Can you launch a token on Robinhood Chain?
Yes, and without asking anyone. Robinhood Chain is a permissionless Ethereum Layer 2 built with Arbitrum technology: any team can deploy smart contracts on it using standard Ethereum tooling, per Robinhood's developer docs. The network launched its public mainnet on July 1, 2026, uses ETH for gas, and runs under chain ID 4663. If the network itself is new to you, start with what is Robinhood Chain and come back.
What makes a launch practical rather than theoretical is that the distribution layer already exists. Saleium is live on Robinhood Chain as its sixth mainnet, which means the sale, staking, vesting and airdrop infrastructure a launch needs runs there today, self-serve, on your own domain, on the CertiK-audited contract lineage behind ChainGPT Pad: 50+ IDOs and $20M+ in public and private round participation volume as of July 2026.
Step 1: deploy the ERC-20 contract
On Robinhood Chain the token contract itself is a standard Ethereum deploy. The chain is EVM-compatible, so Foundry, Hardhat, ethers.js and viem work unchanged, and the sensible base is OpenZeppelin's ERC-20 contracts, the audited templates most production tokens build on. Decide the supply model before you deploy, because it is permanent: fixed supply or mintable, an optional cap, and whether you want burnable or pausable controls. The trade-offs are covered in fixed vs mintable token supply.
One honest caveat: Saleium's no-code Token Creator deploys on BNB Chain today, not on Robinhood Chain. If a no-code contract deploy matters more to you than the chain does, creating a token without coding explains that path. On Robinhood Chain, plan for a conventional tooling deploy, then run everything after the contract self-serve.
Step 2: lock the allocations with vesting
Before any tokens move, put team, investor and advisor allocations behind on-chain vesting. This is the step that is easy to do first and expensive to retrofit: once tokens are distributed, you cannot un-distribute them. Saleium's vesting deploys linear, interval and monthly schedules with cliff support on Robinhood Chain, with bulk and CSV allocation import and a claim portal your holders can verify on-chain. Vesting is free to deploy; a $5 per recipient fee applies at allocation, capped at $1,000 per strategy. The design choices, cliffs, durations and unlock curves, are covered in token vesting 101.
Step 3: run the sale in ETH or USDG
The raise is where Robinhood Chain is genuinely convenient: the sale wizard preloads the two currencies that matter on the network, native ETH and USDG, and accepts any custom ERC-20 by address. USDG, the Paxos-issued Global Dollar stablecoin, is natively issued on Robinhood Chain, so a dollar-priced raise settles in dollars without bridging. Configure rates, dates, per-wallet minimums and maximums, and oversubscription handling, then deploy; proceeds settle on-chain to a wallet you control. A sale pays a subscription-tiered take, from 3% of a successful raise, and the full mechanics, including KYC, allowlists and pro-rata oversubscription, are covered in the dedicated Robinhood Chain token sale guide.
Step 4: distribute with claims and airdrops
After the sale closes, distribution should be a claim, not a mass send: a claim portal puts the gas cost on recipients, filters unclaimed allocations naturally, and gives you one hosted page to point everyone at. For community distributions, Saleium's airdrop product on Robinhood Chain runs both models, instant MultiSender batches and Merkle claim campaigns, and the decision between them is covered in how to airdrop tokens on Robinhood Chain.
Step 5: retain holders with staking
A launch that ends at distribution leaks holders. Opening a staking pool at or shortly after the token generation event gives buyers something to do other than sell: Saleium's staking on Robinhood Chain supports fixed-APR pools and allocation pools, with the reward reserve verified up front so claims cannot outrun funding. Pool design, rates and the fee ladder are in staking on Robinhood Chain.
What does the whole launch cost?
A Robinhood Chain launch has three cost components: blockchain network costs paid in ETH, typically small on a Layer 2; a subscription plan, from $0 to $999 per month with custom Enterprise pricing; and the product-specific charges, of which the largest is the sale's subscription-tiered take, from 3% of a successful raise. The full breakdown, denominated the same way on every Saleium chain:
| Cost line | On Robinhood Chain |
|---|---|
| Network gas | Paid in ETH; Layer 2 costs are typically small |
| Subscription plan | $0 to $999 per month, by limits; Enterprise custom |
| Token sale | Subscription-tiered take, from 3% of a successful raise |
| Staking | Reward cut as little as 0.5% (0% on Enterprise) |
| Vesting | Free to deploy; $5 per recipient, capped $1,000 per strategy |
| Airdrops | No platform fee; you pay only the network cost |
Pricing does not change by chain: the applicable plan and product-specific charges still apply, together with blockchain network costs, the same as Saleium's other five mainnets. The pricing page has the full plan and fee table, and what it costs to launch a token in 2026 puts the numbers in context against custom development.
The launch checklist, condensed
- Deploy the ERC-20 with Foundry or Hardhat on chain ID 4663, from an OpenZeppelin base.
- Verify your team wallet works on the network: add Robinhood Chain to MetaMask.
- Lock team and investor allocations behind on-chain vesting with cliffs.
- Configure the sale: currencies (ETH, USDG or custom), rates, dates, limits, KYC if needed.
- Deploy the sale and test the full participate, claim and refund cycle with a small wallet.
- Close the sale; open the claim portal for buyers.
- Run the community airdrop as a Merkle claim campaign.
- Open the staking pool on chain 4663 and point holders at your branded pool page.
The deeper, chain-agnostic version of this sequence, with an eight-week timeline, is the token launch checklist; everything in it applies to Robinhood Chain as written. And if you are still weighing whether to run the launch on your own site rather than a rented launchpad slot, running a token sale without a launchpad makes the ownership case.
Saleium is an independent product of ChainGPT. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Robinhood Markets, Inc. Robinhood Chain is a public EVM network; Saleium deploys its audited smart-contract infrastructure on it.