Arbitrum (ARB)

reasons why crypto is down:

1. On chain stocks and bonds have not resulted in material fee capture for any major L1 protocol. Arbitrum pumped on Robinhood announcement only for Robinhood to build its own inhouse solution. Temporary Nasdaq on-chain trading pump then it turns out they're using private blockchains. SOL doing $1m a day of fees down from $24m Trump coin frenzy and $15m+ of inflation.
2. high inflation and primary equity story is international equities, gold, and AI. crypto is not getting enough attention
3. Trump promised mass deportation, less international engagement, low inflation. seems we are 0/3. With no Trump USD stablecoins and regulatory progress could reverse. Crypto is seen as Trump proxy. when Trump won EURUSD collapsed and BTC went bid. now EURUSD is surging while BTC is down
4. Gold / silver have captured 'sovereign diversification'. Russia appears to have successfully use gold to thwart US sanctions after invading Ukraine. Despite the fact it could have used crypto (it did not).

I’ve seen a few posts attacking/questioning @arbitrum’s strategy when revenue numbers aren’t high, and I feel the need to address them

For starters this is a great in-depth analysis of arbitrum and look forward to more of these in the future, they make the space safer!