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BTC Remains Calm Amidst Market-Wide Volatility While Altcoins Continue To Bleed
PLUS: Many Arbitrum Ecosystem Updates - Orbits, RWA, and more
GM frens, and welcome to another edition of The Castle Chronicle.
Trump has announced reciprocal tariffs on many countries, sparking market volatility, but crypto doesnβt seem to care much. BTC just keeps going sideways in its little range, and besides a single crypto showing strength due to news, the entire market is as dead as dead can be.
Hereβs what we got for you today:
π Market Watch β Sideways BTC price action, news-driven pumps, and overall negative numbers across the board
πͺ Exit Tech β Exit locked token positions early!
π³οΈ Arbitrum Corner β Orbits, RWA, and more ecosystem updates

ποΈ MARKET WATCH
PRICE ACTION
BTC keeps going sideways in this range that I expect to eventually break to the upside, confirming an accumulation in an overall re-accumulation.

Overall uptrend
Re-accumulation
The market is honestly really boring and it will take quite a bit of time before it becomes tradable for me again. There are definitely more interesting markets out there.
Not following what Iβm talking about? Check out my quick cheat sheet to understand how I approach a chart.
TOP PERFORMERS
Every now and then demand shows up randomly in some coin, most often after announcing some news. This time itβs EOS, announcing a rebrand and staking incentives. Itβs this weekβs single well performing crypto, gaining 38%. This goes to show how uneventful this current market environment really is.

CAPITAL FLOW
Weβre seeing a huge inflow into ETH this week and a few of its L2s. On the other hand, after many weeks of constant capital inflow, Bera is finally seeing some money flowing out of it.

NARRATIVE PERFORMANCE
Looking at all the different narratives itβs pretty clear that this week has not been very good for any one category. We can see negative numbers across the board with DeFAI and AI-Agents losing the most.

Courtesy of 0x_Vlad - Chief Male Astrologist at Castle Labs

πͺ Exit Tech has Officially Launched!
Exit.tech is a decentralized marketplace designed to help you exit locked DeFi positions, starting with $esGMX. If you're an Arbitrum OG (like we are), chances are you still have some esGMX lying aroundβlikely because vesting esGMX is tricky and requires locking additional $GMX or $GLP tokens.
With Exit.tech, you can exit those positions easily, without needing any extra capital.
On the other hand, if you're bullish on $GMX and have been following the updates the GMX team has been rolling out lately, you know GMX continues to be one of the cheapest and most efficient platforms for perpetual trading.
Exit.tech offers $GMX and $GLP holders an opportunity to earn boosted yields, with the top pool currently offering up to a 10% APR boost.
Check it out: π exit.tech

π ECOSYSTEM UPDATES

This week, the Arbitrum Corner takes you on a stroll through the main ecosystem updates! From events to project updates and new Orbit launches, weβve been busier than ever catching up with developments across multiple verticals.
Without further ado, hereβs what we are looking at today:
Conduit (one of Arbitrum Orbitβs network partners) has conducted research highlighting how much gaming protocols can save by operating their own rollup over a shared blockchain.
This is an interesting deep dive into Orbits's role in providing extreme customization that fits projects' specific requirements. The case of Pirate Nation highlights how Orbits solved their scalability and cost-related issues.
New Conduit research: How much can onchain games save with their own rollup versus running on a shared blockchain?
We answer the question with real data from @pixels_online and @ProofOfPlay, plus DA data from @celestia and @arbitrum AnyTrust.
β Conduit (@conduitxyz)
2:43 PM β’ Apr 2, 2025
It answers this question by taking Pixels (running on Ronin) and Proof of Play (running on Arbitrum as an Orbit) as case studies, using DA data from Celestia and Arbitrum AnyTrust:

