Arc coverage
Reported pieces on the names attached to Circle's Arc — what has shipped, what rests on a single press release, and where the primary source sits.
26 Sept 2026
Chainlink on Arc, Circle's stablecoin chain
Of the names attached to Circle's Arc, this is the one with a dated integration record going back to the testnet rather than a mention in a launch release.
25 Sept 2026
MoneyGram on Arc, Circle's stablecoin chain
A remittance company with its own live stablecoin is validating Circle's Arc. The stablecoin is not on Arc, and MoneyGram has not said it will be.
24 Sept 2026
DTCC on Arc, Circle's stablecoin chain
The clearing house that settles US securities is running a validator on Circle's Arc. The service that would matter is dated to the second half of 2027.
23 Sept 2026
Fireblocks on Arc, Circle's stablecoin chain
Custody and wallet support decide whether a chain is usable. Of the three names attached to that job on Circle's Arc, only one has a joint announcement behind it.
22 Sept 2026
Kraken on Arc, Circle's stablecoin chain
Three of the largest venues in crypto are named as bringing USDC access to Circle's Arc. The notices that would prove it — deposit and withdrawal support for the network — had not been published.
21 Sept 2026
BlackRock on Arc, Circle's stablecoin chain
One of these two institutions runs a validator on Circle's Arc and is expected to bring a tokenised fund to it. The other is exploring custody integrations. The difference is routinely reported wrong.
20 Sept 2026
Rain on Arc, Circle's stablecoin chain
Three payment firms are named as routing real money through Circle's Arc. All three statuses rest on a single sentence in one press release.
19 Sept 2026
Morpho on Arc, Circle's stablecoin chain
Morpho is named among the protocols bringing credit to Circle's Arc. It has not said so itself, and that asymmetry is the story.
18 Sept 2026
Uniswap on Arc, Circle's stablecoin chain
Two of the largest EVM decentralised exchanges are pointed at Circle's Arc. Only one of them has had its arrival announced by name, and not by its own team.
17 Sept 2026
Aave on Arc, Circle's stablecoin chain
The largest lending protocol in DeFi is on the record as wanting a market on Circle's Arc. The vote came first; the contracts have not followed.
10 Sept 2026
Circle's Arc vs Tempo: two stablecoin chains, two theories of payments
Tempo went live on 18 March 2026; Arc's mainnet opens 16 September. Two stablecoin chains, two fee models, and the incumbents hedging across both.
09 Sept 2026
Is there an ARC token? What Circle has said about the Arc blockchain, and what it hasn't
Arc's gas is USDC, not a token. What Circle has published about the separate ARC governance token, what it hasn't, and which other Arcs keep colliding.
08 Sept 2026
The eleven founding validators of Circle's Arc, and what the mark actually commits them to
Circle named eleven founding validators for Arc on 5 August 2026. Who they are, why HSBC and Goldman Sachs are not among them, and what the mark means.
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