Short appreciation post to $ARB for breaking the L2 curse and showing that L2 tokens can have value.
ARB is up ~123% in 30 days vs $OP ~18%.
Arbitrum proved you CAN ACTUALLY monetize technical IP through Robinhood's fee sharing model.
The DAO earned $6.19M in H1. Standard Chartered now gives ARB a $10 target by 2030.
From ~$0.22 today...
Their thesis is more banks and fintechs launch chains on Arbitrum -> more licensing revenue.
But DAO revenue doesn't automatically reach $ARB holders.
There's a DAO discussion asking for a plan connecting growing revenue to the token. but still early.
Btw, OP could've probably done better if Base hadn't left the Superchain and ended its original revenue sharing deal.