Arbitrum Activates Elara with Optional Compliance Filters

The design choice to let chain owners, not ArbitrumDAO, control screening is the real signal here: it pushes compliance decisions to the edges of the ecosystem, letting regulated or institution-facing chains filter activity without imposing those constraints on the broader network. That matters for RWA and permissioned-deployment teams weighing Arbitrum against venues with more uniform rules, since it preserves a neutral core while adding a compliance-capable perimeter. The open question is whether this owner-level discretion produces a patchwork of standards across chains, and how the pending vote on priority fees on Arbitrum One resolves.