Back in the day, people generally saw Robinhood as a traditional commission-free broker and UNI as a “governance token with no revenue capture.” But everything that happened in July 2026 completely connected and reshaped the logic of these two. From a Web2 traffic giant to a DeFi deflationary engine: How is Robinhood Chain teaming up with Uniswap to create a closed business loop? The focus is on Robinhood: The “on-chain gateway” for 23 million retail investors and RWA. On July 1, Robinhood officially launched its exclusive Ethereum L2 (Robinhood Chain) built on Arbitrum Orbit. 1️⃣ Global compliance integration: Robinhood directly brought its 23+ million active retail users and over $100 billion in asset reserves into the on-chain ecosystem. 2️⃣ Tokenized U.S. stocks (RWA) breakthrough: Featuring Stock Tokens (tokenized U.S. stock assets) that support 24/7 trading, breaking the time and geographic limitations of traditional U.S. stock markets. 3️⃣ Uniswap as the core clearing layer: Uniswap v2/v3/v4 and UniswapX were selected as the exclusive primary public liquidity layer (Primary Public AMM) for Robinhood Chain on its very first day. In just July alone, Launchpad projects on Robinhood Chain drove over $3.6B in trading volume! Seamless integration: The ultimate closed loop for Uniswap protocol fees (Fee Switch) Efficient proposal approval: Governance swiftly passed resolutions to enable v2/v3 protocol fees on Robinhood Chain and v4 protocol fees across multiple chains (Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, RH Chain, etc.). Real buybacks: All captured protocol fees are directly cleared cross-chain into the mainnet black hole, fully buying UNI and permanently burning it. Explosive data: On July 29 alone, 106,000 UNI were burned (the third-highest in history and the highest ever on a “non-liquidation calm day”), with an annualized burn value of ~$170M, pushing the annualized deflation rate to 6.1%! Robinhood brings massive Web2 retail and RWA trading volume, while Uniswap provides the strongest clearing and fee capture capabilities in the entire network. Together, they’ve propelled UNI into a “true deflationary” era. Stay tuned! #DeFi #Uniswap #RobinhoodChain $UNI $RWA $ETH $ARB