๐ช๐ณCircle Launches Arc Mainnet, BlackRock Joins the Institutional Push On-Chain
@circle has officially launched
@arc mainnet, a purpose built Layer 1 for stablecoin payments, tokenized finance, and an AI-agent economy, with USDC at the center.
- Gas paid in USDC.
- Sub-second finality.
- Built for RWA, FX, payments, and AI agents.
- More than 100 apps and 100 institutional partners from day one.
- Founding validators include names such as BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard, DTCC, ICE, Standard Chartered, MoneyGram, and Circle.
@BlackRock is expected to bring BUIDL to Arc, while DTCC has outlined plans around tokenized assets on the network.
Circle has also minted 10B ARC tokens at genesis, although that does not mean a public token launch or listing has been confirmed.
The bigger signal? TradFi is moving beyond simply experimenting with blockchain; Major financial institutions are starting to participate directly in the infrastructure itself.
USDC may have been step one. Arc could be the layer built for what comes next. ๐
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