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title: >-
  Bitcoin Decouples From Equities as OffChain Co-Founder Details Robinhood's
  Arbitrum L2 Expansion
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  https://www.cryptocatalyst.news/articles/2026-09-04-bitcoin-decouples-from-equities-as-offchain-co-founder-details-robinhoods-arbitrum-l2-expansion
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  https://www.cryptocatalyst.news/articles/2026-09-04-bitcoin-decouples-from-equities-as-offchain-co-founder-details-robinhoods-arbitrum-l2-expansion
date: '2026-09-04T16:50:11.261412+00:00'
category: web3
tags:
  - bitcoin
  - arbitrum
  - robinhood
  - layer-2
  - ethereum
  - tokenization
source: The Wolf Of All Streets
source_url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFHBwzb825E'
publisher: CryptoCatalyst
summary: >-
  Bitcoin recently surged 22% amid heavy US ETF inflows, while OffChain
  co-founder Steven Goldfeder outlined how major institutions like Robinhood are
  leveraging Arbitrum's Layer-2 technology to power public-chain financial
  infrastructure.
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# Bitcoin Decouples From Equities as OffChain Co-Founder Details Robinhood's Arbitrum L2 Expansion

Bitcoin recently surged 22% amid heavy US ETF inflows, while OffChain co-founder Steven Goldfeder outlined how major institutions like Robinhood are leveraging Arbitrum's Layer-2 technology to power public-chain financial infrastructure.

Bitcoin recently rallied 22% alongside $731 million in net US ETF inflows, sparking renewed debate over the cryptocurrency's long-term correlation with equities and traditional macro assets. While short-term metrics highlight shifting correlations with gold and stocks, analysts note that Bitcoin remains largely uncorrelated over longer timeframes. The market shift coincides with technical signals, including a potential daily golden cross and declining Tether (USDT) market dominance, indicating increased capital deployment back into digital assets.

In an interview on the show, OffChain co-founder Steven Goldfeder discussed the scaling and revenue dynamics driving Arbitrum, particularly following the launch of Robinhood's dedicated Layer-2 chain. Utilizing Arbitrum's open-source stack, Robinhood Chain has reached 12 million to 15 million daily transactions while settling on Ethereum. Under Arbitrum's licensing model, 10% of transaction fees generated by independent chains settling on external layers are directed to the Arbitrum DAO treasury, establishing a direct economic linkage between institutional scaling and protocol revenue.

Goldfeder also highlighted the broader institutional transition from private, permissioned databases to public blockchain infrastructure. Major financial institutions and fintech platforms—including Robinhood, Coinbase, and banking consortiums exploring stablecoins—are increasingly choosing public Layer-2 networks to retain control over their execution environments while benefiting from Ethereum's underlying security. As tokenized real-world assets and 24/7 trading continue to expand, Goldfeder emphasized that developing institutional-grade privacy models will be critical for enabling main-street financial services to settle on open ledger technology.

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CryptoCatalyst.news, "Bitcoin Decouples From Equities as OffChain Co-Founder Details Robinhood's Arbitrum L2 Expansion", 2026-09-04, https://www.cryptocatalyst.news/articles/2026-09-04-bitcoin-decouples-from-equities-as-offchain-co-founder-details-robinhoods-arbitrum-l2-expansion