Arbitrum DAO Reports $6.19 Million Revenue in First Half of 2026

Arbitrum Foundation said ArbitrumDAO generated $6.19 million in revenue in the first half of 2026, with licensing fees from the Arbitrum Expansion Program emerging as a major source. According to ChainCatcher, July AEP licensing fees reached $360,000, accounting for 35% of ArbitrumDAO revenue that month, which was also the first month Robinhood Chain’s mainnet was live. DefiLlama data showed Robinhood Chain recorded $1.43 billion in 24-hour DEX trading volume and paid $3.75 million in on-chain fees, while Arbitrum One posted $193 million in trading volume and $14,700 in fees over the same period. The report also said Arbitrum processed 478 million transactions in the first half, bringing cumulative transactions to 2.7 billion, while ecosystem GDP reached $206 million for the period and $1.7 billion cumulatively. Monthly stablecoin transfer volume averaged more than $70 billion. In real-world asset deployments, Arbitrum ranked first with 3,317 assets, while Ethereum led by value at $17.57 billion compared with Arbitrum’s $779 million. The report added that LG Electronics announced a pilot on-chain advertising network on Arbitrum in June, Mastercard expanded stablecoin settlement support, and PayPal’s PYUSD peaked at $475 million on Arbitrum in the first quarter.