Won Crypto Project of the Year award recognition.

Experienced a 72.9% increase in GitHub development activity events over the past week ending January 13, 2026, ranking fourth among the top 10 crypto ecosystems.

Integrated with Jumper Exchange Earn to offer Aave-powered yield to users.

Configured gas target is set to 7 MGas/s on Arbitrum One to minimize state growth and validator requirements.

Launched official ambassadorship program in Japan to expand global community presence.

Glyph Wallet now supports cross-network swaps that include Arbitrum among other chains (ApeChain, Ethereum, Base, BNB Smart Chain, and HyperLiquid).

Recorded $47.5M in net bridge inflows over a 24-hour period, representing the highest bridged flow across all crypto networks during that timeframe.

Tokenized stocks are live on Arbitrum One with a lineup that has grown from approximately 200 to over 2,000 stocks.

Integrated with Warden Protocol to deploy native agents on the Arbitrum chain for tasks including bridging assistance.

GMX added 5 new perpetual swap markets on January 9th, bringing the total to 103 markets available on Arbitrum and other networks.

Created content and workshops alongside Particle Network to promote and educate developers about Universal Accounts.

HuddlePad by Huddle01 operates as a native launchpad on Arbitrum, using Continuous Clearing Auctions mechanism.

Hosts a 1.2M SQD revenue pool with whitelist applications open until January 15th, offering 50k+ SQD per wallet and stablecoin rewards for holders.

thirdweb shipped complete Stylus development support including airdrop contracts, ZK proof templates, modular Rust modules, and full SDK integration.

Provides liquidity infrastructure for USDT0 tipping on Rumble, a platform with over 58 million monthly active users.

Receives fresh ARB incentives for Epoch 10 of KelpDAO's Season One program, which has been extended by 4 weeks.

Added support for FRNT (Frontier Stable Token) bridging via Stargate Finance, enabling transfers between Arbitrum and seven other chains including Avalanche, Solana, Ethereum, Optimism, Polygon, and Base.

Hosting Arbitrum Founders Club spaces featuring Superposition's Founder and CEO on January 8th, 2026.

Achieved 30.0 TPS during a new ecosystem TPS all-time high event.

Generated $48.18M in finance category gas fees on Layer 2 networks, ranking second after Base according to growthepie data.

Mentioned as the network hosting Rain Protocol, a prediction markets platform that uses Arbitrum for lower transaction fees and faster speeds compared to older networks.

Robinhood announced it is building its own L2 network on Arbitrum's Orbit tech stack.

Launched ArbiFuel, a gas fee sponsorship program for early-stage builders to cover development and testing costs.

Experienced the largest TVL outflows among chains in 2025.

Powers LitecoinVM through Arbitrum Orbit technology, enabling a programmable Web3 application layer on Litecoin with ZK-powered EVM and trustless rollups.

Ekubo Protocol deployed open-source V3 contracts on Arbitrum as part of multichain expansion, with support actively being developed.

Circulating sUSDS value on Arbitrum surpassed $100M, doubling in 3 months and reaching a new all-time high.

Processed $22M in cross-chain transfer volume through Mayan Finance in the week ending January 5, 2026.

Quarterly USDC transfer volume increased by approximately 80% year-over-year.

Deposited 3,117 ETH into weETH on Arbitrum as part of the Arbitrum DAO Treasury management strategy, representing a top 3 allocation for the DAO.

Unlocks 1.86% of ARB float on January 17th, 2026.

Experienced suspicious transactions on the network resulting in an estimated loss of approximately $1.5M, where an attacker exploited a proxy contract by deploying a new contract and updating ProxyAdmin privileges to gain control, with stolen funds subsequently bridged to Ethereum and deposited into Tornado Cash.

Pendle on Arbitrum reached $527 million TVL with 17% month-to-date growth, with 85% of TVL in stablecoins.

Vault777Casino, a fully on-chain casino built on Arbitrum using Chainlink VRF for randomness, is hosting a tournament series for Xeeters with VAULT token rewards (0.2% supply for top 100 in first month, 0.15% in subsequent months, with 25% unlocking at TGE and remainder vesting linearly over 6 months).

Migration to Arbitrum mainnet is planned as the next step for JustBet launch following Creator Casino testing.

Referenced as the origin chain in a USDC transfer demonstration to BASE via Infinex with a transaction cost of $0.004.

Rolled out the ArbOS Dia upgrade, which brings more predictable gas fees, higher throughput, improved authentication tools, and Ethereum Fusaka compatibility, with launch scheduled for early February 2026.

Predicted to create another new revenue stream exceeding $10 million annually for the DAO through Op-Co operations in 2026.

Supported as a payment network in WalletConnect Pay deployment at 94° Coffee in Lisbon, enabling customers to pay with cryptocurrencies including USDC and ETH.

Completed final distribution of rewards for builders through MorpheusAIs V4 contracts, with those rewards now available to claim.

Featured in a builder's statement about mission-driven development and the future of crypto and tokenization in financial systems.

BoLD protocol secured 100% censorship resistance.

Experienced $17.10M in losses across blockchain security incidents during 2025, ranking third among ecosystems after Ethereum and Solana.

EDU token is live on Arbitrum as one of four supported chains alongside EDU Chain, BNB, and Ethereum.

DAO approved Nethermind Security for audit work in 2025.

Launched native FDUSD on Arbitrum in 2025.

