Circle Arc mainnet: the USDC chain Wall Street will run
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Circle Arc mainnet: the USDC chain Wall Street will run
The stablecoin giant launches Arc mainnet on September 16 with BlackRock, DTCC, and Visa as validators, betting that owning the infrastructure matters more than owning the dollar. The timing is either brilliant or reckless. Circle will flip the switch on…
Circle Sets Arc Mainnet Launch With Major Institutional Backing
Circle is preparing to launch Arc, a USDC-native Layer 1 blockchain, on Sept. 16, 2026, positioning the network as infrastructure designed specifically for institutional payments, settlements, and tokenized financial assets. The launch is scheduled one day after a U.S. Senate cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, a major piece of proposed cryptocurrency legislation. The timing […]
Circle is preparing to launch Arc’s mainnet with more than 100 partners and an initial cohort of validators, in an attempt to become an institutional financial infrastructure. The network already drives higher revenue expectations, but the company has yet to demonstrate that it can generate recurring activity beyond launch-related payments.
Circle is building its own chain, and Wall Street is running the nodes
The stablecoin giant launches Arc mainnet on September 16 with BlackRock, DTCC, and Visa as validators, betting that owning the infrastructure matters more than owning the dollar. The timing is either brilliant or reckless. Circle will flip the switch on…
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