As the market experiences a strong bullish sentiment across the board, Arbitrum continues to ride the wave toward higher highs. According to CoinMarketCap, the
As the market experiences a strong bullish sentiment across the board, Arbitrum continues to ride the wave toward higher highs.
According to CoinMarketCap, the protocol’s native token ARB is up 28% in the past 24 hours, and emerging as the top gainer among the 50 leading cryptocurrencies on Friday.

Source: CoinMarketCap
Arbitrum’s DAO is relatively new. After being unveiled along with the protocol’s token on March 23, the Arbitrum ecosystem continues to grow. Yesterday, it was revealed that PocketBuff, a GameFi metaverse platform, partnered with Arbitrum to get video game projects on the protocol.
A Primer On The L2 Protocol
Arbitrurm is a layer-2 protocol built on top of Ethereum. Boasting a high transactions-per-second metric, the ecosystem quickly gained a foothold in the decentralized finance space. According to DeFiLlama, the protocol already boasts a $2.32 billion TVL.

Source: DeFiLlama
The L2 protocol has two versions, Arbitrum and Arbitrum Nova. The former is the mainnet of the protocol that was first launched in August 2021. Arbitrum Nova, on the other hand, is an optimized version of the main Arbitrum blockchain.
On-Chain Developments Boost Confidence Among Investors
Across the board, multiple partnerships popped up, cementing Arbitrum in the DeFi world. mTrader Finance recently unveiled its decentralized derivative exchange on Arbitrum.