Today, we’re launching Arcus.

Arcus is a next-generation decentralized exchange built by dYdX Labs in partnership with Robinhood Crypto. It's designed from the ground up for trading Stock Tokens and perpetuals on Robinhood Chain.

Exactly a year ago today, dYdX Labs acquired my startup, Pocket Protector. Antonio convinced me then that together we could build something greater than either of us alone. Arcus is the result of that collaboration.

Together, we combined Antonio's deep experience in DeFi with my early experience in consumer technology at Facebook and Y Combinator. We shared a long-held dream - that crypto could unlock wealth creation for anyone, anywhere in the world.

Arcus x Robinhood

To achieve that dream, we needed a partner. We found one in Robinhood Chain and I’m pleased to share that Robinhood Crypto is a strategic investor in Arcus.

American financial markets have long been one of the best ways to grow wealth. In many ways, it's the promise of the American Dream. But for most of that history, those markets have been closed off to the rest of the world.

Robinhood democratized stock trading for a generation of Americans, making markets accessible, intuitive, and human. Now we plan to do the same for everyone, everywhere.

Today we’re launching 24/7 access to the most valuable markets on earth — US equities, commodities, indices. Specifically:

• 24/7 Stock Trading with 0% Fees: Trade 24/7 with 0% fees on 95 Stock Tokens on Robinhood Chain.

• 24/7 Perpetuals Trading: Trade Stock Tokens representing stocks, commodities, equities, and crypto with leverage.

• Deep Liquidity: Liquidity from Robinhood and other top institutional market-makers.

Try out Arcus here.

A New Beginning

I wasn't sure what to expect when I first met Antonio a year ago. Today, I know exactly how I feel - grateful, excited, and proud.

I'm grateful for the support and trust of so many people at dYdX, Pocket Protector, and Robinhood Crypto. It hasn't always been easy, but I don't believe anything worth building ever is.

Today, I’m excited to step into the role of CEO of dYdX Labs and Founder of Arcus. I don't take the title lightly. I feel a responsibility to my team and our community to build Arcus into a great company making great technology.

I'm proud of how far we've come in a single year, and of what we've built together with Robinhood Crypto. I believe this technology will truly help people access and build wealth.

Today is just the beginning. Welcome to Arcus.

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Arcus is a blockchain-based smart contract protocol that permits self-custodial peer-to-peer trading of Stock Tokens, cryptoassets and perpetual futures.  Arcus is not a regulated financial services provider, and it is not available in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom and other restricted jurisdictions.

Stock Tokens are tokenised securities that provide economic exposure to a relevant underlying equity instrument or ETP through a contractual claim against the Issuer for a cash Redemption. Stock Tokens involve risks not present, or not present to the same extent, in traditional stock ownership, including private-key loss or compromise, limited redemption access, liquidity constraints, price or tracking divergences from the underlying, and uncertain or evolving regulatory treatment.

Trading Stock Tokens, cryptoassets or perpetual futures is risky and involves risks of loss, particularly when using leverage. DYOR. NFA.