Arbitrum DAO recently took a step toward addressing an obstacle. The DAO has committed to locking 700 million ARB tokens, valued at an estimated $770 million, into a vesting contract to foster transparent governance and accountability, per a community proposal. The approval for this commitment came from an improvement proposal introduced during a contentious period…
The Arbitrum Foundation has just concluded its distribution of the ARB airdrop to decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and it has triggered some positive expectations among the community. DAOs Receive 90 Million ARB Following the 1 billion ARB distribution that went to the community, the Arbitrum Foundation has executed the second stage of its airdrop. On…
Arbitrum (ARB), one of the recently launched Ethereum-based Layer 2 scaling solutions, has seen a surge in its price by almost 10% in the past 24 hours. The surge comes when the global crypto market seems to be in an upward trend. However, the Arbiturm spike can be tied to a different factor. The recent…
There is an upswing in social media mention of ARB, the native token of Arbitrum, a layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, suggesting growing interest and potential for price gains. According to AlphaScan data on January 4, ARB had the “best sentiment” in the last 24 hours, with more than 40% of all weekly mentions occurring within…
The adoption of Ethereum layer-2s is on the rise if Token Terminal data shared on November 6 is anything to go by. According to statistics from the blockchain analytics platform shared by Erik Smith, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of 401 Financial, the average active addresses over the past three months has exceeded 10 million, a nearly…
The Arbitrum (ARB) network is a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum that aims to address the scalability and high transaction fees. It is developed by Offchain Labs and utilizes a technology called Optimistic Rollups to achieve its objectives. Optimistic Rollups work by processing most transactions off-chain and then periodically submitting a summary of those…
After sinking roughly 30% from 2023 highs, Ethereum appears to be bouncing off from the pits of the crypto winter. Looking at candlestick arrangements in the daily and weekly charts, the coin has primary support at around $1,500 and is firm, bouncing off with decent trading volume. At spot rates, ETH is up approximately 3%…
The tentatively slated Ethereum upgrade Cancun / Deneb for autumn will be a game-changer for layer-2 rollup technologies such as Arbitrum and Optimism. The basis for this will be the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 4844, which will be the main code change of the upgrade, as Christine Kim, vice president in Galaxy Digital’s research team…
Arbitrum and Optimism raked millions in profit despite the extended bear market that hammered decentralized finance (DeFi) activities and Ethereum (ETH) valuation in 2022. Arbitrum And Optimism Win Big Per on-chain data shared on Twitter, Arbitrum, and Optimism, general-purpose Ethereum layer-2 platforms, made 2,906 ETH and 2,086ETH, respectively. In USD terms, it translates to around $4.6…
Ethereum’s layer-2 blockchain Arbitrum is facing a pivotal moment: will it break out of the descending triangle (in the 4-hour chart) or will it see an even deeper correction in the coming days. As NewsBTC reported, Arbitrum’s on-chain data remains extremely strong and could signal an end to the downtrend. However, an important question will…