Arbitrum One as the first layer-2 to reached $20 bilion in TVL

Arbitrum, a cryptocurrency network, has announced on its official account that its layer-2 platform has reached $20 billion in total value locked (TVL).

Arbitrum on X’s post on Dec. 03 claimed that the first layer-2 platform could reach $20 billion in total value locked (TVL) or increase up to double-digit, which specifically rises 14.2%.

“Arbitrum One has just become the first L2 to hit $20 billion in TVL. We did this by inovating together, with the stage 2 horizon and ecosystem growth happening in all verticals, the sky’s the limit for how far we can scale. Accelerate,”

Arbitrum mentioned on the post.

According to L2Beat data, Arbitrum One achieved $20 billion in TVL with $6.64 in canonical, $5.32 billion in external, and $8.12 billion in native. This milestone also leaves the competitors behind, including Base with $12.4 billion, OP Mainnet with $8.56 billion, and Blast with $1.55 billion.

Arbitrum (ARB) is the highest native minted value on this platform, with around $4.3 billion, followed by USD Coin (USDC), with a value of $2.2 billion.

Stage 2 of Arbitrum One is still ongoing, and some issues need to be fixed: fraud-proof submission, upgrade unrelated to on-chain, and the security council’s action, which is not confined to on-chain.

Arbitrum boosting AI growth

Arbitrum Foundation also actively promotes the artificial intelligence (AI) industry; one of the support initiatives is a $1 million grant to Arbitrum Network. The Trailblazer AI Grant is an initiative for developers and creators who are dedicated to building AI agents on Ethereum layer-2.

This artificial intelligence also helps bring thousands of applications to Arbitrum and gives the opportunity to explore projects ranging from non-fungible tokens (NFT) to ERC20 tokens. Projects that are eligible in the process will receive $10,000 as a reward.

Besides that, this initiative to bring artificial intelligence to the Arbitrum would unlock the potential of layer 2.