Arbitrum Releases 2025 Transparency Report: Over 210 Million Transactions, $20 Billion TVL

ChainCatcher report: The Arbitrum Foundation has released its 2025 Transparency Report, highlighting accelerated on-chain adoption by traditional finance in 2025, propelling the ecosystem into the institutional adoption phase. The report reveals that 189 ecosystem partnerships were approved throughout the year, spanning DeFi, infrastructure, and consumer applications. It notes that Arbitrum is evolving from an L2 solution into a comprehensive blockchain platform with a sustainable economic model: in terms of institutional adoption, Robinhood has launched tokenized stocks and ETFs on Arbitrum, expanding to nearly 2,000 assets within six months; institutions including Franklin Templeton and WisdomTree have also increased their investments, driving the on-chain RWA market size to a sevenfold year-over-year growth, surpassing $800 million. On network metrics, Arbitrum has processed over 2.1 billion cumulative transactions, with a total value locked of approximately $20 billion; stablecoin supply grew 80% year-over-year, peaking near $10 billion, and the ecosystem now includes over 1,000 projects. Additionally, the Arbitrum chain ecosystem continues to expand, with over 100 chains either live or in development. In infrastructure and governance, Arbitrum is advancing upgrades to ArbOS, the BoLD validation mechanism, and the Stylus development environment, while expanding DAO revenue streams through mechanisms such as Timeboost—which generated over $6 million in revenue for the DAO in its first year.