10 stories about Arbitrum from across the crypto press, curated and summarized daily. Most recent: Sep 4, 2026.
Bitcoin recently surged 22% amid heavy US ETF inflows, while OffChain co-founder Steven Goldfeder outlined how major institutions like Robinhood are leveraging Arbitrum's Layer-2 technology to power public-chain financial infrastructure.
Robinhood Crypto General Manager Johan detailed the brokerage firm's permissionless Layer-2 blockchain, which aims to bring its 28 million funded accounts onto Web3 infrastructure, tokenized real-world assets, and DeFi yield vaults.
A hacker drained $24 million from the Arbitrum-based perpetual DEX AFX Trade, exploiting a custody bridge. The platform is offering the hacker 30% of the funds to return them.
Robinhood Chain is a new Ethereum layer-2 network built with Arbitrum technology, designed for tokenized assets and financial products. It aims to bring traditional stocks and crypto together on the blockchain.
Arbitrum's token jumped 19% after Robinhood's new blockchain platform generated $568 million in onchain trading activity, driven largely by memecoin trading. The surge highlights how retail trading can drive ecosystem growth and revenue.
Robinhood Chain, a Layer 2 blockchain built on Arbitrum's tech stack, has launched on mainnet. It offers 24/7 tokenized stocks, lighter perpetual contracts, and plans for AI-driven agentic trading, with Uniswap as a day-one partner.
Robinhood opened the public mainnet for its Arbitrum-powered Ethereum layer-2 network on Wednesday, enabling tokenized stock trading. The network is described as 'AI-native' and aims to bridge traditional finance and crypto.
The Kelp DAO hacker has laundered nearly all of the remaining stolen funds, making recovery unlikely. Only $71 million, frozen by Arbitrum’s Security Council, remains from the original $293 million exploit.
Security researchers have identified an ongoing exploit of Stake DAO, where an attacker minted 5.4 trillion vsdCRV tokens on Arbitrum and is swapping them for ether. This highlights the ongoing risks of smart contract vulnerabilities in decentralized finance.
Aave has started a binding vote on Arbitrum to transfer $71 million in disputed ETH. The funds are tied to a 2024 exploit, with creditors and Aave in a legal battle over ownership.