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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"d51eedf8-35c1-4783-8c26-89e3cff9cef8","kind":"publish","page_slug":"pleiades","published_at":"2026-10-13T19:23:04.470Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"Pleiades","sections":[{"content":"Robinhood's newsroom post, dated July 1, 2026 (page updated July 30, 2026), names Pleiades as a day-one partner of Robinhood Chain, 'deploying a proprietary AMM to serve as a primary prop trading venue.' The same sentence names Uniswap as deploying a dedicated AMM as a primary public liquidity protocol. Secondary outlets repeat this description with varying wording (for example 'proprietary trading venue' and 'private trading venue'). The wording differs between outlets, and none adds independently reported detail.","heading":"What is verifiably known","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Robinhood Newsroom: Robinhood Accelerates Global Expansion with Robinhood Chain Mainnet","type":"official","url":"https://robinhood.com/newsroom/robinhood-accelerates-global-expansion-robinhood-chain-mainnet-stock-tokens-agentic-trading/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FinTech Global: Robinhood launches Robinhood Chain mainnet and DeFi suite","type":"news_article","url":"https://fintech.global/2026/07/03/robinhood-launches-robinhood-chain-mainnet-and-defi-suite/"}]},{"content":"No primary Pleiades source (website, documentation, GitHub, or social account) was located. The following could not be verified: the operating entity and its jurisdiction, the identity of its team or founders, funding or backers, smart-contract audits, whether the AMM is live and open to outside traders or restricted to institutional or private participants, fee structure, custody and upgrade-key arrangements, and trading volume or TVL. A third-party developer reference reportedly lists Pleiades among day-one liquidity venues, but it is not a Pleiades source. Being named in Robinhood's announcement does not by itself establish that Robinhood has audited, endorsed, or taken responsibility for the venue's contracts. Users should treat the venue's safety as undetermined.","heading":"Information that could not be verified","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Robinhood Newsroom: Robinhood Chain mainnet announcement","type":"official","url":"https://robinhood.com/newsroom/robinhood-accelerates-global-expansion-robinhood-chain-mainnet-stock-tokens-agentic-trading/"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Autheo: The Ecosystem Forming Around Robinhood Chain","type":"other","url":"https://www.autheo.com/blog/robinhood-chain-ecosystem-uniswap-chainlink-morpho-2026"}]},{"content":"Searches for Pleiades combined with audit, exploit, hack, and lawsuit terms returned no reports of a security incident, regulatory action, or fraud allegation involving Pleiades. This is an absence of results from limited searches, not confirmation that none exists.","heading":"Security incidents and enforcement","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"Autheo: The Ecosystem Forming Around Robinhood Chain","type":"other","url":"https://www.autheo.com/blog/robinhood-chain-ecosystem-uniswap-chainlink-morpho-2026"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Robinhood Newsroom: Robinhood Chain mainnet announcement","type":"official","url":"https://robinhood.com/newsroom/robinhood-accelerates-global-expansion-robinhood-chain-mainnet-stock-tokens-agentic-trading/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"FinTech Global: Robinhood launches Robinhood Chain mainnet and DeFi suite","type":"news_article","url":"https://fintech.global/2026/07/03/robinhood-launches-robinhood-chain-mainnet-and-defi-suite/"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Autheo: The Ecosystem Forming Around Robinhood Chain","type":"other","url":"https://www.autheo.com/blog/robinhood-chain-ecosystem-uniswap-chainlink-morpho-2026"}],"summary":"Pleiades is named in Robinhood's 1 July 2026 Robinhood Chain mainnet announcement as a day-one partner deploying a proprietary AMM to serve as a primary prop trading venue. No Pleiades-operated website, documentation, audit report, team disclosure, or volume data could be verified, and no hack, enforcement action, or scam allegation was found. The score reflects missing information, not a finding of wrongdoing.","timeline":[{"date":"2026-07-01","date_evidence":"Post date: July 1, 2026","event":"Robinhood announces the Robinhood Chain public mainnet and names Pleiades as a day-one partner deploying a proprietary AMM.","source":"Robinhood Newsroom","source_url":"https://robinhood.com/newsroom/robinhood-accelerates-global-expansion-robinhood-chain-mainnet-stock-tokens-agentic-trading/"}]},"v":1}