Crypto: Arbitrum Roars Back as Revenue Surges 5X

Arbitrum regains activity after several turbulent weeks. The ARB crypto gained 12.18% in 24 hours, with $561.52 million traded. The movement mainly comes as Arbitrum’s monthly revenues are estimated at around $5 million at the current pace, more than five times their level before the launch of Robinhood Chain. For once, the crypto market rebound comes with a fairly clear improvement in the network’s figures.

Crypto: Arbitrum’s revenues scale up

The starting point is in July. Robinhood Chain launched its mainnet on July 1st using Arbitrum technology. Cointribune had then introduced this layer 2 dedicated notably to tokenized assets and DeFi.

Two months later, the numbers start to weigh in. Standard Chartered estimates Arbitrum’s monthly revenues now around $5 million, more than five times their level before Robinhood Chain’s arrival. This is an annualized pace based on current data, not $5 million already collected over a full month.

The connection with Robinhood is quite simple. Under the Arbitrum Expansion Program, chains using this technology and settling their transactions outside Arbitrum One and Nova pay 10% of their net protocol income to the Arbitrum ecosystem. Robinhood Chain is among these networks.

In July, these licenses had already brought $360,000 to the DAO and accounted for 35% of its monthly revenues. Throughout the first half of 2026, Arbitrum DAO generated $6.19 million from Arbitrum One fees, Timeboost, licenses, and treasury management.

The recent growth is therefore rapid. It is mainly due to a much more active Robinhood Chain than at its launch.

Robinhood Chain reports directly to Arbitrum

During the first two weeks of September, Robinhood Chain produced on average $2.8 million in fees per day, according to data used by Standard Chartered. Part of this goes directly into the Arbitrum ecosystem’s accounts.

This is no longer a marginal crypto activity. In early September, Robinhood Chain generated about $33 million in fees over fifteen days, compared to $11 million for Solana and $9 million for BNB Chain over the same period. Cointribune had already detailed the very rapid rise in Robinhood Chain’s revenues.

Standard Chartered bank precisely 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 a portion of the generated revenues.

Tokenized stocks also play a role in this strategy. Their weekly spot volume approached $3 billion in early August. Robinhood is among the platforms pushing this market towards traditional users, alongside others like Kraken and Ondo.

Standard Chartered has in fact started covering the ARB crypto this week. The bank published several price projections up to 2030. These figures remain analyst forecasts and not a guarantee on the token’s evolution. It itself cites several risks, including slower tokenization than expected and competition from other blockchains. Another key point: ARB holders currently receive no direct share of these revenues.

The ARB crypto rebounds by 12%, traders remain cautious

On the market, ARB nevertheless responded strongly. The crypto gained 12.18% over 24 hours, while its volume increased by 5.25% to reach $561.52 million. Short sellers suffered more: $238,640 in short positions were liquidated, against $97,750 in long positions.

Derivatives tell a less clear story. The funding rate weighted by open interest remained around -0.0043% at the time of the data. It had previously dropped to -0.01%. Bearish positions are therefore receding, without having completely disappeared.

For ARB, this is probably the most interesting part of the session. The price rises while the network revenues have also genuinely 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 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. Cointribune has also followed the progression of tokenized stocks towards nearly $3 billion in weekly volume, a market in which Robinhood indeed wants to take a significant place. Arbitrum now has Robinhood Chain, an estimated $5 million in monthly revenues, and an ARB crypto moving again. The figures are stronger than in July. It will be necessary to see if they hold once the market rebound is over.