When we sketched Gleo, the first question was whether it needed a ledger of its own. A new chain means recruiting validators, bootstrapping liquidity and convincing wallets to add it. None of that helps someone who simply wants to send money home on a Sunday.
Robinhood Chain already had the pieces a payments and tokenization network needs: a dollar token with six decimals and hundreds of millions in circulation, tokenized shares issued through a single verified beacon, sub-second blocks and fees measured in fractions of a cent. It also speaks EVM, so every mainstream wallet can connect once the network is added.
What we build on top
Gleo is the layer that makes those pieces usable together: a payment tool that checks addresses and balances before you sign, an explorer that tells real stock tokens from look-alikes, and, once audited, contracts for issuance with built-in controls, anchors, lending and pools.
Choosing an existing chain also keeps us honest. Every figure on our site that says Live is read from that chain, so anyone can check it on the public explorer.