DAO Spend Analysis
Monthly ARB Expenditure - Last 6 Months
Oct 24
Nov 24
Dec 24
Jan 25
Feb 25
Mar 25
DAO Expenditure in ARB
(250,206,292)
253,904
(5,468,706)
(1,087,885)
(4,087,319)
(4,106,803)
DAO Expenditure in USD - converted to ARB Total DAO Monthly (Expenditure) / Income
(462,778)
(473,733)
(337,901)
(380,191)
(307,476)
(402,878)
(250,669,070)
(219,829)
(5,806,607)
(1,468,076)
(4,394,795)
(4,509,681)
*positive ARB spend relates to LTIP protocols returning funds
*includes 250M ARB sent to the Foundation
Note figures may update in each version of the report
monthly expenditure ARB 45M using 6-month average
ARB 251M monthly expenditure using highest 1 month
ARB 3.5M monthly expenditure using 3-month average
The Arbitrum DAO's sustainability represents its ability to fund operations based on its current treasury holdings. It evaluates the holdings of the DAO, taking into account the average monthly ARB outflows within the organization. Using these averages, it calculates the number of months of funding that the current asset holdings would be able to sustain. Note that the analysis only looks at ARB held in the DAO's treasury wallet and not across all wallets. It is also worth noting that the ARB held in treasury cannot be valued at the same price as circulating ARB - it is effectively locked supply that when introduced into the market will likely cause material changes in prices. To factor this in, we include an analysis on runway based on the price of ARB falling by different amounts.
Number of months the DAO can maintain expenditure levels before fully depleting the DAO ARB Treasury based on ARB expenditure within the DAO.
6 Month Average Spend (in ARB)
3 Month Average ARB Spend, Increased by 25%
63
646
3 Month Average Spend (in ARB)
3 Month Average ARB Spend, Increased by 50%
808
539
Highest Month Spend (in ARB)
3 Month Average ARB Spend, Increased by 75%
11
462
ARB Introduced into Circulation
Treasury Allocated to Proposals 23% Treasury Spent to Date 12%
Every proposal that allocates the DAO's treasury holdings of ARB is introducing more tokens into supply - ARB out of circulation held in treasury is brought into the market. Over the period from June 2023, when the first Tally proposal was approved, to March 2025, the DAO approved 838M ARB worth of spending outlined in various proposals. This represents 23% of the DAO's initial treasury balance of 3.6B ARB. Spending began in August 2023, with a total of 441M ARB spent to March 2025 (including USD spend converted into ARB). This represents 12% of the DAO's treasury balance - the balance is still held in DAO-controlled wallets.
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