PANews reported on April 27 that according to The Block, the Ethereum Layer 2 network Arbitrum Foundation announced its withdrawal from the Ignition AI accelerator program supported by Nvidia because the chip giant requested that the cooperation not be mentioned in encryption-related announcements. Previously, the two parties had planned to reach an exclusive cooperation, and Arbitrum would become the only representative of the Ethereum ecosystem in the AI acceleration program. A spokesperson for the Arbitrum Foundation said that Nvidia recently changed its position and was willing to maintain cooperation but prohibited public disclosure, which showed its lack of long-term commitment to the encryption field. The accelerator program would have provided Arbitrum with AI development guidance and cloud service points. It is worth noting that another public chain, Aptos, still maintains a cooperative relationship with the accelerator. The foundation emphasized that the decision to withdraw was based on commercial considerations, and in the future it will choose "partners who fully support blockchain innovation."