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Shadeway moves dollars into Robinhood Chain and lets you name the wallet that receives them. Here's everything you need to know before your first bridge.

What is Shadeway

Shadeway is a route aggregator — not a bridge of its own. When you move funds into Robinhood Chain, we ask several major bridges for a live quote at the same time and route you through whichever one pays out the most.

You always land on the best available price, and our platform fee is 0%. We don't move liquidity ourselves — we make the bridges compete and hand you the winner.

How it works

  1. STEP 01

    Connect your wallet

    Shadeway reads your active network and pre-selects a sensible source chain. Nothing moves without your approval.

  2. STEP 02

    Choose an amount and a destination

    We price every route and select the best payout for you — you can pick another, the fastest say, but you never have to. Leave the recipient as your own wallet, or name any address on the destination chain.

  3. STEP 03

    Receive in seconds

    Confirm in your wallet and your funds arrive on Robinhood Chain — usually within a few seconds.

How the routing is reported

Shadeway does not publish which routing providers it uses, and the interface never names one. Each route that can fill your amount is listed by its payout — numbered, never named — with what lands after fees, the estimated time and the network fees, so you compare the numbers rather than take a claim on trust.

Routing

Every crossing is priced across all 3 routes at the same time. The best payout is selected for you; any other route in the list can be chosen instead, and the quotes refresh every 15 seconds. Providers are not identified anywhere in the interface — a route's number is its rank for this quote, not a name.

For some amounts a route may not be available: very small transfers can fall below a minimum. Those simply do not enter the comparison, and only the routes that can fill your amount are listed.

Supported chains

Bridge in either direction between Robinhood Chain and the networks below.

DirectionFromTo
DepositArbitrum, Ethereum, Base, Optimism, BNB Chain, Arc, SolanaRobinhood Chain
WithdrawRobinhood ChainArbitrum, Ethereum, Base, Optimism, BNB Chain, Arc, Solana

Robinhood Chain

Robinhood Chain is the destination network. A few quick facts:

Chain ID4663
Gas tokenETH
Explorerrobinhoodchain.blockscout.com ↗

You can add Robinhood Chain to your wallet in one click from the bridge — no special setup required.

Instant withdrawals

Withdrawals are instant. Because Shadeway uses intent-based routes, your funds arrive in seconds — there is no 7-day waiting period like the canonical bridge.

Heads up · gas on withdraw

When you withdraw, the transaction happens on Robinhood Chain, so you'll need a small amount of ETH there to pay for gas. If your balance is razor-thin, top up a little ETH first. Shadeway checks this for you before you confirm and will tell you if you're short — so you'll never get stuck mid-transfer.

What it costs

0.00%

Shadeway charges a 0.00% platform fee. You only ever pay the winning route's own fee plus network gas.

Because we always route you through the cheapest option, bridging through Shadeway costs the same as or less than going to that bridge directly.

Security & trust

  • Your funds move through audited, third-party bridge protocols.
  • Non-custodial — we never hold or touch your funds at any point.
  • Every transaction requires your explicit wallet confirmation. Nothing happens without your signature.
  • No account, no email, no profile. What Shadeway does keep is a public record of each bridge — chains, amounts and the transaction — filed under the EVM wallet that paid, so your history follows that wallet. A deposit from Solana is filed under your connected EVM wallet, or without one under the wallet the funds land in; the Solana sender is never recorded.

Common questions

Is this an official Robinhood bridge?
No. Shadeway is an independent project and is not affiliated with Robinhood Markets, Inc. We route your funds through third-party bridges that Robinhood's own developer docs list as bridging partners.
Which tokens can I bridge?
ETH and USDC, plus the native coins BNB and SOL. You can receive a different asset than you send — ETH in, SOL out — and USDC arrives on Robinhood Chain as USDG (Global Dollar).
Can the funds land in a different wallet?
Yes — that is the point. Choose Other address, name any wallet on the destination chain and confirm it, and the funds land there instead of in the wallet you paid from. Saved addresses and recent recipients stay in this browser only. Both chains are still public ledgers: this is separation, not concealment.
How long does it take?
Seconds. Most transfers settle within a few seconds of your wallet confirmation.
What happens if a bridge fails?
Your funds are refunded to your wallet on the origin chain. You don't lose them.

Disclaimer

Shadeway is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Robinhood Markets, Inc. "Robinhood" and the Robinhood logo are trademarks of Robinhood Markets, Inc. Bridging involves third-party protocols; always do your own research.