Arbitrum Open House Buildathon Launches with Support from Robinhood, Alchemy, and GMX
Arbitrum Open House Buildathon Launches with Support from Robinhood, Alchemy, and GMX
🚀 Buildathon starts tomorrow
The Arbitrum Foundation's Open House London Buildathon begins tomorrow, offering a 3-week online program for early-stage teams building onchain products.
Program Support:
- Technical guidance from Robinhood, Alchemy, GMX, OpenZeppelin, and Offchain
- Product development workshops
- Infrastructure readiness training
- Access to industry leaders in the Arbitrum ecosystem
Prizes & Opportunities:
- $115K in prizes
- Top teams advance to an in-person Founder House accelerator in London
- Focus areas include payments, DeFi, RWAs, privacy, AI agents, and consumer applications
The program is open to teams worldwide looking to launch products on the Arbitrum Platform. Registration remains open at openhouse.arbitrum.io.
Our 3-week Open House online Buildathon program kicks off tomorrow. Early-stage teams bringing new business products onchain will get support from @RobinhoodApp, @Alchemy, @GMX_IO, @OpenZeppelin, @Offchain and the Arbitrum Foundation. Register today. 👇 openhouse.arbitrum.io/?utm_source=tw…
Open House London kicks off with a remote 3-week Buildathon program on May 25th with $115K in prizes. If you're a serious early-stage team looking to bring an idea into the programmable economy on the Arbitrum Platform, register to Buildathon today. openhouse.arbitrum.io/?utm_source=tw…
We’re thrilled to announce @RobinhoodApp as a sponsor of Open House London. They’re supporting Open House across 4 regions with $1M in funding and hands-on guidance for businesses shaping the programmable economy on the Robinhood Chain.
The next generation of onchain businesses starts here. Open House London is kicking off with Buildathon on May 25th - a 3-week, online global program helping early-stage teams turn ideas into onchain products on Arbitrum. If you're an early-stage team looking to bring your
Learn how we’re backing early-stage teams shaping the programmable economy through Open House London. Open House London starts May 25th with a 3-week online Buildathon designed to help founders turn ideas into onchain products with hands-on support. Apply today. 👇
Open House London is a global builder program + startup accelerator for founders, designed to help launch new businesses into the programmable economy on the Arbitrum Platform. In this video, @blockbyvlog covers: - 3-week Online Buildathon & IRL Founder House - Full prize
All early-stage teams from anywhere in the world can apply. During the 3-week remote Buildathon, teams will get support across key areas to help turn ideas into real onchain products: 1. Technical readiness: Hands-on workshops focused on building effectively on the Arbitrum
The programmable economy needs new businesses. Open House London is helping bootstrap them with a $415K prize pool (our largest yet). Starting May 25th, early-stage teams join a 3-week online Buildathon to: - Bring ideas from concept to mainnet - Receive technical guidance via
Open House London begins May 25th with a 3-week remote Buildathon designed to help early-stage teams turn ideas into products on the Arbitrum Platform. Build from anywhere, collaborate online and get access to mentorship, workshops and connect with industry leaders in the
Open House London remote 3-week Buildathon program kicks off May 25th with $115K in prizes. If you're an early-stage team looking to bring new product ideas into the programmable economy on the Arbitrum Platform, here’s why you should register. 👇🧵 openhouse.arbitrum.io/?utm_source=tw…
Let’s welcome @OpenZeppelin as a sponsor of Open House London. OpenZeppelin supports teams with secure blockchain infra and tooling, including Arbitrum Stylus. We’re looking forward to seeing early-stage teams at Buildathon build Rust-based products on the Arbitrum Platform.
