Robinhood Chain's 90-day gas subsidy ended on September 29, revealing a significant monetization gap: despite $1.6B in DEX volume and $919M in perpetual volume, the chain generated only $166K in fees—a 98% drop from the $4M daily revenue seen on September 2. Apps captured 8x more revenue than the chain itself, and a separate issue emerged where users paid for priority transaction fees that provided no actual priority on the first-come-first-served sequencer.
Robinhood Chain generated significant discussion on X as of September 30, 2026, with users discussing new integrations including agentic funds, trading tools, and stablecoin yields, while others raised concerns about questionable fee structures and market dynamics around projects launching on the chain.