ArbitrumDAO reports $6M income in first half of 2026

ArbitrumDAO is making money. The Arbitrum Foundation’s Bi-Annual Progress Update for the six months ending June 30, 2026, shows the DAO pulling in roughly $19 million in income during the first half of the year, with gross margins north of 97% on protocol revenue streams. The treasury now holds over $125 million in non-native assets, a mix of Ethereum, real-world assets, and stablecoins. Where the money comes from Transaction fees remain the bread and butter. Arbitrum processed 474 million new transactions in the first half of 2026, pushing its lifetime total past 2.7 billion. But the more interesting storyline is what happened just after the reporting period closed. Robinhood Chain, which launched on July 1 under Arbitrum’s Expansion Program, started sending serious revenue back to the DAO. By early September, the chain had contributed $531,641 in 30-day revenue share to ArbitrumDAO’s treasury, with daily revenue spikes on Robinhood Chain exceeding $1.9 million. For context, the DAO’s total gross profit in 2025 came in at $23.49 million. The expansion playbook is working Arbitrum’s Expansion Program lets third-party projects deploy their own chains using Arbitrum’s technology, and...