You chose to build on an Arbitrum-based chain. How did you make that decision as a large public company?

Replied byVlad Tenev

Co-founder & CEO at Robinhood

Niche: Finance, Technology, Cryptocurrency

Revenue: $1M+/month

Location: USA

Started: 2015 or earlier

We debated every major chain and whether to build our own. We wanted an existing ecosystem plus a path to own the critical pieces we must engineer ourselves. Starting on an Ethereum L2 like Arbitrum gives that mix now and keeps us multi-chain over time as tokenized assets expand.

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You chose to build on an Arbitrum-based chain. How did you make that decision as a large public company?

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