During the same time period, Proof of Play processed 9,338.9 MB of data and paid $45 in DA, 12x the data of Pixel < at less than 1% of the cost.
Full report available here:
Dinari Launching Token-Backed US Stocks on Arbitrum, through βdtokensβ:
RWA with @DinariGlobal.
Powered by Arbitrum.
β Arbitrum (@arbitrum)
6:35 PM β’ Mar 31, 2025
RWA has been one of the most active and developing areas for Arbitrum as a whole, and especially for the DAO. Learn more about it through Entropyβs dashboard: https://dune.com/entropy_advisors/arbitrum-rwa-case-study
Forbes report on the partnership between Bitso and Arbitrum for stablecoins:
covering the @Bitso and @arbitrum MXNB announcement is one of the many signals to the world that stablecoins are here to stayπͺ
@arbitrum everywhere. book it.
β Austin Ballard (@AustinBallard1)
1:41 PM β’ Mar 31, 2025
Espresso hackathon closes applications - Keep an eye on it!
Build & Brew announcement!
Weβre extending the project submission deadline by one dayβto April 1, 11:59pm ET / April 2, 3:59am UTC
Weβve received β60 projects so far, and are excited to see more!
Weβll notify those selected for Pitch Day (April 7) by April 4, 5pm ET / 9pm UTC
β Espresso βοΈ (@EspressoSys)
2:23 AM β’ Mar 31, 2025
Cookie receives a grant to integrate Arbitrum with social metrics and on-chain data:
Weβve received a grant from @arbitrum to integrate Arbitrum into cookie.fun and become the primary AI data layer for Arbitrum builders.
Incoming:
β Full support for Arbitrum projects on cookie.fun with offchain social metrics and onchain data.
ββ Cookie DAO πͺ (@cookiedotfun)
2:15 PM β’ Apr 1, 2025
It took a long time, but now users can access metrics on Arbitrum projects on Cookie, one of the most adopted data analytics and dashboard providers.
Bet more on Gaming - AMA with WINR: Arbitrum is hosting an AMA with Winr, a gaming and gambling protocol
ποΈ AMA Announcement ποΈ
Weβre teaming up with ecosystem partner @arbitrum for an exciting AMA!
π Date: April 4th
β± Time: 3:00 PM UTC
π Venue: discord.gg/arbitrumTopics to cover:
πΉ What is WINR, and what can users do?
πΉ Our latest milestones & achievements
πΉ Why weβ WINR (@WINRProtocol)
6:00 PM β’ Apr 2, 2025
More Arbitrum chains are popping off every day! Hereβs an introduction to Destra network, launching an Orbit specifically for AI agents:
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πππ¬ππ«π πππ§ππ’ππ§π, π©π¨π°ππ«ππ ππ² @arbitrum ππ«ππ’π, is the first platform where fully autonomous AI agents emerge, evolve, and execute entirely on-chain β no
β Destra Network (@DestraNetwork)
7:10 PM β’ Apr 2, 2025
Seems like the initial focus of Arbitrum in the AI space is paying off, leading to several native projects coming up. Among those, we also highlight Project Zero:
Stream @Uniswap V3 swaps on @arbitrum - no infra, no hassle.
β Filter, decode, and structure swap data in real-time
β Power arbitrage bots, MEV strategies, and moreWith P0 Block Functions, you can focus on building, not backend chaos.
Watch the demo π
β Project Zero (@ProjectZeroIO)
3:34 PM β’ Mar 27, 2025
Blackbird is leveraging Arbitrum to revolutionize the Restaurant Business. They support over 600+ restaurants in the US! Hope they will be expanding to Europe soon:
Exciting to see @blackbird_xyz leading restaurant loyalty and payments innovation with their app and Flynet chain!
With 600+ restaurants across the US using Blackbird, read how they use Arbitrum to transform the dining experience. π
β Arbitrum (@arbitrum)
5:31 PM β’ Apr 2, 2025
Learn more about how they are leveraging their own Orbit:
Are you gonna be in Hong Kong on the 7th of April? Make sure to join the Arbilink event, which has quite a stacked speaker lineup.
We're excited to announce our speaker lineup for ArbiLink in Hong Kong on April 7th!
Expect talks about crypto innovation in Hong Kong, RWA adoption on Arbitrum, and much more.
Register here: lu.ma/arbilinkHK
β Arbitrum (@arbitrum)
3:32 AM β’ Apr 3, 2025
Courtesy of Francesco - Co-founder at Castle

And thatβs it for this week! We hope you enjoyed reading and arenβt getting rekt out there.
See you next week!


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