According to ChainCatcher, The Block reported that the Arbitrum DAO Growth Management Committee (GMC) recently proposed to invest 7,500 ETH in three non-Arbitrum native protocols: Lido, Aave, and Fluid, which has sparked strong controversy within the community.The specific investment plan includes investing 5,000 ETH in Lido to acquire wstETH, which will then be deposited into Aave V3, with an expected annual yield of 4.54%; additionally, 2,500 ETH will be invested in the Fluid lending platform, with an expected yield of 1-2%.Several DAO representatives criticized the proposal for overlooking Arbitrum ecosystem native projects, suggesting that at least 10% of the funds be allocated to local protocols. The proposal will be voted on next Thursday.

ChainCatcher news, Arbitrum DAO announced that the community has approved the allocation of 35 million ARB to various stable assets, with a total investment value of approximately 15.5 million USD.These funds come from the project's Stable Treasury Endowment Program (STEP), which previously allocated 35 million ARB to investments in six products in June 2024.It is understood that STEP is a program designed to invest 1% of Arbitrum DAO's funds in tokenized RWA, aimed at diversifying DAO funds while leveraging industry growth to generate returns.The latest allocation is part of Arbitrum DAO STEP 2.0 program. Combined with the 35 million ARB from STEP 1.0 and the 15 million ARB managed by the treasury, the total investment in RWA reaches 85 million ARB. Arbitrum DAO claims that this investment is currently one of the largest investments by the DAO.

ChainCatcher message, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, the multi-signature address 0xAc2...DC739 received a transfer of 26 million ARB from the Arbitrum DAO Treasury four hours ago, worth 21.06 million USD. A month ago, this address also received 4 million tokens from the treasury, of which 1.75 million have been deposited into Coinbase. Additionally, during the same period, two addresses from GSR Markets withdrew a total of 9.18 million USD worth of ARB from Coinbase.

ChainCatcher news, the Arbitrum DAO community has voted to approve the proposal to "invest 35 million ARB into RWA," with a support rate of 99.44%.The proposal includes investing 35 million ARB into RWA, with 11 million ARB invested in BlackRock's BUIDL through Securitize, 6 million ARB each invested in Ondo USDY and Superstate USTB, and 4 million ARB each invested in Mountain USDM, OpenEden TBill, and Backed Finance blB01.

ChainCatcher news, the yield aggregation protocol Harvest announced on platform X that the Arbitrum DAO has approved its LTIPP proposal, which will receive a grant of 250,000 ARB tokens. These tokens will be used to incentivize liquidity mining for assets such as WBTC, ETH, and USDC on Arbitrum. Harvest will also establish a dedicated ARB Vault to earn ARB.

ChainCatcher news, the Arbitrum DAO community has approved the proposal for ARB token holders to stake their tokens in exchange for rewards, with 66.76% of the votes in favor of allocating 1% (100 million tokens) for the staking option. The rewards will be funded by the treasury and distributed through a smart contract over a period of 12 months.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized trading platform Trader Joe officially stated that based on recent feedback received from the Arbitrum representative office, its application for ARB funding from the Arbitrum DAO treasury has been reduced from 1.83 million to 1.51 million ARB, which will be used to enhance spot liquidity and trading efficiency, promote the development of the Arbitrum ecosystem, and attract more users to join the Arbitrum ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized trading platform Trader Joe has submitted a proposal to the Arbitrum DAO for a grant of 1.83 million ARB, aimed at providing short-term incentives for users and supporting the development of the Arbitrum ecosystem.If the proposal is approved, Trader Joe will allocate 100% of the grant as liquidity mining incentives.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news, Arbitrum announced that the "AIP-1.1" proposal has been voted through with a support rate of 99.56%. It is reported that the proposal involves the budget of the Arbitrum Foundation, stipulating that all 700 million ARB of the foundation must be locked in a release contract and released to the treasury over 4 years. (Source link)

ChainCatcher message, Arbitrum tweeted that it will send all surplus revenue generated from transaction fees to their respective DAOs, and the Arbitrum DAO has accumulated approximately 3352 ETH in revenue.All users on Arbitrum One need to pay fees when transacting on the network. The fees are divided into two parts: 1. L1 fees used to pay for costs on Ethereum. 2. L2 fees paid for Arbitrum fees. Excess L1 fees and all L2 fees will accumulate on-chain before being sent to the DAO. A significant portion of the L1 fees is retained by the Sequencer.The Arbitrum DAO has accumulated a total of approximately 3352 ETH in revenue, and the Sequencer will refund about 5954 ETH, which is the cost of publishing all data to the Ethereum network. (source link)