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Back to EpisodesEddie Zhang (Arcus) on Tokenizing Wall Street: Zero-Fee Stocks, Robinhood Chain & 3x Leveraged ETFs
Description
Arcus is bringing Wall Street on-chain. In this episode of The Index Podcast, Eddie Zhang, Founder & CEO of Arcus, the decentralized exchange built by dYdX in partnership with Robinhood, breaks down how tokenized US stocks and perpetuals are going 24/7 on Robinhood Chain.
This is what it looks like when the entire US stock market becomes as accessible as a stablecoin.
🚀 In this episode, we cover:
🏦 How Arcus brings 95+ tokenized US stocks on-chain with zero fees, 24/7
🤝 Why dYdX partnered with Robinhood to build Arcus on Robinhood Chain
🌍 The story behind giving people outside the US direct access to American equities
🧾 Inside Arcus' securitize-on-demand model for scaling to 10,000+ stock tokens
📈 A first look at 3x leveraged ETF tokens on SPY, HOOD, and Bitcoin
💰 Arcus by the numbers: over $500 million in stock and perpetual trading in month one
🔮 Eddie's take on AI compute, on-chain routers, and what's next for finance
Chapters:
0:00 Intro & sponsor message
1:10 Meet Eddie Zhang, Founder and CEO of Arcus
1:52 What gets Eddie out of bed: opening access to wealth creation
3:54 How Arcus is different from what came before
6:51 The story behind unlocking global access to US stocks
10:48 Inside Arcus' securitize-on-demand smart contract
12:08 Why Arcus partnered with dYdX and Robinhood
15:28 Arcus by the numbers: $500M+ in the first month
19:30 AI tokens, on-chain routers, and the future of finance
20:51 First look: 3x leveraged ETF stock tokens
23:53 Why Robinhood launched its own chain now
26:22 What's next: the Arcus mobile app
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🎙️ The Index Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@theindexpodcast
🧑💻 Eddie Zhang (X): https://x.com/epic_edge_
🌐 Arcus (Website): https://arcus.xyz
🐦 Arcus (X): https://x.com/arcus_xyz