In 2025, Arbitrum completes a clear transition from being viewed as “just a fast Layer 2” to becoming one of the primary environments where real economic activity runs onchain. What sets this year apart is not a single hype cycle or isolated metric, but the combination of sustained usage, deep liquidity, institutional adoption, and a rapidly expanding ecosystem of chains built on Arbitrum technology. Throughout the year, Arbitrum demonstrates that Ethereum scaling does not have to be a tradeoff between performance and credibility. Crypto natives, DeFi power users, consumer platforms, and large institutions increasingly operate side by side on the
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