Developers from the Arbitrum Foundation announced the launch of Arbitrum DAO and its native governance token, ARB, on March 16. Eligible users and developers will receive 12.75% of the token’s total supply of 10 billion on March 23, when the token will be deployed.
Speculation around ARB began soon after the token launch announcement on OTC desks, derivatives exchanges and spot exchanges via IOUs (I Owe You).