Arbitrum DeFi Week Launches with 700K ARB Creator Rewards

馃幆 DeFi Week Begins

By Arbitrum
Nov 13, 2025, 3:53 PM
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DeFi Week kicks off on the Kaito x Arbitrum leaderboard from November 10-16.​

Creators can earn from a 700,000 ARB bounty by posting about Arbitrum DeFi topics including:

  • Real World Assets (RWAs)
  • Stablecoins
  • Perpetuals and derivatives
  • Lending and borrowing protocols

Key Details:

  • All creator sizes welcome, no minimum threshold
  • Must tag @KaitoAI when posting
  • Arbitrum-associated accounts excluded from bounty
  • Part of ongoing Season 2 program

This builds on Month 2 of the leaderboard competition that began November 1st.​

Learn more about Season 2

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