Pons, a launchpad built on Robinhood Chain, has rolled out its V2 upgrade with changes aimed at improving liquidity, removing trading restrictions, and supporting tokenized real-world assets [RWAs].

The update comes as Robinhood Chain continues growing rapidly, surpassing $300 million in total value locked and emerging as one of the busiest Ethereum Layer 2 networks for speculative trading.

The role of Pons launchpad

The Pons launchpad is a non-custodial launchpad built for utility or equity tokens with a fixed supply. The product includes an explorer, creator dashboard, wallet analytics, and on-chain data.

Built exclusively for the Robinhood Chain, but not an official Robinhood product, Pons has quickly become the platform of choice for Robinhood Chain traders.

As the network aims to challenge Base and Solana, a Pons upgrade was welcomed by community members, whose feedback the development team had listened to.

Termed the Pons V2, it addresses one of the biggest complaints users had, which was around liquidity and trading restrictions, by introducing a bonding curve denominated in $ETH.

Trading restrictions will remain configurable only for developer wallets, while all other wallets will be able to trade freely. This change would eliminate failed transactions by third-party applications.

The Pons team redesigned their fee structure such that creators will now be able to collect fees in $ETH by default, instead of accumulating fees in the launched token, using their new Uniswap V4 pools.

Alongside $ETH payouts by default, creators will have the option at deployment to receive creator payouts in another supported asset, Pons said.

Speculative meme trading is the network’s largest DEX trading volume

Robinhood Chain is positioned to onboard millions of users onchain, wrote Martin Gaspar, FalconX Senior Crypto Market Strategist. Cumulative DEX volume has exceeded $9 billion, with 80% coming from higher-risk memecoins.

Beneath this trading frenzy, profits remained concentrated. 63% of traders were facing losses, and only 46 wallets have made profits exceeding $1 million.

AMBCrypto warned that this could lead to fading enthusiasm after an initial wave of popularity, driven by memecoin launches and valuations that depend less on fundamentals and more on narratives.

The introduction of custom RWA trading pairs in the Pons V2 upgrade could benefit the chain by helping with Robinhood Chain’s stated focus on RWAs.

Tokenized stock market cap growth and functional onchain utility for these tokens could drive the organic adoption of the Robinhood Chain, according to Gaspar.

Final Summary

  • Robinhood Chain has seized market attention. Within a month, it is challenging Base for a spot as one of the top chains for speculative trading.
  • The introduction of custom RWA trading pairs in Pons V2 directly supports Robinhood Chain’s broader focus on RWAs.