The Arbitrum Foundation is asking the DAO for ~$43.5M to fund another year of operations. - $16M in RWAs/stablecoins - 1,740 ETH (~$3.5M) - and 230M $ARB (~$24M). 230M ARB is ~3.7% of total supply. For a year. Meanwhile the DAO made $23.49M in revenue in 2025. So the Foundation is operating at 2

The Arbitrum Foundation is asking the DAO for ~$43.5M to fund another year of operations. - $16M in RWAs/stablecoins - 1,740 ETH (~$3.5M) - and 230M $ARB (~$24M). 230M ARB is ~3.7% of total supply. For a year. Meanwhile the DAO made $23.49M in revenue in 2025. So the Foundation is operating at 2

Arbitrum Foundation 向 Arbitrum DAO 提交新一轮资金申请，拟获得 1600 万美元稳定币、1740 ETH 及 2.3 亿枚 ARB，总价值约 4350 万美元。资金将用于支持基金会 2027 年运营，包括技术基础设施、生态发展、市场推广及治理支持等支出。2.3 亿枚 ARB 约占总供应量的 3.7%，而 Arbitrum DAO 2025 年收入约为 2349 万美元。目前该提案仍处于治理讨论阶段。https://t.co/H0jvlzvzGW

This is what my AI says: Four revenue lines into the DAO treasury. - Sequencer fees. Users pay gas in ETH on Arbitrum One. The sequencer collects gas, pays Ethereum L1 for data availability (cheap since Dencun blobs went live March 2024), and the net flows to the DAO. Biggest line by far. - Timeb

Operating budget ($27.6M USD): - $14.81M Technical: sequencer/validator infra, audits, bug bounties, hosting, block explorers, RPC, analytics - $10.40M G&A: salaries, contractors, legal, insurance - $2.38M Marketing: dev relations, events, media outreach Ecosystem budget (244.9M ARB, ~$25.6M): -