ChainThink report, March 17: The Arbitrum Foundation has released its 2025 Transparency Report, stating that 2025 marks a pivotal year for traditional financial institutions to enter on-chain infrastructure at scale. The report reveals that the Foundation approved 189 ecosystem collaborations throughout the year, driving advancements in DeFi, infrastructure, and consumer-facing applications.

The report discloses that multiple traditional financial institutions have already deployed products on the Arbitrum network. For example, Robinhood launched tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs for European users, listing nearly 2,000 tokenized assets within six months; asset management firms Franklin Templeton, WisdomTree, and Spiko are also expanding their tokenized financial offerings on this network.

Ecosystem metrics:
Real World Assets (RWA) volume on the network surpassed $800 million;
Stablecoin supply increased by 80% year-over-year, peaking near $10 billion;
On-chain cumulative transaction volume exceeded 2.1 billion;
Over 1,000 projects were actively developing on Arbitrum by year-end.

Additionally, the number of Arbitrum chains continues to expand—over 100 Arbitrum Chains are live or under development. DAO revenue streams have diversified into transaction fees, Timeboost order auction proceeds, treasury management yields, and chain expansion programs, with Timeboost generating over $6 million in revenue for the DAO in its first year.

The report asserts that as institutional adoption accelerates and infrastructure upgrades progress, Arbitrum is evolving from an Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution into a standalone, significant blockchain-powered financial platform.