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Arbitrum: data and desk notes

Live figures for Arbitrum, every note the MSB Intel desk has posted on it, and the desk's articles. Updated daily.

As of October 15, 2026 · Sources · DefiLlama · CoinGecko · @MSBIntel

Market cap

$1.25B · rank #70

DeFi TVL on the chain

$1.37B

Stablecoins on Arbitrum

$3.63B

On X

@arbitrum

Desk notes

3 NOTES · NEWEST FIRST · AS POSTED ON @MSBINTEL

Oct 14, 2026. Arbitrum's derivatives open interest stands at $1.21B, 2.6x a year ago, after a record $1.29B on Oct 6. Variational, built on Arbitrum, holds $1.04B of it, up 28.15% in the past 30 days.
Oct 13, 2026. T. Rowe Price, the $1.90 trillion asset manager, is exploring a tokenized ETF with Robinhood on Robinhood Chain, built on Arbitrum. Robinhood says it would be the first Stock Token of its kind, tied to an actively managed ETF.
Oct 12, 2026. PayPal USD on Arbitrum is up 17.6% in the past 30 days to $359.69M, making Arbitrum the third-largest chain for PayPal's stablecoin after Ethereum and Solana. Its supply there is up 70.8% in the past 90 days.

Articles

Arbitrum teams embed Morpho vault earnings into USDG stablecoin apps Oct 8, 2026
L2Beat removes $7B RAIN tokens from Arbitrum TVL metric Jul 13, 2026

Method. Figures come from DefiLlama (TVL, stablecoins, fees, DEX volume) and CoinGecko (market cap), refreshed daily; as of October 15, 2026. Desk notes are the posts @MSBIntel published on Arbitrum, each checked against the primary source before posting.

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