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- Arbitrum One’s on-chain activity has increased by 40.27% since the beginning of 2025.
- Collaborations with Mawari and WisdomTree helped drive stronger ecosystem engagement on Arbitrum.
Based on the latest data from Token Terminal, on-chain activity of the Arbitrum One network has increased by 40.27% since the beginning of the year. This figure is quite striking considering that several other networks, such as Worldchain, Base, and Solana, have actually experienced a decline.
Arbitrum One's onchain usage activity is up 40.27% YTD
Worldchain, Base, and Solana have seen a drop in onchain activity YTD
Top applications in the Arbitrum One ecosystem: Uniswap, GMX, Aave, Camelot, Fluid, Dolomite, Layer3, and more. pic.twitter.com/P4KsWUawXn
— Token Terminal 📊 (@tokenterminal) April 5, 2025
Where Usage Meets Utility on Arbitrum
If we look deeper into its ecosystem, some of the major applications that contributed to this surge in activity include Uniswap, GMX, Aave, Camelot, Fluid, Dolomite, and Layer3. Each of these applications has its own community and utility, ranging from decentralized trading, crypto lending, to gamification and educational incentives for users.
With this kind of collaboration and activity, it is no wonder that the Arbitrum usage graph is starting to show an upward trend.
Operation Slowmo: Making Blockchain More Human
Just imagine if you were surfing the web3 world, and every time you wanted to click or confirm a transaction, everything felt rushed. Well, as we previously reported, Arbitrum recently decided to slow down their block time from 250 milliseconds to 2 seconds through a program they call “Operation Slowmo.”
Not because they are lazy, but rather so that users can have more time to think before sending transactions. This step also provides convenience for users in areas with slower internet connections. An approach that looks simple, but has quite an impact.
From Immersive Tech to Wall Street Attention
Furthermore, Arbitrum does not seem to only focus on internal technical aspects. They are also diligent in establishing strategic partnerships. One interesting collaboration comes from Mawari, a company engaged in the DePIN sector and specializing in AI-based 3D streaming.
On April 3, 2025, Mawari announced their collaboration with Arbitrum to present a more immersive Extended Reality (XR) and Spatial Computing experience to global users. With a decentralized GPU network, even heavy content can be delivered without any obstacles.
Not only that, Arbitrum has also begun to attract attention from big players in the traditional financial world. WisdomTree, a leading asset management company, announced the expansion of their institutional investment platform, WisdomTree Connect, to the Arbitrum network.
Previously only operating on Ethereum, this platform now supports four networks at once—Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, and Optimism. With 13 tokenized funds that they offer, ranging from money markets, equity indices, to fixed income, all of which are registered with the SEC.
Backing Bold Ideas With Onchain Labs
On the other hand, the Arbitrum development team is also not sitting idle. Last March, Offchain Labs, in collaboration with the Arbitrum Foundation, launched Onchain Labs.
This program is specifically intended to support early-stage projects that have a “wild” character, aka still untested but promising. The vision is, of course so that these projects can reach users more quickly, with proper marketing and technology support.
Meanwhile, as of press time, ARB is swapped hands at about $0.3037, down 2.58% over the last 24 hours and 10.02% over the last 7 days.
