In the week to September 8, 2026, Arbitrum's ARB token rose about 50%. Its CoinGecko daily price went from $0.1103 on September 1 to $0.1649 on September 8. The high came on September 6, at $0.1893. By September 10 the price was $0.1399, 26% below that high. As of October 24, 2026, ARB was at $0.1693, close to its September 8 level and still about 93% below its all-time high of $2.39 (January 12, 2024). All price figures are CoinGecko daily data.
The latest: where ARB stands on October 24–25, 2026
- Price: $0.1693 on October 24, 2026. That is 2.7% above the September 8 price and 15% below the $0.1997 recorded on October 6.
- Market cap: about $1.17 billion on October 25, 2026. CoinGecko ranks it #71.
- Supply: 6.892 billion ARB circulating, out of a fixed maximum of 10 billion.
- Tokenised real-world assets on Arbitrum: RWA.xyz showed $837.29 million in distributed asset value on October 25, 2026. That is 18.83% lower than 30 days earlier, across 7,568 assets and 12,132 holders.
October's prices stayed between about $0.169 and $0.200. At its October 6 level the token traded above the September 6 daily high.
The week in daily prices
CoinGecko daily snapshots (UTC), in USD:
| Date | Price | Market cap | 24h volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | 0.0842 | $585.3M | $31.1M |
| Sep 1 | 0.1103 | $730.0M | $226.6M |
| Sep 2 | 0.1240 | $736.3M | $452.0M |
| Sep 3 | 0.1411 | $828.3M | $350.4M |
| Sep 4 | 0.1318 | $942.0M | $468.1M |
| Sep 5 | 0.1776 | $880.0M | $293.6M |
| Sep 6 | 0.1893 | $1.19B | $499.0M |
| Sep 7 | 0.1694 | $1.26B | $776.2M |
| Sep 8 | 0.1649 | $1.13B | $453.6M |
| Sep 9 | 0.1494 | $1.10B | $279.1M |
| Sep 10 | 0.1399 | $998.0M | $337.5M |
What the table shows
- Size of the move. From August 30 to the September 6 high, the price rose 125%. On September 8 it was 134% above the all-time low of $0.07048, which CoinGecko records on June 26, 2026.
- Volume. Reported 24-hour volume grew from $31.1 million on August 30 to $776.2 million on September 7, about 25 times higher. These are aggregated figures that do not separate genuine trading from other activity.
- Reversal. The price fell for four straight days after September 6. The September 10 price, $0.1399, was still 27% above September 1.
ARB daily price, Aug 30 to Oct 24, 2026
How far did ARB's CoinGecko daily price rise into the September 6 high, how far did it fall afterwards, and where was it on October 24?
Data table
| Item | USD | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 0.0842 | |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 0.1103 | |
| Sep 2, 2026 | 0.124 | |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 0.1411 | |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 0.1318 | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 0.1776 | |
| Sep 6, 2026 (high) | 0.1893 | |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 0.1694 | |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 0.1649 | |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 0.1494 | |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 0.1399 | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 0.1997 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 0.1693 |
These are CoinGecko daily snapshots only: they leave out intraday moves, other price feeds, the reported volume and the monthly token unlocks, and they do not explain or forecast the price.
What happened on the network around the rally
Three developments surround the rally:
- August 20, 2026, the ArbOS 61 "Elara" upgrade. It activated on Arbitrum One and Nova at 17:00 UTC. It raised the size limit for Stylus contracts from 24 KB to 96 KB; the Solidity limit stays at 24 KB. It also lets Offchain Labs set the minimum L2 base fee between 0.01 and 0.10 gwei for two years, and the DAO can revoke that power. Priority-fee collection, compliance transaction filtering and the AltDA API are included in the release but are not enabled on Arbitrum One or Nova.
- August 31, 2026, Arbitrum One's fifth anniversary. Offchain Labs opened the mainnet to the public on August 31, 2021.
- Tokenised assets. On September 18, 2026, Cryptopolitan attributed the rally mainly to growing tokenised real-world asset activity on Arbitrum, citing RWA.xyz and L2BEAT data. Other news reports linked the move to fee revenue from a retail brokerage's chain built on Arbitrum technology. Neither explanation is established as the cause of the price move.
Supply: why unlocks matter for ARB
The Arbitrum Foundation's distribution documentation sets the initial supply at 10 billion ARB:
- ArbitrumDAO treasury: 35.28%
- team and contributors plus advisors: 26.94%
- investors: 17.53%
- user airdrop: 11.62%
- Arbitrum Foundation: 7.5%
- DAO airdrop: 1.13%
Team and investor tokens have four-year lockups. The first unlock came one year after the token launch, and the rest unlock monthly over the following three years. Each month therefore adds new tokens to circulation, which partly explains why the gap between circulating supply (6.892 billion) and the 10 billion maximum keeps closing.
How to read a week like this
- Use one data source and stick with it. Snapshot time and venue coverage both change the result. CoinGecko daily data give about 50% for September 1–8; an intraday snapshot on another feed can show a different percentage.
- Read volume next to price. The 25-fold rise in volume confirms that attention increased. It does not show who bought or whether the demand lasts.
- Compare with the long-term range. A rise of 125% in a week still left ARB more than 90% below its 2024 high.
- Check the unlock calendar. Scheduled monthly unlocks add supply whatever the news flow.
