OpCo Update April 2026

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

This is the April 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, April 10th at 3:00pm UTC.

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

Hiring OpCo Personnel

  • We hired a fantastic Director of Finance and Treasury who will start mid-May!
  • 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.
  • We are slowing down our search for a full-time legal counsel, as we do not anticipate heavy legal needs in the near future.
  • 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:

  1. Supporting AAEs/increasing efficiency among AAEs
  • Overseeing RAD - paid out the rewards for the votes that took place in March
  • Set up a special budget for the Security Council elections
  • Published RAD update for March, including suggestions for program improvement
  • Worked with the Arbitrum Foundation and Entropy to take over the ownership of the Code of Conduct
  • Working with Entropy to take on OpCo’s role in the Watchdog program
  1. Making the DAO exciting again
  • Organized Breakfast at EthCC in Cannes. Event recap can be found here.
  • Published Firestarters update for March and working on the 3-month recap
  1. DAO Strategy & Growth
  • Continuing to gather input for a cross-AAE high-level strategy
  • 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.

As a reminder, the current OAT term ends in August, which means the next election cycle will begin in May: OAT Term & Next Elections