ChainThink reports that on March 17, the Arbitrum Foundation released its 2025 Transparency Report, stating that 2025 will be a pivotal year for large-scale adoption of on-chain infrastructure by traditional financial institutions. The report shows that throughout the year, the foundation approved 189 ecosystem partnerships to advance DeFi, infrastructure, and consumer applications.
The report reveals that multiple traditional financial institutions have deployed products on the Arbitrum network. For example, Robinhood has launched tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs for European users, listing nearly 2,000 tokenized assets within six months. Asset managers Franklin Templeton, WisdomTree, and Spiko are also expanding their tokenized financial products on this network.
On ecosystem data:
The network's real-world asset (RWA) size has surpassed $800 million;
Stablecoin supply increased by 80% year-over-year, peaking near $10 billion;
On-chain cumulative transaction volume exceeds 2.1 billion transactions;
Over 1,000 projects were already developing on Arbitrum by the end of the year.
Additionally, the number of Arbitrum chains continues to grow, with over 100 Arbitrum Chains now live or in development. DAO revenue streams have expanded to include transaction fees, Timeboost sequencing auctions, treasury management yields, and chain expansion initiatives, with Timeboost generating over $6 million in revenue for the DAO in its first year.
The report states that, as institutional adoption and infrastructure upgrades advance, Arbitrum is evolving from an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution into a standalone, significant blockchain financial platform.