TREE NEWS update: Offchain Labs co-founder Steven Goldfeder clarified on X that the market misunderstands ARB’s supply structure, as some data counts DAO-held tokens as locked. Investor and team unlocks are nearly complete, with all remaining unlocks finishing by March next year, leaving only about 7.7% of total supply locked. The rest is held in the Arbitrum DAO treasury, totaling about 2.84 billion ARB, which is not locked but can only be used via governance votes.
Offchain Labs clarifies ARB unlock: only 7.7% left locked
This clarification matters because it reframes ARB's supply narrative: the market's perception of 'locked' tokens was conflating DAO treasury holdings with actual unlock schedules. With investor and team unlocks nearly done and only 7.7% left, the supply overhang from scheduled unlocks is minimal. The real variable shifts to governance dynamics—the 2.84 billion ARB in the treasury is spendable via votes, making DAO decisions the primary future supply trigger. Watch whether governance proposals to deploy treasury funds accelerate, as that, not unlock mechanics, now determines ARB's circulating supply trajectory.
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