Robinhood plans to launch tokenized stock trading in US by 2027

Robinhood has spent the last year building the infrastructure to let people trade stocks on a blockchain. Now, with a fresh SEC exemption in hand, the company is positioning to bring that product to the one market it’s been locked out of: the United States. The brokerage launched its Robinhood Chain mainnet on July 1, 2026, rolling out tokenized stock trading to users in more than 120 countries. The US wasn’t one of them. But a September 17 decision by the SEC, granting a conditional “Innovation Exemption” for tokenized National Market System stocks on blockchain platforms, has opened a door that Robinhood appears ready to walk through. What Robinhood has built so far The company’s tokenized equity push started modestly. In June 2025, Robinhood debuted its first-generation Classic Stock Tokens for users in the EU and European Economic Area, covering roughly 200 equities and ETFs. Those tokens are structured as tokenized debt securities, issued by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited. That’s a legally important distinction: holders don’t get direct ownership of the underlying shares, and they don’t get voting rights. When the Robinhood Chain mainnet went live this past July, it extende...