Arbitrum regains activity after several hectic weeks. The ARB crypto gained 12.18% in 24 hours, with $561.52 million traded. The move especially comes at a time when Arbitrum’s monthly revenue is estimated at around $5 million at the current rate, more than five times its level before the launch of Robinhood Chain. For once, the crypto market’s rebound comes with a fairly clear improvement in the network’s figures.
In brief
- The ARB crypto rose 12.18% in 24 hours.
- Arbitrum is approaching $5 million in monthly revenue at its current rate.
- Robinhood Chain donates 10% of its net protocol revenue to the Arbitrum ecosystem.
Crypto: Arbitrum revenues change scale
The starting point is in July. Robinhood Chain launched its mainnet on July 1 using Arbitrum technology. Tremplin.io then presented this layer 2 devoted in particular to tokenized assets and DeFi.
Two months later, the numbers are starting to weigh. Standard Chartered estimates that Arbitrum’s monthly revenue is now around $5 million, more than five times its level before the arrival of Robinhood Chain. This is an annualized rate based on current data, not 5 million already collected over a full month.
The connection to Robinhood is quite simple. As part of the Arbitrum Expansion Program, chains using this technology and settling their transactions outside of Arbitrum One and Nova return 10% of their net protocol revenue to the Arbitrum ecosystem. Robinhood Chain is one of these networks.
As of July, these licenses had already brought in $360,000 to the DAO and represented 35% of its monthly revenue. Over the entire first half of 2026, Arbitrum DAO generated $6.19 million from fees from Arbitrum One, Timeboost, licensing and cash management.
Recent progress is therefore rapid. It is mainly due to a much more active Robinhood Chain than at the time of its launch.
Robinhood Chain reports directly to Arbitrum
During the first two weeks of September, Robinhood Chain produced an average of $2.8 million in fees per day, according to data used by Standard Chartered. A part ends up directly in the accounts of the Arbitrum ecosystem.
This is no longer a fringe crypto activity. At the beginning of September, Robinhood Chain had generated around $33 million in fees in two weeks, compared to $11 million for Solana and $9 million for BNB Chain over the same period. Tremplin.io had already detailed the very rapid rise in revenue from Robinhood Chain.
The Standard Chartered bank sees Arbitrum as an infrastructure likely to attract other financial companies. Robinhood provides a first example: instead of building its entire blockchain from scratch, the broker uses the Arbitrum stack and pays back part of the revenue produced.
Tokenized stocks also play a role in this strategy. Their weekly spot volume approached $3 billion at the beginning of August. Robinhood is one of the platforms pushing this market towards traditional users, alongside other players like Kraken and Ondo.
Standard Chartered also began covering ARB crypto this week. The bank has published several price projections until 2030. These figures remain analyst forecasts and not a guarantee of the evolution of the token. She herself cites several risks, including slower than expected tokenization and competition from other blockchains. Another point matters: ARB holders currently receive no direct share of these revenues.
Crypto ARB rebounds 12%, traders remain cautious
On the market, ARB nevertheless reacted strongly. The crypto gained 12.18% over 24 hours, while its volume increased by 5.25% to $561.52 million. Short sellers suffered more: $238,640 of short positions were liquidated, compared to $97,750 of long positions.
The derivatives tell a less straightforward story. The open interest-weighted funding rate remained around -0.0043% at data time. It had previously fallen to -0.01%. Bearish positions are therefore retreating, without having completely disappeared.
For ARB, this is probably the most interesting part of the session. The price is rising while the network’s revenues have also really changed since July. The two movements do not have the same duration: a 12% increase can disappear in a few sessions, while revenues will depend on the activity that Robinhood Chain manages to maintain.
And this activity has already become important in the crypto ecosystem. Robinhood Chain now far exceeds its status as a new layer 2 launched this summer. Tremplin.io also followed the progression of tokenized stocks towards nearly $3 billion in weekly volume, a market in which Robinhood wants to take an important place. Arbitrum now has Robinhood Chain, $5 million in estimated monthly revenue, and crypto ARB back in motion. The numbers are stronger than in July. We will have to see if they hold up once the market rebound has passed.
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