All ideas are welcome. We're especially excited about early-stage teams building in areas around: - Payments: stablecoin rails and settlement infrastructure - DeFi: trading, liquidity, and financial infrastructure - RWAs: tokenized assets and capital markets - Privacy: identity
Open House’s 3-week online Buildathon starts in 2 days. Early-stage teams building the next-gen of onchain products will get: - Product guidance - Technical/infra readiness - Access to connect with industry leaders - $115K in prizes + invitation to IRL Founder House in London
Buildathon concludes with a competition featuring $115K in prizes. Top teams will go to our IRL Founder House in London. Founder House is an accelerator designed to help founders refine products, prepare for launch on the Arbitrum Platform, access GTM mentorship and get
Learn more about how we're bringing new businesses into the programmable economy with Open House London: blog.arbitrum.foundation/open-house-lon…
Interested in bringing your product into the programmable economy? The Arbitrum Foundation is kicking off Open House London with Buildathon - an online global program helping early-stage teams turn ideas into onchain products on the Arbitrum Platform. Apply today:
Introducing @Alchemy as a sponsor of Open House London. They provide enterprise infra and tooling to support today’s most widely used onchain products. Together with Alchemy, Open House is helping businesses shape the broader programmable economy on the Arbitrum Platform.
LG Electronics Pilots Onchain Advertising Network on Arbitrum
LG Electronics is testing an **onchain advertising network** built on Arbitrum, marking a significant move as the global economy becomes increasingly programmable. **Key aspects of LG's pilot:** - Businesses maintain control over their execution environment, economics, and governance - The network remains connected to shared settlement infrastructure - LG can customize its operations while staying interoperable **The core principle:** Companies no longer need to choose between control and connectivity. Arbitrum's infrastructure allows LG to have both. This pilot represents advertising as the latest traditional market sector exploring blockchain integration. [Read the full details]([blog.arbitrum.io/lg-electronics-pilot](https://blog.arbitrum.io/lg-electronics-pilot/))
Arbitrum Platform Introduces Built-In Compliance Controls for Business Infrastructure
Arbitrum has launched infrastructure-level compliance tools for businesses operating in the programmable economy. The **Arbitrum Platform** allows companies to configure compliance controls directly into their blockchain infrastructure, including: - Transaction policies and permissions - Governance frameworks - Participation rules - Built-in audibility features The platform treats compliance as a foundational requirement rather than an afterthought, enabling businesses to define and enforce policies consistently across their onchain operations. Additional features include predictable unit economics, configurable confidentiality options, faster settlement times, and priority gas auctions. [Read the full announcement](https://blog.arbitrum.io/compliance-for-the-programmable-economy/)
🚀 Arbitrum Perps Hit $1.2B
Arbitrum's perpetual futures ecosystem has reached a major milestone with over $1.2 billion in open interest. Variational, one of the platform's key exchanges, now holds $921 million in open interest, making it one of the top three crypto perp exchanges. **Key Highlights:** - Variational ranks among top 3 crypto perpetual exchanges - Combined Arbitrum perp ecosystem: $1.2B+ in open interest - Demonstrates growing adoption of programmable markets This growth reflects the broader trend of financial markets moving onchain, where Arbitrum is positioning itself as infrastructure for next-generation trading platforms.
Arbitrum Founder House London Applications Close June 25
Arbitrum is hosting a 3-day in-person Founder House program in London starting July 10-12. The program targets early-stage teams building in areas like programmable payments, RWAs, DeFi, AI, privacy, and consumer applications. **What's Offered:** - $300K in prizes and grants - Product, technical, and go-to-market support - Mentorship from Robinhood Chain, AWS, Offchain Labs, and Arbitrum Foundation - Infrastructure support from partners including OpenZeppelin, Alchemy, GMX, and Dune **Application deadline: June 25** The program aims to help founders launch their businesses on the Arbitrum Platform, with previous participants including Tilt Protocol (onchain hedge fund infrastructure) and Bondon Credit (programmable credit markets for AI agents). [Apply here](https://luma.com/openhouse-london?utm_campaign=oh-london-founder-house&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter)
Bread Wallet Integrates Arbitrum for Seamless USDC and USDT Deposits
**Mobile wallets are positioning themselves as gateways to the programmable economy.** Bread wallet now supports deposits from Arbitrum, enabling users to transfer USDC and USDT directly into the platform. This integration provides access to onchain financial products with: - Deep liquidity pools - Fast settlement times - Seamless cross-chain transfers The move follows a broader trend of payment applications driving stablecoin adoption, particularly in high-inflation markets. El Dorado has demonstrated this model's success in Latin America, processing over 4 million P2P transfers for 1 million+ users through USDT on Arbitrum. This integration represents another step toward making decentralized finance more accessible through familiar mobile interfaces.