Arbitrum (ARB) Tokenomics, Unlock Schedule and Vesting Chart

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Arbitrum (ARB) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule

As of October 17, 2026, 6.89 billion ARB have been released. The remaining 550.43 million ARB, 463.23 million of them estimated, come mostly from Team, Contributors and Advisors — 26.94% of Initial Supply and Investors — 17.53% of Initial Supply and are worth about $105.3 million at today's price (7.99% of the market cap). Today's release is 479,124 ARB from Arbitrum Foundation — 7.5% of Initial Supply. The next installment is on November 16, 2026: an estimated 92.65 million ARB from Investors — 17.53% of Initial Supply and Team, Contributors and Advisors — 26.94% of Initial Supply. ARB is fully unlocked on April 17, 2027; after that date the schedule has no further dated releases.

The chart shows gross modeled releases of every allocation: vesting unlocks, new issuance and reserve distributions, each allocation counted once. These have different meanings; a scheduled release is not evidence that tokens entered circulation or were sold. Review the coverage, sources and assumptions below.

Each color segment in the chart corresponds to a specific allocation group described in the Allocations section below. Underlying assumptions and data models used to reconstruct this schedule are explained in detail under Assumptions, while broader utility insights and token use cases are covered in Tokenomics & Utility.

Tokenomics & Utility

ARB launched with an initial supply of 10 billion tokens. Following two early governance proposals, the documented allocation of that initial supply was 35.28% for the Arbitrum DAO treasury, 26.94% for the team, contributors, and advisers, and 17.53% for investors. Users were allocated 11.62% through an airdrop, the Arbitrum Foundation 7.5%, and DAOs building applications on Arbitrum 1.13%. The token rules permit inflation of up to 2% per year; that is a limit on possible new issuance, not a statement that the full amount is issued each year. (docs.arbitrum.foundation)

ARB’s main role is voting. Holders can delegate their voting power to someone who follows proposals closely, or take part in governance themselves. DAO decisions can cover network upgrades, treasury funding, and rules for the chains it governs. The DAO also oversees a Security Council designed to act quickly when an urgent network change is needed. (blog.arbitrum.foundation)

The treasury allocation gives governance practical importance: votes can direct resources toward grants, technical work, and other approved programs. It also means token distribution and voter participation shape whose views have the most weight. Using Arbitrum One for everyday transactions does not require holding ARB, because its network fees are paid in ETH. (docs.arbitrum.foundation)

Upcoming ARB Releases

Period	Allocation	Type	Amount	Value
Oct 17 – 31, 2026	Arbitrum Foundation — 7.5% of Initial Supply	Vesting, researched	7.2M	$1.4M
Nov 2026	Team, Contributors and Advisors — 26.94% of Initial Supply	Vesting, estimated	56.1M	$10.7M
	Investors — 17.53% of Initial Supply	Vesting, estimated	36.5M	$7M
	Arbitrum Foundation — 7.5% of Initial Supply	Vesting, researched	14.4M	$2.7M
Dec 2026	Team, Contributors and Advisors — 26.94% of Initial Supply	Vesting, estimated	56.1M	$10.7M
Dec 2026	Investors — 17.53% of Initial Supply	Vesting, estimated	36.5M	$7M
Total, next 12 months			550.4M	$105.3M

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Values at $0.191 per ARB (October 17, 2026), today's price, not a forecast. Estimated amounts are modeled from the schedule's rules rather than dated by a source; see the Assumptions below. Releases without dates are listed under Allocations.

Assumptions

Arbitrum minted 10 billion ARB at launch; the chart separates that creation from later airdrop availability, team and investor unlocks, and the Foundation’s linear lockup. The initial airdrops opened in March 2023, team and investor unlocks run through March 2027, and the Foundation lockup runs through April 2027. DAO grants and incentive programs use already-minted treasury tokens, but many recipient payments have no established dates and are not plotted as invented releases. The monthly team and investor amounts after their first unlocks are estimates based on the published cadence.

ArbitrumDAO Treasury — 35.28% of Initial Supply: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
Arbitrum Foundation — 7.5% of Initial Supply: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
Short-Term Incentive Program (STIP): Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
STIP Backfund: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Long-Term Incentives Pilot Program: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Gaming Catalyst Program / Arbitrum Gaming Ventures: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Gaming Catalyst — Builder Onboarding and Growth: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Gaming Catalyst — Build Grants: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Gaming Catalyst — Investments: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Gaming Catalyst — Infrastructure Bounties: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
DeFi Renaissance Incentive Program: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
DeFi Renaissance Incentive Program: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
Entropy Advisors Y2–Y3 Vesting Allocation: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
Entropy Advisors Y2–Y3 Negotiated Alignment Reserve: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.

Sources (14)

Total Supply N/A

Unlocked Supply 6.89B

Unlock Progress —

Genesis Date Mar 16, 2023

Fully Unlocked Apr 17, 2027

Allocations 18

Marketcap Rank (#) 68

Price ($) 0.189 +2.61% (7d)

24h Volume ($) 13M +91.44% (7d)

Marketcap ($) 1.3B

Fully Diluted Value ($) 1.9B

Circulating Supply 69% HIGH

Perpetuals: 5 markets on Binance, OKX, Hyperliquid and Lighter · $90.9M open interest

Spot

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ARB/USDT	16M	234K/357K
ARB/USDT	9.8M	97K/198K
ARB/USDT	5.6M	85K/101K
ARB/USDT	5.3M	300K/281K
ARB/TRY	2.9M	85K/136K
ARB/USDT	2.7M	73K/91K
ARB/USD	2.5M	194K/410K
ARB/USD	1.9M	227K/387K
ARB/USDT	1.3M	241K/257K
ARB/USDT	1.3M	1K/2.6K
ARB/USDC	1.1M	99K/116K
ARB/USDT	999K	401K/398K
ARB/EUR	866K	123K/239K
ARB/USDC	706K	190K/228K
ARB/BTC	419K	134K/149K
ARB/USDC	411K	24K/23K
ARB/ETH	401K	25K/28K
ARB/WBTC	102K	3K/3K
ARB/USDC	81K	31K/36K
ARB/USDC	58K	194K/86K
ARB/USD1	55K	22K/19K
ARB/EUR	32K	50K/59K
ARB/AAVE	25K	975/972
ARB/TRY	11K	78K/79K

Allocations

Initial ARB Mint TBD

10,000,000,000 tokens · 6 parts

Parts of this allocation with their own release dates are charted as their own allocations; the chart shows the rest here.

Not yet scheduled: 2,557,455,254.763 tokens of its parts have no release date yet. The chart shows them as TBD from today, not as unlocked.

Cliff: Mar 16, 2023 — 100.00% of allocation · 10,000,000,000 tokens

Sources: ARB token deployment and initial mint transaction

Last Updated: 2026-09-30 20:27:15 UTC

Description

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Arbitrum is a protocol that offers layer 2 scaling for Ethereum using optimistic rollups. Arbitrum processes transactions on its own sidechain and relays them to Ethereum mainnet, while ensuring security and compatibility with Ethereum smart contracts.

Sector:	Layer 2
Blockchain:	Arbitrum

2023

Optimistic