Arbitrum Builders Hit Major Milestones as DeFi Renaissance Accelerates
Arbitrum Builders Hit Major Milestones as DeFi Renaissance Accelerates
馃殌 Arbitrum Season Begins
Major Arbitrum ecosystem wins this week:
DeFi Renaissance momentum: DRIP Epoch 5 launches with eligible USD assets surpassing $1B market cap in just 2 months
Historic trading volume: Arbitrum becomes first L2 to cross $400B in swap volume on Uniswap
Derivatives growth: OstiumLabs reaches new ATH with $307M open interest across commodities ($138M), indices ($75M), and stocks ($64M)
Builder opportunities: Castle Labs offers up to $50K+ grants from ArbitrumDAO for creative onchain ideas
New launches: Printr goes live on Arbitrum
Market observers note this feels like the "start of arbitrum season" as the L2 continues expanding its DeFi ecosystem. The milestone achievements demonstrate growing institutional and retail adoption across multiple verticals.
Builders with innovative ideas can apply for ArbitrumDAO grants through Castle Labs.
It's been a great week on Arbitrum - RWAs on Arbitrum reach $490M+ - @variational_io hits $3.8B total volume traded - @etherealdex Mainnet Alpha launching Oct 20th - Stablecoin revolution up and to the right with @USDai_Official USDai/sUSDai reached $375M TVL in @pendle_fi -
Congrats to the folks at @Ostrich_HQ on reaching $1M in fee collected and $12M in annualized revenue run rate! Arbitrum is the home of fast product market fit and revenue for apps Arbitrum Everywhere. Ostrich Everywhere
$1 million fee milestone unlocked One step closer to bringing trillions on @arbitrum Arbitrum Everywhere. Ostrich Everywhere
Lots of massive wins this week from our builders 馃弳 - @RobinhoodApp 400+ Stock Tokens are live in the EU powered by Arbitrum - Arbitrum launches season 2 with 700K ARB up for grabs through @KaitoAI (don't stop yapping) - @Ostrich_HQ reaches $1M in fee collected and $12M in
Huge wins from our builders this week! 馃弳 - @Ethereum is the #1 ecosystem for new developers in 2025 (A win for Ethereum is a win for Arbitrum) - Stablecoin growth increased $700M+ on Arbitrum last month from @aave, @MorphoLabs, @eulerfinance, @0xfluid, @SiloFinance, and
It's been a bullish week on Arbitrum - RWA's hit an ATH of $480M+ - @moonpay is now available to all apps that integrate the embedded Arbitrum Bridge -> App-native onboarding - @Ostrich_HQ reached $1B in total volume - @OstiumLabs open interest in commodities reached ATH of
Only a year on Arbitrum and @OstiumLabs has achieved Total Volume: 22.2B+ Total Trades: 300K+ Total Users: 13.6K+ Happy 1 year anniversary! 馃コ
A year ago, Ostium launched on Mainnet. Today, traders on Ostium hit a new daily volume ATH of $568m.
Arbitrum One just hit 2 BILLION transactions! A huge thanks to our community and builders for this massive achievement Here鈥檚 to the next billion 馃 Arbitrum Everywhere
Congrats to our builders on their wins this week! - DeFi Renaissance continues with the start of Epoch 5 of DRIP (in 2 months, combined market cap of eligible USD assets have surpassed $1,000,000,000) - Arbitrum becomes the first L2 to cross $400B in swap volume on @Uniswap
Incredible wins from our builders this week! 馃弳 - Arbitrum One just hit 2 BILLION transactions (HIGHOR) - @vladtenev mentioned tokenization will eat the entire financial system (starting with over 490+ tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, US treasuries available to EU users on
馃弳 ARB Bounty Alert
**Month 2 of Arbitrum x Kaito Leaderboard begins** with **700,000 ARB bounty** up for grabs. - Month 1 snapshot completed - fresh start for all creators - **No threshold required** - small and large creators welcome - Arbitrum-associated accounts ineligible - Top 150 creators visible on leaderboard Creators can earn ARB tokens by creating Arbitrum-related content and climbing the rankings. [Check leaderboard progress](https://yaps.kaito.ai/arbitrum) | [Learn more about Season 2](https://blog.arbitrum.io/arbitrum-x-kaito-season-2/)
馃嚘馃嚪 Arbitrum Takes Buenos Aires
**Arbitrum** is hosting multiple events in Buenos Aires this November during Devconnect. **ArbiVerse Buenos Aires** - November 19th - Interactive builder showcases - Technical talks and presentations - Mini games and live music - Food and networking opportunities - [Register here](https://luma.com/ArbiVerseBuenosAires) **ArbiPanadas** - November 21st - Community-focused afternoon event - Local food and casual conversations - [Register here](https://luma.com/ArbiPanadas-BuenosAires) **Devconnect L2 District** - November 17-18th - Arbitrum booth presence - Team meetups - **Lattice1 wallet giveaway** by GridPlus The events showcase Arbitrum's "Arbitrum Everywhere" initiative, bringing the L2 community together across multiple touchpoints during the conference week.
馃帀 Ostium Labs Hits $22.2B Volume Milestone on Arbitrum After Just One Year
**Ostium Labs celebrates its first anniversary on Arbitrum** with impressive metrics that showcase rapid growth in the L2 ecosystem. Key achievements in just 12 months: - **Total trading volume**: $22.2B+ - **Total trades executed**: 300K+ - **Active users**: 13.6K+ The milestone demonstrates **strong adoption** of Arbitrum's scaling solution and highlights how quickly projects can gain traction on Layer 2 networks. Ostium's growth reflects the broader **momentum in Arbitrum's ecosystem**, where projects are achieving significant volume and user engagement faster than traditional Layer 1 alternatives.
Stylus Physical Redemptions and Mint Deadline
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