Circle Launches Arc Blockchain for Stablecoins and Institutional Finance
The USDC issuer debuts a permissioned layer-1 network with major validators, minting 10 billion ARC tokens while prioritizing stablecoin-native finance.
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The story so far
5 publishers have covered this in 7 articles since 16 Sept 2026. CoinDesk published first, on 16 September at 10:30 UTC. The most recent article, from decrypt.co, appeared on 17 September at 14:40 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: CoinDesk (major outlet), The Block, Cointelegraph.com News, decrypt.co, theinformation.com.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- CoinDeskCircle debuts Arc blockchain which Jeremy Allaire calls ‘more consequential’ than USDC
- The BlockCircle launches Arc mainnet with BlackRock and Visa among validators, mints 10 billion ARC tokens
- Cointelegraph.com NewsCircle launches Arc mainnet with USDC as native gas token
- decrypt.coCircle Launches Arc Mainnet With BlackRock, DTCC and Visa as Validators
- theinformation.comCircle Launches New Blockchain for Stablecoins, Other Assets
- CoinDeskHow Circle’s institutional Arc blockchain got taken over by memecoins on day one
- decrypt.coWhat Is Arc? The Stablecoin Blockchain From USDC Issuer Circle
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- How Circle’s institutional Arc blockchain got taken over by memecoins on day one CoinDesk ·
- Circle debuts Arc blockchain which Jeremy Allaire calls ‘more consequential’ than USDC CoinDesk ·
- What Is Arc? The Stablecoin Blockchain From USDC Issuer Circle decrypt.co
- Circle Launches New Blockchain for Stablecoins, Other Assets theinformation.com
- Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With BlackRock, DTCC and Visa as Validators decrypt.co
- Circle launches Arc mainnet with USDC as native gas token Cointelegraph.com News
- Circle launches Arc mainnet with BlackRock and Visa among validators, mints 10 billion ARC tokens The Block
In this story
- Circle
- Arc
- USDC
- BlackRock
- DTCC
- Visa