Robinhood Chain’s decentralized-exchange volume surged past $3 billion in a single day for the first time, helping Uniswap burn a record $1.15 million worth of UNI as activity accelerates across the newly launched Ethereum Layer 2. The network crossed the $3 billion daily DEX-volume threshold on September 4, roughly tripling from the $989 million recorded on August 28.
Growth had already accelerated earlier in the week. Robinhood Chain generated $1.595 billion of DEX volume on September 1, representing a 61% increase from August 28 before activity nearly doubled again. Uniswap dominated the record session, accounting for as much as 98% of Robinhood Chain’s decentralized trading volume.
That activity fed directly into Uniswap’s recently activated protocol-fee system, producing the largest daily UNI burn by dollar value since the mechanism launched.
Robinhood Chain Drives 150,000 UNI Burn
Uniswap burned approximately 184,000 UNI on September 4, worth around $1.15 million at the time. It was the first occasion on which the dollar value of UNI destroyed in a single day exceeded $1 million. The 184,000-token total was the second-largest daily burn measured in UNI terms.
Robinhood Chain alone accounted for approximately 150,000 UNI, meaning more than 81% of all UNI destroyed during the record session originated from economic activity on Robinhood’s network. The connection comes from Uniswap’s protocol-fee mechanism.
Since December 2025, protocol fees collected through eligible Uniswap products have been used to acquire UNI that is permanently burned, converting protocol activity into reductions in token supply. Protocol fees are currently active on Uniswap v2 and v3.
Uniswap was integrated with Robinhood Chain from its July 1 public-mainnet launch, deploying versions 2, 3 and 4 alongside UniswapX and serving as the network’s primary public automated market maker. Its early dominance means increases in Robinhood Chain trading can translate disproportionately into Uniswap activity.
Two-Month-Old Chain Reaches $34.6 Billion Volume
The September record caps an unusually rapid first two months for Robinhood Chain. Robinhood reported approximately $34.6 billion in cumulative DEX volume by early September, alongside 576 million transactions, 12.3 million addresses and $1.27 billion in what the company describes as protocol TVL. More than 190 Stock Tokens were available, generating over $3 billion in cumulative Stock Token volume.
Robinhood Chain was launched as an Arbitrum-based Layer 2 designed around tokenized real-world assets and financial applications. Its Stock Tokens allow eligible users across more than 120 countries to gain blockchain-based exposure to equities and use supported assets in DeFi applications.
Not all of the network’s recent growth has come from conventional tokenized-stock trading. Speculative activity involving meme coins and stock-token trading pairs has become a significant source of turnover. On September 2 alone, meme coin-stock pairs generated approximately $217 million in trading volume.
That composition creates uncertainty over whether the current volume can persist. Robinhood is also subsidizing transaction costs for Robinhood Wallet users during the network’s first 90 days, reducing friction while the ecosystem develops.
The subsidy is scheduled to expire on September 29, creating an important test of organic demand. Still, the latest numbers demonstrate how quickly a new blockchain can become economically meaningful to an established DeFi protocol.
Robinhood Chain went from approximately $989 million of daily DEX activity on August 28 to more than $3 billion a week later. For Uniswap, the consequence was immediate: approximately 150,000 UNI burned from one network in one day and a record $1.15 million removed across the protocol.
Whether those records represent a temporary speculative surge or the beginning of sustained onchain financial activity will become clearer once Robinhood Chain’s launch incentives begin to disappear.