BubbleMaps data shows 63% of Robinhood Chain traders in the red

Only 37% of 164,538 traders on Robinhood Chain's top 50 tokens have realized a profit, on-chain data shows.

Robinhood Chain's memecoin frenzy has left 63% of traders underwater, with just 37% of 164,538 active wallets in profit across the network's top 50 tokens, according to BubbleMaps.

"The Robinhood trenches are brutal," BubbleMaps, an on-chain analytics firm, said on X, calling the memecoin market a tough game for retail participants.

CASHCAT (CASHCAT), the token modeled on Robinhood's old cat mascot, has been the biggest casualty. It surged 718% to a $68 million market cap on July 8 after Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev publicly warmed to memecoins on the network, but has since collapsed 75% from its July 11 all-time high of $0.2252 to roughly $0.0557, with a market cap near $55.7 million. About 25,000 wallets held the token at its July 13 peak of $150 million, per Blockscout.

The losses stem from ordinary price action rather than coordinated dumps. BubbleMaps distribution checks found no major holder clusters in CASHCAT, though rival token CASHDOG was flagged as heavily bundled with wallets funded through one-time contracts. The question for Robinhood is whether activity persists after its gas fee subsidy expires in late September, when traders start covering their own transaction costs.

Memecoin volume dominates tokenized stocks

The Arbitrum Orbit layer-2 network, which went live July 1, was built to host tokenized stocks and real-world assets. Yet speculative tokens have driven nearly all early activity. Decentralized exchanges on the chain processed $3.1 billion in volume over the past seven days, per DefiLlama, with daily volume briefly surpassing Ethereum on Monday at roughly $819 million.

Tokenized stocks — the use case Robinhood spent over a year building the chain to support — account for just $12.66 million in market cap, according to CoinGecko. At its peak, CASHCAT alone was worth twelve times that figure. Bernstein analysts noted in a Monday report that "early trading volumes on Robinhood Chain were led by meme coins," while emphasizing the retail brokerage's growing focus on real-world asset products.

Other memecoins on the network include Wen Lambo, Tendies and Hoodrat. A wallet linked to Hayden Davis, who was associated with the LIBRA and MELANIA token launches, made roughly $32,000 in under three days trading CASHCAT, HOODRAT and DIH on Robinhood Chain, according to SolanaFloor.

Gas subsidy expiration looms

Robinhood is currently covering gas fees for wallet transactions during the first 90 days to attract users. That incentive, paired with the CASHCAT frenzy, has brought 300,000-plus daily active addresses and roughly $300 million in total value locked on the chain, per DefiLlama. The network generated over $800,000 in revenue in its first seven days, annualizing near $42 million, with 10% flowing to the Arbitrum ecosystem under its expansion program.

Jon Ma, chief executive officer of on-chain analytics firm Artemis and a pre-IPO Robinhood investor, warned in an open letter to Tenev that memecoins could become a liability. He pointed to the 2024 memecoin class on Coinbase's Base network, which he said is down 99% from peak, and recalled how GameStop mania forced Tenev to testify before Congress in 2021.

"Memecoins lose people money and destroy trust," Ma said. "PLEASE Robinhood DO NOT build a meme coin chain."

Robinhood shares have climbed 19% over the past month to roughly $111, almost erasing year-to-date losses amid a broader crypto market downturn.

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