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Robinhood Chain Scam Ecosystem

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Summary

Robinhood Chain, an Arbitrum-based Ethereum Layer 2 launched by Robinhood Markets on July 1, 2026, experienced a rapid influx of fraudulent tokens within days of its permissionless mainnet going live, including honeypot contracts, vanishing-token scams, wallet-drainer schemes, and memecoin rug pulls. On July 23, 2026, the verified X account of Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev was compromised and used to promote a fake memecoin called 'Vladhood' (VLAD), which generated approximately $22 million in trading volume before the post was removed. This page covers the scam ecosystem that emerged on Robinhood Chain and is distinct from Robinhood Markets, Inc. and its legitimate crypto brokerage operations.

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    Timeline(6 events)

    2026-07-01

    Robinhood Chain permissionless mainnet launched on Arbitrum Orbit stack.

    CoinDesk

    2026-07-07

    DEX volume on Robinhood Chain peaks near $400 million; memecoins dominate activity.

    CryptoSlate

    2026-07-08

    Pump.fun adds support for Robinhood Chain tokens, accelerating speculative token launches.

    HTX Insights

    2026-07-10

    Security researchers flag wallet-drainers, honeypot contracts, and impersonation attempts on Robinhood Chain. Relay Protocol begins issuing warnings. Individual losses documented include $50, $350, $600, and $56,000.

    Bitcoin.com News / Protos

    2026-07-13

    Relay Protocol issues formal public warning about vanishing-token scams, stating it is blocking identified scam tokens. Robinhood Chain TVL reaches $135 million.

    CryptoSlate / CoinDesk

    2026-07-23

    Verified X account of Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is compromised. Attacker promotes Vladhood (VLAD) token, falsely claiming it will become the official mascot of Robinhood Chain and be listed on the Robinhood app. Token generates approximately $22 million in trading volume in under 20 minutes; market cap briefly approaches $10 million. Robinhood Chain's Blockscout explorer flags VLAD as a potential scam. Robinhood confirms the breach and states the account has been secured.

    CoinDesk / Decrypt / The Block / crypto.news
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    model: claude-sonnet-4-6

    generated: 8/18/2026, 12:09:09 PM

    last updated: 8/19/2026, 2:07:16 AM

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