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**El Dorado**, a payment app operating in Latin America, has surpassed **1 million users** and processed over **4 million peer-to-peer transfers** using USDT stablecoins on Arbitrum. The platform provides instant, low-cost access to USD through USDT, targeting users in high-inflation markets across the region. The service leverages Arbitrum's Layer 2 infrastructure to enable scalable stablecoin payments. This milestone demonstrates growing stablecoin adoption in emerging markets where users seek alternatives to volatile local currencies. Payment apps like El Dorado are becoming primary channels for stablecoin usage, particularly in regions experiencing currency instability.

Variational has become one of the leading perpetual trading platforms on Arbitrum, processing over **$136 billion in total trading volume** with **$1.09 billion in open interest** across hundreds of markets. The platform's growth demonstrates how Arbitrum's infrastructure - including fast confirmations, deep liquidity, and predictable costs - enables decentralized perpetual exchanges to compete with centralized platforms. Variational has maintained an average of **22,000+ weekly users** since launch, leveraging Arbitrum's scaling capacity to deliver exchange-level performance for on-chain derivatives trading.

**Spiko has added $300M in real-world asset (RWA) total value locked to Arbitrum**, marking a significant milestone in institutional tokenization adoption. **Why Arbitrum is winning institutional RWA:** - Predictable fee structure - High-throughput execution - Deep liquidity pools - Infrastructure designed for structured credit products **Recent traction demonstrates momentum:** - Morpho crossed $750M in RWA deposits, with syrupUSDC ($166M) leading on Arbitrum - Spiko's EUTBL + USTBL products reached $273M+ TVL - Ostium Labs generated $665M in perpetual volume (7-day) with $222M open interest The pattern is clear: tokenization grows fastest on platforms offering design freedom, scalability, and cost predictability. Arbitrum's infrastructure enables regulated origination and portfolio-ready tokenized credit products that institutions require. As traditional finance continues exploring blockchain rails, Arbitrum is positioning itself as the preferred environment for institutional-grade credit products and tokenized assets.

Several prominent Web3 intellectual properties have integrated with Amazon's Community platform via Arbitrum: - **Otherside** - **HVMTL** - **Geez On Ape** - **Chimpers** Arbitrum is positioning itself as the infrastructure layer enabling digital IPs to scale beyond their native communities and connect with mainstream consumer platforms. This integration represents a bridge between crypto-native projects and traditional e-commerce channels, allowing these communities to reach broader audiences through Amazon's marketplace.