OpCo Update May 2026

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

This is the May 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, May 8th at 3:00pm UTC.

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

Hiring OpCo Personnel

  • We hired a 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 job 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:

  1. Supporting AAEs/increasing efficiency among AAEs
  1. Making the DAO exciting again
  1. DAO Strategy & Growth
  • Continuing to gather input for a cross-AAE high-level strategy
  1. Internal Operations
  • Preparing for new OAT elections; timeline to be posted within the next days
  • Preparing for bi-yearly transparency report
  • Sinkas on X Spaces with ETH Cluj

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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Thank you for the detailed May update!

A few observations and questions from a governance research perspective:

On OAT Elections:
Looking forward to the upcoming OAT election timeline. Transparency in the election process will be key will there be a public nomination period with clear eligibility criteria for community members?

On Entropy Incentive Mechanisms:
The 10M ARB set aside for short, medium, and long-term incentive negotiations is significant. Could the OAT share a rough framework or criteria being used to evaluate these mechanisms before finalization? Early community input could strengthen legitimacy.

On RAD Program Changes:
The program manager change and updated eligibility requirements are noted. It would be helpful to see a before/after comparison of the eligibility criteria so delegates can assess whether the changes align with the original program intent.

On KYC in the Watchdog Program:
Glad to see progress here. Will KYC requirements be applied retroactively to existing participants, or only to new entrants going forward?

Overall, the OpCo is showing strong operational momentum. The Q1 Retro with delegates is a healthy practice hope those insights feed directly into the cross-AAE strategy work. @Frisson