Robinhood Chain's Memecoin Boom + Tokenized Stocks - The Chopping Block

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  September 03, 2026 at 13:00  |  1:02:59  |  Unchained (Chopping Block)
Speakers
Haseeb Qureshi — Managing Partner, Dragonfly
Tarun Chitra — Co-Founder & CEO, Gauntlet
Tom Schmidt — General Partner, Dragonfly
Laura Shin — Host, Unchained

Summary

The panel discusses Robinhood Chain's second explosive rally driven by tokenized-stock memecoins like Boner/HIMS and Cinema/AMC, the retail-loss mechanics and speculative entertainment appeal, Solana's competitive position, and Hyperliquid's reported onshore deal with Kraken. They debate whether the activity is bullish for Arbitrum and RWA tokenization, warn that weekend depegs mostly transfer money to arbitrageurs, and argue that regulated onshore US markets will differ substantially from offshore DeFi.

  • Robinhood Chain is seeing a renewed surge in wallets, transactions, DEX volume and fees, driven by memecoins and tokenized stocks.
  • Ohm-style mechanics are being used to pair memecoins like Boner and Cinema with tokenized stocks such as HIMS and AMC.
  • Haseeb argues the weekend stock-memecoin depegs are a near-guaranteed arbitrage for hedge funds and a trap for retail buyers.
  • Tarun argues FOMO's app abstraction has made memecoin traders chain-agnostic and erased Solana's loyalty edge.
  • Haseeb pushes back that Solana still leads DEX volume by a wide margin despite Robinhood Chain's rise.
  • The panel notes tokenized RWA issuance on Robinhood Chain is growing, though total size remains small.
  • On Hyperliquid, the panel sees a Kraken/Bitnomial onshore product as likely separate from the offshore DEX rather than unified liquidity.
Ideas
Haseeb Qureshi Managing Partner, Dragonfly 2:23
Robinhood Chain surge benefits Arbitrum.
Robinhood Chain's explosive memecoin and tokenized-stock activity has already driven a rally in Arbitrum because Robinhood Chain is built on the Arbitrum stack, while Ethereum captures only small data-availability fees and little of the transaction economics.
Tarun Chitra Co-Founder & CEO, Gauntlet 8:48
Memecoin traders are no longer chain loyal.
Most Robinhood Chain users came through FOMO and the app/wallet abstraction has made memecoin traders chain-agnostic, meaning the previous Solana memecoin-trader loyalty is gone and traders will go wherever the app takes them.
Haseeb Qureshi Managing Partner, Dragonfly 10:02
Stock memecoin depegs reward hedge funds.
Weekend pumps in stock-paired memecoins such as Boner/HIMS and Cinema/AMC cannot achieve a GameStop-style short squeeze because the tokenized stock floats are tiny; the resulting depeg hands guaranteed arbitrage to hedge funds and destroys late retail buyers.
Tom Schmidt General Partner, Dragonfly 16:10
Meme frenzy grows tokenized equity issuance.
The meme frenzy is increasing actual retail-sized tokenized-stock/RWA issuance on Robinhood Chain from almost nothing to about $70-80m, up around 50% week-on-week, and some days stock-token volume exceeds memecoin volume, so the activity may stick and create a new primary venue for tokenized equities.
Tarun Chitra Co-Founder & CEO, Gauntlet 51:49
Onshore Hyperliquid separate but brand positive.
A Kraken/Bitnomial onshore Hyperliquid will likely be a separate regulated instance with centralized clearing, collateral, surveillance and different liquidation mechanics rather than unified liquidity, but it makes sense for brand expansion and dual offshore/onshore products can both grow, similar to Polymarket US.
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