OpCo January 2026 Update

DAO Programs & Initiatives Operation Company (OpCo)
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Hello Arbitrum delegates and stakeholders,

This is the January 2026 OpCo monthly update. I’m posting on behalf of the OpCo Oversight and Transparency Committee (OAT), of which I am an elected member along with Patrick McCorry, A.J. Warner, Pedro Breuer, and Gavin Wang. Please feel free to reply with questions and comments.

We hosted the monthly DAO call on Friday, January 9th at 3:00pm UTC.

Since the December update, we’ve been focused on hiring OpCo personnel, operationalizing the OpCo, and working in the DAO.

Hiring OpCo Personnel

  • We are actively recruiting for Legal Counsel and a Director of Finance and Treasury to accelerate and unblock DAO programs.
  • We are actively searching for a “Chief Chaos Coordinator” (Head of OpCo Foundation). We are actively interviewing multiple promising candidates for this role. With Tamara and now Sinkas on board, we are operationally driving the OpCo forward. When we find the right candidate for Head of OpCo, we expect them to complement and strengthen our existing efforts.
  • All open OpCo positions are posted on Lever.

Operationalizing the OpCo

  • Tamara and Sinkas have been actively driving the OpCo forward on several fronts, including:
    • Supporting AAEs/increasing efficiency among AAEs
      • Taking over ownership of the new delegate incentive program (RAD), started KYC/KYB process with all eligible applicants (18 completed, 16 pending), sent out legal agreements (14 signed) and created Msig
    • Making the DAO exciting again
      • Continuing effort to bring more aligned builders as delegates into the ecosystem
      • Set up legal and operational rails to kick off Firestarter pilot in January 2026 (2 proposals already under evaluation, Firestarter application live on forum and OpCo website)
      • Did a retrospective with 20 delegates of varying voting power to gauge overall sentiment and gather feedback for the DAO and OpCo.
    • DAO Strategy & Growth
      • Continuing to gather input for a cross-AAE high-level strategy
    • OpCo Internal Operations
      • Doubling down on finding suitable candidates for open positions by working with external recruitment agencies, conducted an average of 10 interviews per week pre Christmas
  • We have continued weekly OAT member meetings with strong attendance.

Working in the DAO

  • In Entropy’s TMC proposal, the OAT “approves or denies allocation recommendations from [Entropy]”. We are actively fulfilling this responsibility.
  • In Entropy’s proposal to Work Exclusively with the Arbitrum DAO, OpCo serves as Entropy’s counterparty. In addition, 10M ARB are set aside for the OAT to negotiate directly with Entropy Advisors on establishing short, medium, and long-term incentive mechanisms. We are actively working to finalize incentive mechanisms for Entropy.
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