 during a record $2.7 billion wave of short liquidations that Bloomberg described as the largest since records began in 2021. The move followed a White House crypto meeting and a US Treasury decision to double long-dated bond buybacks.
Bitcoin later reached nearly $81,500, while Ether gained almost 29% over the week and other altcoins advanced.
Record Leaves Robinhood Chain Facing a Durability Test
The July 11 high followed launch-week enthusiasm, while the August 30 record depended heavily on Pons.family, which produced half of chain-wide trading volume. Uniswap’s competing launchpad remained available with lower fees during the same period. This concentration distinguishes the latest record from July’s launch-driven activity.
The next measure for Robinhood Chain is whether transaction activity and DEX volume remain elevated without Pons.family carrying such a large share of network trading.