Fees dropped from $0.37 to $0.012 per transaction after EIP-4844 blob upgrade implementation.

First TWAP, DCA, and limit order engine for token swaps launches on Arbitrum through CamelotDEX.

ARM (Anoma Resource Machine) is currently deployed on Arbitrum as one of two chains, alongside Ethereum.

Ostium Labs, a perps protocol built on Arbitrum offering leverage trading for commodities, forex, indices, equities, and crypto, is featured in an upcoming Edge podcast episode.

Alpha Trading Competition (including VSN and LAVA) ends on December 25, 2025 at 16:00 UTC, with eligible users able to claim rewards within two weeks after the event ends, and users claiming rewards more than 48 hours after the claim period begins receiving an additional 5 Binance Alpha Points.

Crossed 2.1 billion lifetime transactions in 2025, with more than $20 billion in total value secured on the network.

Hosts $7.6B in stablecoin value, representing 3% of the total $299B stablecoin market across all blockchains.

Offchain Labs purchased additional ARB tokens in accordance with an enacted purchase plan to increase their direct exposure to the Arbitrum ecosystem.

Active addresses decreased by 59% over the one-year period ending in late 2025.

Sponsored the 2025 GAM3 Awards gaming event held in Manila, which generated 80M total impressions during voting/participation, 75K peak concurrent livestream viewers, and 1.5M views on Arbitrum spotlight content.

Achieved nearly $250 billion in DEX volume during 2025.

Integrated with OpenOcean's cross-chain bridge widget through NEAR Intents alongside Bitcoin, NEAR, Ethereum, Solana, Base, and BNB Chain.

MON/USD perpetual market is now available on GMX on Arbitrum (alongside Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base).

Nansen offers free Nansen Pro and 100,000 API credits to Arbitrum ecosystem projects.

Generated $11 billion in cumulative gas fee savings for users.

Processed over $340 million in lifetime USDC and USDT withdrawals through Rise Pay's payroll platform, including $131 million in USDC withdrawals and $210 million in USDT withdrawals.

Offchain Labs acquired ZeroDev in 2025.

Reached over 154,000 daily active wallets as a sustained usage level.

Deployed syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT on Arbitrum in 2025, enabling capital-efficient use cases such as looping vaults and bringing overcollateralized yield to new users.

Generates significant fee revenue but the token lacks utility, contributing to weak price performance.

Nerite launched Privacy Pools on Arbitrum.

Fhenix launched an "Encrypted Secret Santa" application on Arbitrum.

Silo Finance's wETH Ethereal Vault incentive program distributing ARB rewards ends on December 24, 2025

Featured in Messari's 2026 Theses Podcast as one of the L2s breaking from the pack alongside Base.

Included as one of six supported networks in Skate Christmas campaign alongside Solana, Monad, Base, Sui Network, and 0G Labs.

Alignment Node licenses migrate from Arbitrum to 0G Chain on December 24, 2025, as part of an upgrade by 0G Labs that makes the licenses fully transferable and on-chain.

Backs Tria, a self-custodial neobank with a visa card approaching TGE.

Volmex Finance's BVIV and EVIV Index-linked perpetuals on Arbitrum (via Gains protocol) generate $80m+ in volume during 2025. Universal Intents Engine development targets trustless sub-3 second crosschain swaps and transfers for Arbitrum and EVM chains.

Mayan reports $33M in cross-chain volume for Arbitrum last week, second-highest among major chains after Ethereum's $57M and ahead of Solana's $31M.

Network surpasses 1,000 dApps and becomes the largest Layer 2 on Aave with over $2 billion in market size and on Uniswap v4 with $76 million in TVL. Robinhood deploys $10 million in tokenized assets across the network and announces a dedicated chain for tokenized assets powered by Arbitrum coming soon, while Orbit chain deployments exceed 100.

Theo Network's thBILL TVL on the network reaches $200M (up from $103M), with $100M commitment from Standard Chartered's Libeara ULTRA and new integrations with Stable and Euler Finance protocols.

4 billion USDC migrates from the network to HyperEVM within 10 days. Network ranks #18 in 2025 blockchain mindshare at 0.60%.

Theo Network's thBILL holds $103.1M on the network (over 50% of total supply) with $334.3M cumulative trading volume, distributed across Morpho ($50.6M) and Pendle ($32.5M) liquidity pools.

92.65 million ARB tokens unlock on December 16, worth approximately $19 million and representing 1.90% of circulating supply.

$2.52B net inflows to the network over the last year, more than every other chain combined.

Robinhood launches tokenized stocks on Arbitrum with tokenized market cap already exceeding $13M.

Vault777, an online gambling platform, launches mainnet tomorrow.

gTrade launches trading competition with over 300k USDC in rewards across two leaderboards totaling 350 spots for traders on the network. A travel payment service adds USDT payment support on the network alongside seven other chains.

Timeboost protocol launches as an auctioned express lane mechanism that captures MEV value and redirects it as chain revenue while reducing transaction spam. (ID: 2000084588501098885)

$ARB token unlock worth $19.78M is scheduled for next week.

Chain GDP reaches $502M in 2025 with a projected target of $603M, marking 43% year-over-year growth.

Asset tokenization activity expands with USDAI at $670M TVL, Spiko Finance tokenized stablecoins at $256M TVL, and Robinhood stock tokenization at $13M value with 1400 assets.