# Robinhood Chain Becomes Crypto's Top Chain by Organic Revenue

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Aug 31, 2026*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/read/news/robinhood-chain-becomes-cryptos-top-chain-by-organic-revenue*

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Two months after launch, Robinhood Chain's protocol revenue has become the largest in crypto's "Chain" category that isn't inflated by token incentives, [per DefiLlama](https://defillama.com/revenue?category=Chain). The L2 currently only trails Canton, which is allocating significant rewards to its builders and users. 

## **What's the Scoop?**
- **The real gap:** Robinhood Chain generated $963,612 in gas revenue over the past 24 hours, more than 60% ahead of Tron's $586,688, and roughly 9x, 10x, and 11x the totals posted by Ethereum ($111,590), Base ($93,001), and Solana ($84,702), respectively
- **Not the app layer:** This is *chain *revenue, distinct from the memecoin-driven app revenue (e.g. Pons) that pushed Robinhood Chain's ecosystem past Ethereum's this week with regard to daily transactions, [as CoinDesk has reported](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/08/31/robinhood-chain-beats-ethereum-in-daily-revenue-as-memecoin-trading-takes-over).
- **Paying dues:** As an Arbitrum Orbit L2 settling to Ethereum, Robinhood Chain hands 10% of that revenue to Arbitrum's Expansion Program, an overhead most rival chains don't carry. The expense has certainly been worth the cost so far, it would seem. 

> The market may not appreciate this yet but L2s are a fantastic business. The past 24 hour transaction revenue on Robinhood Chain was over $1,222,000. And 10% goes back to Arbitrum. That’s a win-win [pic.twitter.com/f5aI7cxblu](https://t.co/f5aI7cxblu)— Steven Goldfeder (@sgoldfed) [August 31, 2026](https://x.com/sgoldfed/status/2094411422771851320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)