# DeFi Renaissance Incentive Program (DRIP) **URL:** https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/c/dao-grant-programs/defi-renaissance-incentive-program-drip/67.md [Latest](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/tags.md) --- ## [DRIP Season 2 Is Live](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-season-2-is-live/31549)
**Author:** [@Entropy](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/Entropy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-season-2-is-live/31549 "2026-10-14T01:06:49Z")
Entropy is very excited to announce that DRIP Season 2 is now live, launching today alongside USDG’s arrival on Arbitrum One. The season focuses on growing USDG supply and usage across the Arbitrum ecosystem. Live Today … --- ## [DRIP Season 1 Retrospective](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-season-1-retrospective/30644)
**Author:** [@Entropy](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/Entropy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-season-1-retrospective/30644 "2026-03-11T16:41:44Z")
Originally posted on X on March 5th, delegates can view a PDF version of the DRIP Season 1 retrospective using this link: Executive Summary DRIP Season 1 was a multi-month incentive program designed to grow Arbitrum’s… --- ## [DRIP February 2026 Update](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-february-2026-update/30628)
**Author:** [@Entropy](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/Entropy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-february-2026-update/30628 "2026-03-09T21:25:28Z")
Program Finances: Season 1 February marked the conclusion of DRIP Season 1 with Epoch 12 ending on February 18, 2026. The initial budget was a combined 24M ARB, broken down into 16M ARB for the base budget and an additi… --- ## [DRIP January 2026 Update](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-january-2026-update/30546)
**Author:** [@Entropy](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/Entropy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-january-2026-update/30546 "2026-02-10T19:08:01Z")
Program Finances: Epochs 10-12 Season 1 is approaching its conclusion, as rewards continued to be decreased each epoch through January and early February. A total of 1.075M ARB was distributed in epoch 10, 695K ARB in ep… --- ## [DRIP December 2025 Update](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-december-2025-update/30382)
**Author:** [@Entropy](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/Entropy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-december-2025-update/30382 "2026-01-05T15:06:10Z")
Program Finances: Epochs 8-9 December marked the beginning of the tapering phase with Season One rewards beginning to be slowly decreased each epoch. Compared to the peaks ~2M ARB being allocated in epochs 6 & 7, a total… --- ## [DRIP November 2025 Update](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-november-2025-update/30321)
**Author:** [@Entropy](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/Entropy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-november-2025-update/30321 "2025-12-08T18:23:00Z")
Program Finances: Epochs 6-7 During November DRIP Season One progressed through the performance phase. There were two noteworthy events that have impacted the program’s budget in epochs 6 and 7: the unwinding of leverage… --- ## [Update: Stream Finance (XUSD) Situation and Impact Assessment](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/update-stream-finance-xusd-situation-and-impact-assessment/30206)
**Author:** [@Entropy](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/Entropy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/update-stream-finance-xusd-situation-and-impact-assessment/30206 "2025-11-14T16:23:54Z")
Stream Finance (issuer of XUSD) has experienced a solvency crisis following concerns about the integrity of its balance sheet and self-proclaimed losses of $93M. Stream operates as an onchain, tokenized hedge fund that o… --- ## [DRIP October 2025 Update](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-october-2025-update/30187)
**Author:** [@Entropy](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/Entropy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-october-2025-update/30187 "2025-11-04T17:20:47Z")
Program Finances: Epochs 3-5 October marked the beginning of DRIP Season One’s performance phase, where markets and projects that are more successful receive a greater share of incentives the following epoch. As we menti… --- ## [DRIP September 2025 Update](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-september-2025-update/30057)
**Author:** [@Entropy](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/Entropy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-september-2025-update/30057 "2025-10-03T21:56:14Z")
Hello everyone, with the start of epoch 3 on October 1st and DRIP transitioning from the Discovery to Performance Phase, we’d like to share a status update. Epochs 1 & 2 Recap As a reminder, the distribution of DRIP rew… --- ## [DRIP Season 1 Launch Recap](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-season-1-launch-recap/29921)
**Author:** [@Entropy](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/Entropy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-season-1-launch-recap/29921 "2025-09-11T11:29:48Z")
The DeFi Renaissance is on Arbitrum! View opportunities at https://arbitrumdrip.com/ Entropy’s Approach to Incentives Before diving into DRIP Season One, our team felt it was important to share more about our approach to… --- ## [DRIP August Update](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-august-update/29903)
**Author:** [@Entropy](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/Entropy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/drip-august-update/29903 "2025-09-02T01:07:07Z")
August 2025 DRIP Update Hello everyone, we’d like to provide a short update on the status of DRIP and a few additional high-level details on Season One. By request of OCL’s marketing team, the full list of participat… --- ## [July 2025 DRIP Update](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/july-2025-drip-update/29690)
**Author:** [@Entropy](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/Entropy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/july-2025-drip-update/29690 "2025-08-31T15:45:11Z")
July 2025 DRIP Update Hey everyone, quick update on where things stand with DRIP: Distribution & Evaluation Partners Onboarded We’ve officially onboarded Objective Labs (optimization + evaluation) and Merkl (distributio…