Arbitrum September Revenue Hits $5M ATH
Arbitrum (ARB)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
lookonchain.com reports that Arbitrum achieved a new all-time high in monthly revenue for September, exceeding $5 million. This figure represents a roughly fivefold increase compared to the platform's prior monthly income. The scaling platform highlighted that its priority gas auction, which launched just one week ago, has already generated more than $120,000.
Total new transactions on the network have reached 1.5 billion so far this year. The announcement underscores the rapid adoption of the new revenue mechanism introduced to the protocol. Institutions are also watching macro data, as September non-farm payrolls support a Federal Reserve pause in interest rate hikes.
This cooling in payrolls data has lowered the probability of an October interest rate hike to 17%. Meanwhile, other market participants are seeing significant gains, with one trader holding over $1 million in unrealized profit on a leveraged ETH long. Another trader opened a 20x long on 2,900 ETH on Aster DEX, securing a 251.68% return. The broader ecosystem continues to see activity, with funds flowing into Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Hyperliquid last week.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ARB, measured when this story was written up on 2 October 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
ARB is trading at $0.1999 on Binance spot with a 1-hour buy ratio of 56.2%, indicating short-term buying pressure. However, this intensity fades over longer timeframes, with the 4-hour buy ratio dropping to 46.0% and the 24-hour ratio settling at 49.0%. Volume delta reflects this shift, showing a positive $135,017 in the last hour but negative figures of -$153,351 over 4 hours and -$265,511 over 24 hours. The cumulative volume delta (CVD) for the 24-hour close is positive at $35,524, suggesting net buying has occurred over the full day. This means that while immediate trades are favoring buyers, the broader 24-hour trend has seen more selling volume than buying volume. Net buying occurred for 11 out of the 24 hours, with total spot volume reaching $13,461,570 across 83,544 trades.
The latest daily buy ratio of 49.6% sits at the 49th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.6% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ARB, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, ARB experienced a price decline of 7.7% and saw volume at just 0.47 times the average. The 7-day average buy ratio was 49.2%, with the latest day showing only a marginal 0.2 point difference from that average. Net buying was limited to just 1 of the 7 days, and the total volume delta for the period was -$3,395,650. Compared to the 24-hour positive CVD of +$35,524, the weekly trend shows a much stronger net outflow of -$3,395,650. This indicates that today's modest net buying is an unusual spike against a backdrop of sustained weekly selling pressure.