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Robinhood Chain Fees Drop 97% From Peak While Volume Holds Near Highs

Sep 19, 2026 08:10 ET · Sep 19, 2026

TREE NEWS reports: Robinhood Chain’s daily fees fell 97% from their early-September peak to about $230,000 on September 16, while transaction volume slipped only 32%, to 8.9 million transactions, suggesting the decline came from lower fee rates rather than reduced activity. At the peak, the network collected roughly $8 million in daily fees across 13.1 million transactions, averaging 64 cents each, versus 2.6 cents by September 16. Capital has not left in size: DEX volume over the seven days to September 16 was about $13 billion, up 5% week over week, and stablecoin supply dipped 1% to about $1 billion.

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The divergence between fees and activity points to pricing compression rather than user attrition: the network is processing nearly as many transactions at a fraction of the per-transaction cost, which matters for anyone tracking whether chain revenue reflects real demand or simply fee-schedule changes. Stablecoin supply and DEX volume holding roughly steady suggest capital is sticky so far, but the open question is whether fee revenue stabilizes at this lower level or keeps eroding as competition for cheap blockspace intensifies. Watch whether the volume-fee gap persists or narrows from either side.

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