Arbitrum (ARB) price has climbed 90% from the record low it set in June. The rally accelerated after Robinhood Chain fees reached an all-time high of $4.45 million on Sept. 2.

ARB trades near $0.1316 after a 50% weekly gain, according to BeInCrypto data. Meanwhile, the network that settles those Robinhood Chain transactions earned almost nothing over the same period.

Robinhood Chain Fees Hit a Record $4.45 Million

Between August 31 and September 1, Robinhood Chain generated over $10 million in fees, with a 109% increase across sessions.

Through most of August, daily fees stayed below $400,000. The current pace therefore sits more than 10 times above the previous peak.

Robinhood launched the network on Arbitrum in July, and Uniswap routes the majority of its trading volume.

Under the Arbitrum Expansion Program, Orbit chains return 8% of revenue to ArbitrumDAO and 2% to a developer guild. Applying that 8% share suggests roughly $320,000 reached the DAO on Sept. 2 alone.

Arbitrum One Earns in a Day What Robinhood Chain Makes in Minutes

The contrast with Arbitrum One is stark. The network processed 1.94 million transactions over 24 hours, yet collected just 5.8 ether (ETH) in fees, worth roughly $14,000.

Robinhood Chain therefore out-earned Arbitrum One by about 320 times on Sept. 2.

Put differently, the younger network matches Arbitrum One’s entire daily fee income in under five minutes.

Average transaction costs have fallen to $0.007, and Blockscout showed no pending transactions. Block times of 0.242 seconds leave ample spare capacity for further Orbit chains.

Capital has not followed the activity, however. Total value locked (TVL) sits near $1.37 billion, roughly two-thirds below its October 2025 peak above $4 billion.

The Foundation reported $6.19 million in total income for the first half of 2026, alongside 97% gross margins. At its Sept. 2 pace, Robinhood Chain would match that figure in about 19 days.

Arbitrum Price Analysis Points to $0.1495

Arbitrum remains in a bullish structure, but momentum is cooling after the sharp rally. ARB is trading around $0.132, after pulling back from the recent high near $0.145.

The first major resistance is around $0.140–$0.145. A clean break above that area could open the way toward $0.150.

On the downside, the nearest support sits around $0.125–$0.127, close to the 20-period EMA. If that level fails, the stronger support zone is around $0.110–$0.114, where the 50-period EMA and previous breakout area meet.

The broader trend still looks healthy. The shorter moving averages remain above the longer ones, while RSI has cooled to around 62 after previously entering overbought territory. That gives ARB some room to move higher again.

For now, the chart looks more like consolidation after a strong breakout than a trend reversal.

Two September dates could still test the rally. Roughly 92.6 million ARB unlock on Sept. 16, and Robinhood’s 90-day gas subsidy expires later that month.

Whether the fee growth outlasts that subsidy will decide if the Arbitrum price holds its gains or retraces toward $0.1193.

Source: BeInCrypto