Robinhood choosing Arbitrum to create a new L2 is yet another case study for why garage startups disrupt incumbents. Did Robinhood choose Arbitrum because it will provide the best UX for customers? If you have been an active onchain user over the past year, you would say no definitively. A group of megacorp middle managers evaluated the best "deal" for the company and went with the option where they can control career risk. I don't know any insider info about the decision, but I do know startups that integrate infra from first principles and prioritize UX will eat Robinhood's lunch. Nom nom.
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