KuCoin Goes Live on Arc at Mainnet Launch, Broadening Access to Onchain Finance
KuCoin’s launch support gives eligible users a direct route for USDC transfers as Arc opens with more than 20 stablecoins and institutional validators.
- On Wednesday, September 16, 2026, USDC issuer Circle launched the public mainnet of Arc, a layer-1 blockchain designed for stablecoin payments and financial markets.
- Built for 'programmable money, global markets, and agentic economic activity,' Arc uses USDC as its native gas asset, eliminating the need for users to hold separate volatile tokens.
- Eleven institutional founding validators, including BlackRock and Visa, support the launch alongside 22 fiat-linked stablecoins and tokenized assets like BlackRock's BUIDL.
- Exchange partner KuCoin enables USDC movement between the platform and Arc from day one, while the network offers interoperability with more than 20 blockchains through Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol.
- While Arc currently operates under a permissioned Proof of Authority model, Circle completed a genesis mint of 10 billion ARC tokens and plans to explore transitioning to Proof of Stake in 2027.
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Circle Arc mainnet launches with USDC gas
Circle has launched the public mainnet of Arc on Sept. 16, bringing its USDC-powered Layer 1 blockchain online with institutional validators, more than 20 fiat stablecoins and tokenized funds available from launch. Circle said in itsofficial Arc mainnet announcement that…
KuCoin Goes Live on Arc at Mainnet Launch, Broadening Access to Onchain Finance
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, Sept. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- KuCoin, a leading global crypto platform built on trust, today announced that it is live on Arc as a mainnet launch partner, enabling eligible users to move USDC directly between…
Circle Arc Mainnet Live: BlackRock, Visa Among 11 Validators
Circle opened the Arc public mainnet on 16 September with eleven institutional validators running its nodes, including BlackRock, DTCC, Visa, Mastercard, and ICE, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The launch, confirmed in a pressroom release from Circle, positions Arc as a settlement infrastructure where USDC serves as the native gas token, not a decentralised network open to anonymous participants. Eleven Permissioned V…
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