Arbitrum Foundation Workstream Updates
September 10th - October 8th
Marketing
September Events
- ArbiMix SG: Hosted 65 builders from the Arbitrum ecosystem, along with participants from Singapore’s Web3 and TradFi industries.
- Digital Asset Leadership Forum (Seoul, Korea): Arbitrum-led event held at the National Assembly Hall with participation from 20+ congressmen.
- Arbitrum Investor Summit (Singapore): Engaged over 60 investors and family office representatives.
- Localized into Chinese, Korean, and Japanese, with Spanish and Portuguese versions in progress.
- Achieved 6.3M views, 10K+ engagements, and readership among institutional fund managers at Fidelity, Wells Fargo, and others representing $7.1T AUM.
- Arbitrum rose from #10 → #4 in Messari’s mindshare ranking.
- Launched with a 700K ARB bounty, expanding participation to the top 150 yappers.
“Arbitrum Everywhere” Narrative
- Since launch in June, achieved 258M views and 157K engagements.
- Narrative training materials are being developed to guide DAO contributors on campaign participation.
Finance
Published the first quarterly token flow report following the MSS handover.
Technology
- First iteration completed; analysis of India program data underway for insights and learnings.
- Key metrics: ~620 engaged builders, 100+ active builders, and 90 projects submitted.
- Generated 2.8M views and 10K+ engagements.
- Received 70 applications with a 14% acceptance rate (slightly below the 20% target).
- 10 projects currently in progress or pending auditor matching.
- Upcoming initiatives will promote AAP participation across the ecosystem.
Arbitrum Expansion Program Fees
- Fee monitoring infrastructure implemented.
- Awaiting RAAS partners to deploy fee routers to enable testing and automation.
Governance
Security Council Elections Improvement Proposal
- Passed the temperature check phase.
- Ongoing discussions to refine DAO sentiment around proposed improvements.
- Security Council Election Process Improvements – Open Discussion #2 AMA:
Friday, October 10th, 13:00 UTC.
Security Council September Cohort Elections
- Currently in the compliance check phase.
- Member election phase begins Monday, October 13th.
- Member Election AMA: Monday, October 13th, 14:30 UTC, featuring candidate Q&A.
- Proposal to redefine the quorum threshold as a fixed percentage of total Delegated Voting Power (DVP), affecting both constitutional and non-constitutional proposals.
- Governance call held on September 29th — [recording available here].
Ecosystem
Arbifuel
- Integrated ZeroDev, allowing builders to choose between Pimlico and ZeroDev paymasters.
Open House Support
- Continued support for hackathon and hacker house winners through their next development phases.